Baby Memorial Service to remember the loss of a baby

A Baby memorial service for families affected by the loss of a little one is being held at Doncaster Royal Infirmary in the coming days.

Anyone who has experienced a pregnancy loss, stillbirth or neonatal death is invited to attend on Sunday 13 May to remember their little angels.

The service takes place at 2pm in the Main Outpatient Department (near the Emergency Department) and will be conducted by Hospital Chaplain, Mark Burns. Light refreshments will be served after the service.

Carol Lee, Bereavement Midwife at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH), said: “We warmly invite you to this service to give you an opportunity for you to remember your baby, gathering with others who have had similar experiences.

“This is a service that we organise every year and many find it helpful to come along and receive some mutual support from other local families.”

There will be a Baby Remembrance Book available to view after the service. Individual inscriptions are hand-crafted and families will receive a personal copy of their baby’s entry to keep.

The Trust is also in the process of creating a memorial garden at Doncaster Royal Infirmary to give parents a permanent and peaceful place where they can go and spend some time with the memories of their babies.

If you’d like more information about the memorial service, please contact Carol on 01302 642796 or 07825 063432.