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Parents who have experienced baby loss in England can now apply for official government certificates, following an expanded programme. The new certificates provide recognition of the loss and can, according to former Coronation Street actor Kym Marsh, be “massively part of the grieving process”. Before the launch of the certificate programme in February this year, official certificates were only given out for stillbirths after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Approximately 250,000 pregnancies end in miscarriage before 24 weeks each year in the UK, affecting around one in five women.
Since the programme began, over 50,000 certificates have been issued and, as of September, parents who have experienced baby loss before 24 weeks of pregnancy, as well as before 28 weeks prior to 1 October 1992, can apply for a certificate. The recognition that certificates provide has led campaigners to call for similar measures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Many of those affected by baby loss in the past have welcomed the introduction of the certificates. Actor Marsh, who lost her son at 21 weeks, said physical documentation was “massively part of the grieving process”, while Baroness Floella Benjamin, who lost three babies, said that the grief of baby loss never leaves you. Zoe Clark-Coates, founder of the Saying Goodbye charity, who lost five babies, said many who had experienced baby loss wanted “acknowledgement that their baby existed” and recognition “to be able to see their child was here, even though they didn’t get to stay”
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