We’re delighted to announce that Mothership will be supporting Sands with our BORN IN LOCKDOWN project. While Born in Lockdown will be free for anyone to download, we’d love it if readers were able to make a voluntary donation. Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK. Sands exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it. To find out more visit the Sands website.
Juliette Boakes, part of our Mothership crew and Born in Lockdown contributor says, ‘Sands is a wonderful charity very dear to my heart. In autumn 2018 my son Daniel was stillborn and Sands provided invaluable support to me at this time and throughout my subsequent pregnancy.’
Juliette goes go on to say, ‘Pregnancy after a loss is incredibly stressful and with the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic the anxiety was often overwhelming. Throughout my pregnancy I was suffering with PTSD which made hospital appointments and scans extremely triggering. As the pandemic progressed I had to face these and the early stages of labour alone. With immense gratitude and a tremendous sigh of relief our beautiful daughter Chloe was born safely in May 2020. A little sister to our beloved Daniel.’
Of #borninlockdownproject, Juliette says,‘The Born in Lockdown project for me was a way to process what I had been through in pregnancy and as a new mum during the pandemic. Contributing to this creative and collaborative project was an opportunity to document a very unique moment in time. It also provided a wonderful feeling of community during what was, and still is, a very isolating time as a new mother.’
BORN IN LOCKDOWN will be released on 23rd February 2021. We hope that it will be shared far and wide, raising money for this important charity as well as giving an extraordinary insight into what it’s like to be a new mum in this unreal time.
