Subsequent pregnancies

‘The next pregnancy is fraught with worries and risks and concerns’

Showing emotion

‘Over time it will become easier to cope with emotionally’

Support for clinicians

‘People need support and debriefing’

Talking to and supporting families

‘Sometimes I give women hugs’

Training

‘I don’t think we were taught to manage women who suffered it’

Post-mortems/further investigations

‘They need to explicitly know what we’re doing’

Partners and extended family

‘I make sure they know the support is for the family’

Clinical care

‘We don’t always get it right’

Facilities available to families

‘We cut a little locket of their hair’

First experiences

‘I’d like to look after a woman in labour having a stillbirth’

Insights and advice

‘Imagine this is every birthday party you would ever have done’

Attitudes towards stillbirth

‘Are they struggling emotionally to deal with the pregnancy?’