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I learnt to trust God again after baby loss - and you can too
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Funke Oham2024-10-01T08:00:00
As we go into Baby Loss Awareness Week, Funke Oham shares how her first loss almost 20 years ago led her to support others experiencing the same.
It’s a club no one asks to join, but on 1 May 2006, I became a member of the baby loss club when my first child was born still. Nine months later, I gave birth prematurely at 23 weeks, and we lost our baby girl, Faith, the next morning.
The pain and loneliness were overwhelming. I questioned, “Why me?” Despite doing everything right, we faced another devastating loss. Just hours after losing Faith, I told my husband, “I can’t go through another pregnancy again.”
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