Yesterday we had an appointment that we had been waiting for with Dr Denise Williams and Professor Mark Kilby at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, to talk about the chromosome 15 duplication in Frankie and what it means for any...
Read MoreLast Sunday I was having a sort out on my laptop hard drive and I came across the following photo of my Dad taken when he was little in Italy: He is the one on the left, and his brother Enrico is on the right. Enrico died...
Read MoreEveryone at Frankie’s Legacy would like to say a massive HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY to Lentil of “My Name Is Lentil” fame! Hope you have a wonderful day and that Mama Bean spoils you absolutely rotten today – you deserve it! Some of...
Read MoreWhen a woman has given birth to a stillborn baby at some point she will have to face seeing pushchairs, prams and babies being wheeled around by their proud Mums. You can’t avoid it and it is an inevitable fact of life –...
Read MoreWhen you lose a baby, you think you are the only one in the world it has happened to. You think that no-one understands your pain, your grief, the feeling of emptiness inside and the ache to hold your baby in your arms. You...
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Frankie was a small pebble dropped into the lake of life…but his ripple will be felt forever…
My blog “Frankie’s Legacy: Love, Loss Grief & Recovery” focuses on raising awareness of early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal death, cleft lip/palate and rare chromosome disorders.
My much loved and much wanted son Francesco “Frankie” Enrico Ventura was born sleeping on 29/11/2013 and had a severe cleft lip/palate, talipes and an extremely rare chromosome disorder (chromosome 15 duplication syndrome).
This blog focuses on my journey as an empty armed mother, and about how I am surviving stillbirth, celebrating Frankie and creating his lasting legacy as best I can.
