My husband and I are thrilled to announce that through Frankie’s Legacy we have exceeded our target of £1000 raised for the Cleft Lip & Palate Association Charity, with the total raised being £1057.62. We are so pleased...
Read MoreAs a carrier of Chromosome 15 Duplication Syndrome, if that is indeed the case, I have more questions than I have answers to, for example: Were any of the 6 miscarriages I had linked to Chromosome 15 Duplication Syndrome? They...
Read MoreSome of you who read this blog regularly will probably remember this entry, where I talk about the devastating news that my husband and I received from the Genetics team at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. If Frankie had lived and...
Read MoreAs many of you know who read this blog I write poetry in my spare time and I am the Founder and former Director of the Worcestershire Literary Festival (now Worcestershire Lit Fest & Fringe) which ran for the first time in...
Read MoreI’m back to updating this blog after a lovely week out in sunny Lanzarote. It was my husband’s idea for us to go away as soon as possible once January 1st was here, and we flew out of the UK from Birmingham Airport on January...
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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.
