So at lunchtime last Wednesday my husband and I set off for Babyvision near Shrewsbury. When Frankie’s cleft lip was first diagnosed we looked into getting a 4D scan of him and paying privately for it, and had a place in...
Read MoreAfter the events of last week I’ve taken a few days out to relax and come to terms with what happened, so I’ve had a few days off from writing this blog. My wonderful parents also purchased a very special item for...
Read MoreYesterday I then wrote to Peter John, the Editor of the Worcester News, to thank him for the article. I’d written to Tarik Al Rasheed separately to thank him and I’d had a few parents of children born with cleft...
Read MoreDespite all the stress that this week has brought me, it has also been a very positive week in terms of my cleft awareness campaign. FIrstly, the article that I was interviewed for by Tarik Al Rasheed appeared in the health...
Read MoreAfter the wonderful news that Frankie does not have Downs, Edwards, Patau’s or anything else I had to get back on track and yesterday I had my 28 week check up with my midwife. She didn’t know what had happened in Birmingham...
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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.
