Pictured: Some of the Life tenants and their children affected by proposed cuts This will dramatically affect four Life houses in West Sussex, that provide support to teenage mothers and their children, and leaves vulnerable mothers, their babies and older children homeless with little or no support. A final decision on this proposal will be… Read more »

When Esther rang the helpline at 17 weeks pregnant, she explained that although she was still with the father, neither of them wanted to have a baby. But because she had only just found out that she was pregnant, she could not see herself having an abortion. “I know these little flutters I can feel… Read more »

A rupture of the membranes essentially means a breakage of the amniotic sac – more commonly referred to as ‘”breaking of the mother’s waters”. If a PPROM occurs before 37 weeks the unborn baby and mother are at greater risk for complications. Dilemma Jenna had been told by her doctor that the best thing to do in… Read more »

Shelly arrived at one of our Life houses when she was around five months into her pregnancy. She was fleeing from both domestic and financial abuse. As the trust between Shelly and our housing support worker developed, Shelly told her story of how through the loss of her first baby to SIDS, the manipulation from… Read more »

He explained that he felt loss and every morning since the termination he lay in bed and cried. He said that he knew he did not have a right to feel such overwhelming grief because it had not “happened to him” but that is what he was feeling. Joe went on to explain that he… Read more »