Spent most my day hooked on 3 hour #babylossdebate with MPs bravely sharing their own personal baby loss experience as well as their constituents. Was touched our MP thought of us and The Faith Cause this day. It was a moving debate which I could not stop listening to as I could relate to so many of the cases they were putting forward for change. Delivering a stillborn baby on the maternity unit surrounded by babies and excited families, having to register the birth and death of your baby in the same place parents are registering their beautiful newborn babies, having to return to the antenatal department surrounded by pregnant women to receive your results as to why your baby died, having no support or counselling offered, having no one to talk to who understands, having to feel like you cannot mention your baby for fear of making others uncomfortable as they do not know what to say or do. "The voice of fathers must be heard too. nothing worse than seeing your wife giving birth to a lifeless baby" was a moving comment by one MP. Group B Strep was raised and the figures are shocking, On average, one newborn baby a day in the UK develops Group B Strep infection. One baby a week dies from Group B Strep infection. One baby a fortnight who survives the infection is left with long-term disabilities. It really was a fascinating and moving debate. The NHS do a great job in most cases, but there are some simple common sense changes that need to be made. One thing that continues to haunt me since the loss of our beautiful baby Faith, are those words we heard so many times on that dreaded day, from numerous health care professionals, including midwives and consultants, “these things just happen” How can anyone expect that to be a reasonable answer to the question “why has my seemingly perfect baby died?” Perfect pregnancy, fully term +9 days, perfectly formed most beautiful baby in my arms, and the answer we have to accept is “these things just happen”. Totally unacceptable. I was in a state of shock that day and did not opt for a post-mortem, since then I have found it very difficult not to regret that decision. To live with never having a definitive answer as to why my baby died is a life sentence. I firmly believe that post-mortems should encouraged rather than offered to help reduce the number of stillbirths and ultimately prevent babies dying. I hope much has been learnt today in the Houses of Parliament that will help save babies lives and support those who have to deal with this life long battle of #babyloss. Please keep sharing this petition to help bring about change.