TABOO TOPICS

Taboo Topics is a series dedicated to sharing stories from real live people [mostly who i know] on real life issues, situations or experiences that are seldom spoken about for various reasons. So far the topics that have been addressed [with links to all the stories] are the following:

I hope these will be of encouragement to you and to friends and family who you know who have been through similar things – please feel free to share the stories or send links to people who you think might appreciate them.

love brett “fish” [brettfish@hotmail.com]

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby – meet Nicole of Graeme and Nicole

By brettfish|2012-04-10T13:30:39+02:00April 10th, 2012|Categories: change the world, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, life, marriage, relationships, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|Tags: born sleeping, graeme broster, losing a baby, losing a child, nicole masureik, taboo topics, Zoe|

a little while ago [well, a month it seems] i started a series called Taboo Topics where i wanted to look at some serious issues in life that deeply affect people but that rarely get [...]

Taboo Topics: Infertility and Losing a baby – meet Debbie and Bruce

By brettfish|2012-03-16T10:33:56+02:00March 16th, 2012|Categories: challenging thorts, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, life, love and chocolate, marriage, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|Tags: complementary therapies, drugs, hope, hormonal imbalance, in-vitro fertilisation, infertility, IVF, love, low hormone levels, miscarriage, patience, twins, waiting|

WAITING FOR A MIRACLE There's a glimpse of heartache and pain in 31-year-old Debbie lvin’s eyes, but just for a moment, and then it’s gone, swallowed up by a smile, a nervous chuckle as she [...]

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby – meet Sandi and Mike

By brettfish|2012-03-13T23:02:31+02:00March 13th, 2012|Categories: challenging thorts, church, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, life, marriage, relationships, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|Tags: counselling, guilty, lost baby, miscarriage, no heartbeat, perforated uterus, pregnancy, pregnant, septum in uterus, stillborn, Tags: baby|

The 18 August 2009 is the day that life changed for Mike and I. It was the day that we saw our baby on the sonar screen for the first time, but instead of tears [...]

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby – meet Heidi and Shaun

By brettfish|2012-03-12T07:54:50+02:00March 12th, 2012|Categories: challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|Tags: baby, blighted ovum, counselling, ectopic pregnancy, emergency caesar, guilty, lost baby, miscarriage, pregnancy, stillborn|

Shaun and I had been married for a couple of months and decided to start trying for a family. Imagine our excitement as we found out I was pregnant. At about 8 weeks things didn't [...]

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby – meet Graeme and Nicole

By brettfish|2017-01-17T10:39:38+02:00March 10th, 2012|Categories: challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|Tags: baby, born sleeping, counselling, dead, graeme broster, guilty, lost baby, miscarriage, nicole masureik, stillborn|

My second daughter, Zoe, was stillborn at 37 weeks on 24th March 2007 in London, UK - we had no warning, one day she was well, with a strong heartbeat, head down, ready to come [...]

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby [intro]

By brettfish|2017-01-17T11:16:40+02:00March 10th, 2012|Categories: challenging thorts, change the world, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, life, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|Tags: children, losing a child, miscarriage, parents, still birth, stories of parents who have lost babies, taboo topics|

this series of blog posts has been on my heart and mind for well over a year and i am excited to finally be at the point of getting started on it. there are a [...]