10 years ago we packed our hospital bag and drove our car with our baby car seat into hospital to have our beautiful daughter. Hope grew her Angel Wings during labour without any warning or preparation of not taking her home with us. She was born sleeping the next morning. We spent 7 precious hours with her surrounded by our family and friends (some who had come from interstate) and had her Baptised. 

We are fundraising for a cuddle cot to be donated to an Australian hospital, to support bereaved families in those crucial days after the loss of their baby.  A cuddle cot is a cooling system that lays beneath the baby within a bassinet. It enables families to keep their baby close and create beautiful memories, spending as much time as they wish with their baby, before saying goodbye.  

Our Hopital unfortunately didn't have access to a Cuddle Cot. We know that no amount of time will ever feel like enough, but we often feel like we missed being able to spend more time with her. Time by ourselves as her parents, to undress her, look at her legs and arms, stare for hours in awe of her, have a good cry and the longest cuddle and to just really absorb everything we could about her. We wouldn't change anything about the few hours we were given. We love that she was surrounded by so many people that loved her, and that got to hold her and say their goodbyes. But we will always feel like we have missed things that a Cuddle Cot would have provided us with. 

We would love your help to reach our goal of $6500, supporting this cause by making a donation of any amount, and please feel free to leave a message of support.