I'm making a difference by fundraising for Bears Of Hope Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support. Bears Of Hope aims to comfort, acknowledge, empower, and guide families from within days of their loss and beyond.  

On 25th September 2022, we were told the seven words no parent ever wants to hear - "I’m sorry your baby has no heart beat". Our world permanently changed. The next day our angel baby Evelyn Jane Herrera was born on 26/09/2022 at 11:55pm weighing 3kg.

We had a few days to make a lifetime of memories with our darling angel baby girl Evelyn Jane. Our amazing midwives who will forever be apart of our lives now, helped us make a lifetime of memories including handprints, footprints and beautiful family photos to take home ~ a memory box instead of our baby girl. 

A Cuddle Cot is a cooling system that fits within a bassinet/Moses basket, lying beneath the baby and assists in delaying decomposition. This allows bereaved parents an extension of time to keep their baby physically close to them. This is an invaluable support resource that allows parents to create memories with their beloved babies. 

Each cuddle cot is $6500. They are worth every cent, we got to spend three beautiful days with our angel cuddling and talking her through our grief that we will cherish forever. I would love to be able to raise funds to donate a cuddle cot in Evelyn’s name to help future bereaved families make precious memories with their baby.

Any additional funds raised will be used to donate "Bears of Hope" care packs ($50 each), which include a teddy bear named in honour of Evelyn’s name , memory book to place photos, locks of hair, hand and foot prints, a journal, candle, seeds to plant in honour of your baby, a photo frame and information and guidance materials to assist bereaved parents to access support services, something that we received from a family who had also walked our dark path.

Before becoming one of the statistics, we had no idea that 6 babies a day are stillborn in Australia. A further 2 babies a day will die within the first 28 days of their life. That’s 2200 babies that will die every single year in Australia. This is higher than our national road toll and sadly this rate has not changed in over 20 years.

We would absolutely love if you could help us honour our precious Evelyn’s life with a gift to future bereaved families that have to endure this heart breaking tragedy.

From the heartbroken parents of our beautiful baby girl Evelyn Jane Herrera 🤍👼