UK chapter leader and Vice President.
Welcome Joanne our new Uk chapter leader and BWW's Vice President.
We are happy to announce that BWW is opening a UK Chapter. I have found that many of our parents are from the UK and I wanted to be able to give you more resources and a live person who lives in the UK who can help you a little more than me.. Our new UK Chapter leader is a wonderful Mother and great friend. Her name is Joanne Crouch and she also like many of us She lost a beautiful little girl named Holly-Ann.. I would like to take a few minutes to give you a little back round on Joanne. She is an amazing woman and I know she is going to be a great asset to team BWW. Thank you Joanne and Welcome to BWW we are so grateful to have on our team and look forward to all you have to offer all of us..
Please feel free to email Joanne @ babieswithwingsUK@gmail.com
We are happy to announce that BWW is opening a UK Chapter. I have found that many of our parents are from the UK and I wanted to be able to give you more resources and a live person who lives in the UK who can help you a little more than me.. Our new UK Chapter leader is a wonderful Mother and great friend. Her name is Joanne Crouch and she also like many of us She lost a beautiful little girl named Holly-Ann.. I would like to take a few minutes to give you a little back round on Joanne. She is an amazing woman and I know she is going to be a great asset to team BWW. Thank you Joanne and Welcome to BWW we are so grateful to have on our team and look forward to all you have to offer all of us..
Please feel free to email Joanne @ babieswithwingsUK@gmail.com
All about Joanne and her Baby with wings. Holly-Ann;
hi all my name is Jo,I am a mum of 6 and my eldest in an angel..
I had a rough time with holly-Anns dad I had been with him 2 yr when i fell pregnant he didn't wanna know when I told him. I soon became single and pregnant.my little sister was due 9 weeks after me.
Everything was great easy pregnancy ect... not even any morning sickness.I was lucky didn't even show till i was 6 months!!! holly-ann came into the world at 5-41am 16th October 1997 weighing 6lb 14oz...and boy did I cry. It was just me and my mum there to celebrate my baby girls birth...but I was the happiest mum in the world! I was sure it was a little girl and was lucky because i had only bought pink clothes...holly-ann was a beautiful little girl big mop of dark hair,big blue eyes.i did ask her dad to see her but he just didnt wanna know :-( the only thing she ever suffered with was colic,i still remember pacing the floor with a crying baby not knowing what i was meant to do.I used colic drops ect.. and she would settle in the end. My mum adored her so did most of my family. She was a very bright little girl she could sit up with support at 8 weeks was giggling at 9 weeks.she was my life. We moved into our proper home 15th December I still remember decorating her room with pooh bear stickers. My nephew was born 22nd December 97. He weighed 8lb 1oz I had told my sister I hoped her labor was easy as mine was only 2hr 15mins. My sis wasn't impressed as hers was 72 hours..we then celebrated Christmas and my princess was spoiled rotten :-).she carried on doing well gaining weight growing well and thriving.I breastfed her for 13 weeks then had to top up with formula and she had started solids.chocolate pudding was her favorite...I had gone back to work as I needed the money. My mum would look after holly-ann when i worked...all was going great other than her dad not wanting to know....28th January 1998 my mum looked after holly-ann so I could have a night out.I remember that night like it was yesterday! I got ready to go out and went to give holly-ann a kiss goodbye she was sat on my mums sofa with the remote in her hands turning the TV over..I went out for a little while.I got home and settled down to sleep.for some reason I listed everyone who loved her..she slept with me I was always told it was OK...I woke the next morning to find she wasn't breathing and I just knew...I screamed my mum screamed..I screamed at her to phone 999 and get help then I put her on the table and started to resuscitate her... The ambulance were there within minute one of them started heart massage and I bagged her I didn't wanna just stand there doing nothing..the guy suddenly said we are gonna run with her and they just took off..I got to the hospital and was very quietly led to the family room....I felt like I sat there forever. Then a doctor and 3 nurses came in I think don't really remember anything but them saying I am sorry!!! I just sat there not saying anything doing anything just numb... they took me to the resus room and she was just there but not there...they asked if I wanted to hold her and brought her to me I Remember holding her and her not having a nappy on..i said to the nurse but what if she pees(silly i know but my head wasn't really there) the next thing i remember was walking home its was weird as everyone was carrying on as normal :-( shortly after the police turned up which is normal when theirs an unexpected death at home...they took her bottles everything and I just sat there..my step-dad went to identify her yet again normal... they took her off to great ormand street hospital for her post Morten the police officer that came round was so nice he actually drove up with her in the car as he didn't wanna leave her alone Mick Curtis was his name...he came back the same day with the results it was about 10pm he said he wanted to be the one to tell me the results...sudden infant death syndrome also know as cot death had stolen my princess aged 15 week...I cant remember much till I went to visit her in the funeral home.My mum and my ex partner(my son Micah dad)arranged everything as I really wasn't ready for it...I remember visiting her and holding her and she was still my baby but not. The day before her funeral I dressed her I put a little of something on her from everyone who loved her..she even had to have a bigger bed(coffin)because everyone had a gift for her..a week went by and I had visited her every day..the day of her funeral I banned black i wanted bright colors because I wanted to celebrate her life not morn the loss if you know what i mean..suddenly it was all so real she wasn't coming back!!! she was gone!!! I just about made it through the funeral. My nephew George was there 6 weeks old he turned out to be the little man who kept me going and I love him so much and have never resented my sister for having him and me not having holly-ann
this is now 12 yrs later I know quite a jump but so many things have happened I would have 20+ pages if I told it all lol...I fell pregnant with my son Micah a couple of months after holly-ann died and I went into shock!! after she died they said I would probably not conceive again due to problems with my tubes ect...he was born 24th December 98 a little early but weighing 6lb 11oz..he is 11 now and is a big part of what has kept me going...I had Amber May 2001 then suffered a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy which involved my tube being removed..again I was told I couldn't have any more children but I counted myself lucky I had my angel daughter plus 2 children with their feet on the ground...I was a single parent for a while until i met Gavin my fiancee,he has played a big part in my healing and dealing with Holly-anns loss...in 2005 I met gav and I fell pregnant with Courtni-rose yep another baby the docs told me I couldnt have lol she was born March 2006 then when she was 1 we found out about another little one on the way and charlie another daughter was born 2007...heres me thinking the docs said no more yet holly-ann keeps sending these bundles...my last child Nathan was born July 2009 and it could have all gone so badly. He was breech and my waters broke about 6 weeks before he was due..I didnt even know they had gone till i went for a scan..i was kept in hosp and told i was having a c-sec the next day in fact I waited almost 72 hours before they delivered him...I was going into labor all the time and a stupid consultant said I was OK to deliver natural as he was my 6th..but a student midwife warned me if Nathan was coming feet first he could die if I delivered naturally..thankfully he held on as in fact he was true breech he was delivered 6th July 2009 weighing in a 4lb 14oz i only got to see him for minutes before they took him off..I had made the decision to be sterilized when I was having him and it was all done at the same time..dinky dude as I call him did well and was outta scbu in no time and home within a week.............................
Losing holly-ann almost broke me I guess up until last year I hid behind the fact that I had the other kids and was lucky and blessed..I thought about my princess constantly my nephew started walking she should have done that...her little brother started and it should have been her helping to teach him..there has been so many firsts that she should have done before them all.but never did!!!Christmas and birthdays family photos she's the person that's here yet always missing..but last year i met my angel mums and i finally started to heal that along with my fab fiancee gav. Who is always there to hold me when I fall apart..gav decided to run for the f.s.i.d a charity who helps and supports families who have lost a child to SIDS..he opened up the fundraiser page we have on FaceBook and made me admin and said that He may be doing the running but i don't have a clue about losing a child. He ran his first race 14th March 2010 in Holly-anns memory and I have never been so proud!! While he was training I decided I needed to do something and that's when I picked mile in memory....We walked it in 22 May 2010 along with doing a balloon release for babies that have grown their wings..not just cot death babies I included as any friends babies as I could............that was my big step releasing holly-anns balloon I felt like I released all the blame I had put on myself the guilt for moving on....so there's me in a nutshell..I hope you all feel you can come to me with whatever worries you may have!!!!
love hugs and floaty angel kisses jo xxx
hi all my name is Jo,I am a mum of 6 and my eldest in an angel..
I had a rough time with holly-Anns dad I had been with him 2 yr when i fell pregnant he didn't wanna know when I told him. I soon became single and pregnant.my little sister was due 9 weeks after me.
Everything was great easy pregnancy ect... not even any morning sickness.I was lucky didn't even show till i was 6 months!!! holly-ann came into the world at 5-41am 16th October 1997 weighing 6lb 14oz...and boy did I cry. It was just me and my mum there to celebrate my baby girls birth...but I was the happiest mum in the world! I was sure it was a little girl and was lucky because i had only bought pink clothes...holly-ann was a beautiful little girl big mop of dark hair,big blue eyes.i did ask her dad to see her but he just didnt wanna know :-( the only thing she ever suffered with was colic,i still remember pacing the floor with a crying baby not knowing what i was meant to do.I used colic drops ect.. and she would settle in the end. My mum adored her so did most of my family. She was a very bright little girl she could sit up with support at 8 weeks was giggling at 9 weeks.she was my life. We moved into our proper home 15th December I still remember decorating her room with pooh bear stickers. My nephew was born 22nd December 97. He weighed 8lb 1oz I had told my sister I hoped her labor was easy as mine was only 2hr 15mins. My sis wasn't impressed as hers was 72 hours..we then celebrated Christmas and my princess was spoiled rotten :-).she carried on doing well gaining weight growing well and thriving.I breastfed her for 13 weeks then had to top up with formula and she had started solids.chocolate pudding was her favorite...I had gone back to work as I needed the money. My mum would look after holly-ann when i worked...all was going great other than her dad not wanting to know....28th January 1998 my mum looked after holly-ann so I could have a night out.I remember that night like it was yesterday! I got ready to go out and went to give holly-ann a kiss goodbye she was sat on my mums sofa with the remote in her hands turning the TV over..I went out for a little while.I got home and settled down to sleep.for some reason I listed everyone who loved her..she slept with me I was always told it was OK...I woke the next morning to find she wasn't breathing and I just knew...I screamed my mum screamed..I screamed at her to phone 999 and get help then I put her on the table and started to resuscitate her... The ambulance were there within minute one of them started heart massage and I bagged her I didn't wanna just stand there doing nothing..the guy suddenly said we are gonna run with her and they just took off..I got to the hospital and was very quietly led to the family room....I felt like I sat there forever. Then a doctor and 3 nurses came in I think don't really remember anything but them saying I am sorry!!! I just sat there not saying anything doing anything just numb... they took me to the resus room and she was just there but not there...they asked if I wanted to hold her and brought her to me I Remember holding her and her not having a nappy on..i said to the nurse but what if she pees(silly i know but my head wasn't really there) the next thing i remember was walking home its was weird as everyone was carrying on as normal :-( shortly after the police turned up which is normal when theirs an unexpected death at home...they took her bottles everything and I just sat there..my step-dad went to identify her yet again normal... they took her off to great ormand street hospital for her post Morten the police officer that came round was so nice he actually drove up with her in the car as he didn't wanna leave her alone Mick Curtis was his name...he came back the same day with the results it was about 10pm he said he wanted to be the one to tell me the results...sudden infant death syndrome also know as cot death had stolen my princess aged 15 week...I cant remember much till I went to visit her in the funeral home.My mum and my ex partner(my son Micah dad)arranged everything as I really wasn't ready for it...I remember visiting her and holding her and she was still my baby but not. The day before her funeral I dressed her I put a little of something on her from everyone who loved her..she even had to have a bigger bed(coffin)because everyone had a gift for her..a week went by and I had visited her every day..the day of her funeral I banned black i wanted bright colors because I wanted to celebrate her life not morn the loss if you know what i mean..suddenly it was all so real she wasn't coming back!!! she was gone!!! I just about made it through the funeral. My nephew George was there 6 weeks old he turned out to be the little man who kept me going and I love him so much and have never resented my sister for having him and me not having holly-ann
this is now 12 yrs later I know quite a jump but so many things have happened I would have 20+ pages if I told it all lol...I fell pregnant with my son Micah a couple of months after holly-ann died and I went into shock!! after she died they said I would probably not conceive again due to problems with my tubes ect...he was born 24th December 98 a little early but weighing 6lb 11oz..he is 11 now and is a big part of what has kept me going...I had Amber May 2001 then suffered a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy which involved my tube being removed..again I was told I couldn't have any more children but I counted myself lucky I had my angel daughter plus 2 children with their feet on the ground...I was a single parent for a while until i met Gavin my fiancee,he has played a big part in my healing and dealing with Holly-anns loss...in 2005 I met gav and I fell pregnant with Courtni-rose yep another baby the docs told me I couldnt have lol she was born March 2006 then when she was 1 we found out about another little one on the way and charlie another daughter was born 2007...heres me thinking the docs said no more yet holly-ann keeps sending these bundles...my last child Nathan was born July 2009 and it could have all gone so badly. He was breech and my waters broke about 6 weeks before he was due..I didnt even know they had gone till i went for a scan..i was kept in hosp and told i was having a c-sec the next day in fact I waited almost 72 hours before they delivered him...I was going into labor all the time and a stupid consultant said I was OK to deliver natural as he was my 6th..but a student midwife warned me if Nathan was coming feet first he could die if I delivered naturally..thankfully he held on as in fact he was true breech he was delivered 6th July 2009 weighing in a 4lb 14oz i only got to see him for minutes before they took him off..I had made the decision to be sterilized when I was having him and it was all done at the same time..dinky dude as I call him did well and was outta scbu in no time and home within a week.............................
Losing holly-ann almost broke me I guess up until last year I hid behind the fact that I had the other kids and was lucky and blessed..I thought about my princess constantly my nephew started walking she should have done that...her little brother started and it should have been her helping to teach him..there has been so many firsts that she should have done before them all.but never did!!!Christmas and birthdays family photos she's the person that's here yet always missing..but last year i met my angel mums and i finally started to heal that along with my fab fiancee gav. Who is always there to hold me when I fall apart..gav decided to run for the f.s.i.d a charity who helps and supports families who have lost a child to SIDS..he opened up the fundraiser page we have on FaceBook and made me admin and said that He may be doing the running but i don't have a clue about losing a child. He ran his first race 14th March 2010 in Holly-anns memory and I have never been so proud!! While he was training I decided I needed to do something and that's when I picked mile in memory....We walked it in 22 May 2010 along with doing a balloon release for babies that have grown their wings..not just cot death babies I included as any friends babies as I could............that was my big step releasing holly-anns balloon I felt like I released all the blame I had put on myself the guilt for moving on....so there's me in a nutshell..I hope you all feel you can come to me with whatever worries you may have!!!!
love hugs and floaty angel kisses jo xxx
