Archive: Jun 2022

Name
Axel Lipburger
Where are you from?
TERRIGAL
Referred by?
Hospital and friends

Comments

Dear Ocfemia family,

Both your family and our family have lost someone that we have never met but dearly love and miss. However, Hamburger and I have gained a bear of Hope from your family.

It was a surprise to receive a gift, but a deeply touching gesture. It honoured the life that Axel would have had on earth. Making him real and not just a memory.

This sux.

Love,

Hamburger and Shaz

Name
Lucy Luff
Where are you from?
Tumut NSW
Referred by?
Hospital Bag

Comments

Thank you so much for the support through such a difficult stage in our lives. We would love to donate back to Bears of Hope to help other families through this tough time. Lucy & James Luff

Name
Stacey Quick
Where are you from?
Launceston
Referred by?
LGH

Comments

I would love to get in contact with her parents I have a deep connection to this name and I would love permission to name my baby in honour of her and in honour of being a rainbow baby it means lots to me.

Name
Eleanor Shaw
Where are you from?
Newcastle NSW
Referred by?
Social Worker

Comments

One bear was given to our angel bub Leo, who was stillborn at 25 weeks and stayed with him to give him comfort.
My husband and I received another to give us comfort, tagged in honour of Flora who passed in 2021 and it is so sweet. All we need to do is look at this bear to find comfort and know our Leo isn’t far. We look forward to giving this bear to our hopeful future child.
Thank you to the Bears of Hope team and to Flora’s parents for your generosity and kindness.
May our Leo and your Flora be playing, high in the sky over that rainbow.

Name
Eleanor Shaw
Where are you from?
Newcastle NSW
Referred by?
Social worker

Comments

Our Bear of Hopes gift bag was gifted to us in hospital with a beautiful bear tagged in honour of Michael Francis O’Connor born in 2017.
We decided the bear would stay with our angel bub, Leo, stillborn at 25 weeks on 3/6/22 to keep him comfort.
It was the most heartwarming thing to receive.
On behalf of my husband and I, thank you from the bottom of our hearts to Michael’s parents for donating the gift bag and to the Bear of Hopes team.
May our angel bubs play together, somewhere high in the sky over that rainbow.

Name
Elizabeth Page
Where are you from?
Melbourne australia
Referred by?
Had a bear of hope given to us

Comments

Lilli Therese Page born at 16 weeks. A little life who has touched so many people. We will always love you baby girl.
Thank you Mel for the bear.

Name
Ashlee Thompson
Where are you from?
Singleton, NSW
Referred by?
Singleton hospital nurse

Comments

This beautiful gesture is the most heartfelt thing I have ever experienced. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You truly don’t understand how grateful I am to have received this. Again, thank you!

Name
Kerin Brown
Where are you from?
Bateau Bay NSW
Referred by?
While in hospital

Comments

Your angel comforted me and my husband when our little boy (Theo Brown) joined her at 26 weeks gestation on the 31.01.2022.
We will forever be grateful for this gift of hope 💕

Name
Sophey Steele
Where are you from?
Tasmania
Referred by?
After the loss of my sweet baby girl

Comments

The bear I received gives me so much comfort during the hurt and grief I feel after I lost my precious little baby girl ❤️

Name
Shaley Ellis
Where are you from?
Ballarat
Referred by?
St John of God Hospital

Comments

Thank you so much for your thoughtful gift. I’m sorry for your loss. I was gifted this bear because I had a missed miscarriage in May. This was my first pregnancy and I never thought I could love a baby so much, who was still so young and small and who I only knew for a few short weeks. I never had any symptoms of miscarriage or reason to suspect something was wrong. I had my first ultrasound at 8 weeks and it showed my baby to be only the size of 6 weeks and with no heartbeat. We waited two more weeks in case the dates had been wrong but unfortunately the next ultrasound showed that this was not the case. I don’t know what your circumstances were but I know that whatever the case it must have been the saddest time in your life. I hope that you were able to heal, and I hope that I can heal too. Our babies will be forever in our hearts.