In some ways the 14 January 2009 feels like it was a lifetime ago now, but when I think back it could be yesterday that I heard the words “I’m very sorry, your baby’s condition isn’t compatible with life.” I was 23 weeks pregnant with my first, much longed for child, and listened in deafening silence as my consultant explained his condition and helped me to understand a medical termination.



Elle Wright is a wife, mother, author and blogger. After the death of her son, Teddy, at three days old, Elle started writing to navigate her new life and as a way to feel purpose again. Her Feathering The Empty Nest blog is a way of finding light in darkness, positivity in times of desperation and, hopefully, making a few people laugh along the way.