Purple butterfly professional#

Parents are asked if they would like to write the name of the twin or triplet who died on the butterfly sticker. Parents are asked if they would like the staff to place a butterfly symbol next to the cot, or inside the incubator. They are focusing on staff education and practice but if you are a parent and would like to find out more please contact As part of the butterfly project they provide parents with details about the project. They can send you Butterfly cot cards and parent letters.

Purple butterfly professional#

If you are a health professional and would like to join the butterfly project, please contact them and they will send you a free teaching pack of PowerPoint slides, handouts and guidelines you can use on your intranet. They also spoke to health care professionals such as midwives, neonatal nurses and doctors. Their focus was on multiple pregnancies where one baby died and at least one baby survived. Newcastle Neonatal Research Team spoke to parents who have suffered the loss of a baby, either before or after birth. The butterfly project вЂ“ supporting parents who have lost a baby from a twin, triplet or higher order pregnancy. The cot card is used in conjunction with a poster that is placed around maternity and neonatal units,В whichВ explains the meaning of the purple butterfly.В The cot card allows families the opportunity to make others around them aware of the journey they are going through. They created the purple butterfly cot card, which is to be placed in an incubator or cot in memory of their sibling. The Skye High Foundation was set up by Millie Cann to helpВ families dealing with the loss of a baby who was part of a multiple birth, after the loss of their daughter Skye. It meant a lot to see JamesвЂ™ name there every day. We had one for James which was on RudyвЂ™s incubator/ cot. Although it was short lived, that 1 week when he was still alive it meant so much to me that his sistersвЂ™ name was mentioned during ward rounds and consultations.вЂ™ -В Sharon Sarwar.

It meant a lot for the medical team to mention her name whilst caring for the surviving twin Hakeem. вЂAfter losing Rayna there was a purple butterfly on my maternity notes. Having Rosie's name on the butterfly has been helpful because the nurses use her name rather than just 'PoppyвЂ™s twin'! When Poppy was first moved into the cot I moved Rosie's butterfly to the side and Poppy loves to look at it.вЂ™ - Hannay Gray. Every new doctor we meet introduces Poppy as a twin whose twin has passed. One of the student nurses asked me about it as she didn't know what it signified. вЂWe have one in our daughterвЂ™s cot at the moment. вЂWe have come to love butterflies and the meaning they hold for us.вЂ™ Many of our bereaved families have used the purple butterfly card in their surviving twinвЂ™s or tripletвЂ™s incubators or cots and have found it incredibly helpful.В Butterflies have now become a special part of their lives. Report reveals more than 1 in 3 bereaved parents received poor care during pregnancy.Ockenden report: 'We must never allow this unprecedented failure of maternity services to happen again'.Urgent work needed to improve maternity care for families as new chair announced for Nottingham maternity review.