Rainbow Clinic helps Hull parents through baby loss

The clinic offers emotional and practical support to people who have lost a baby

Dozens of parents who have faced the heartache of losing a baby have been supported by a new clinic.

The Rainbow Clinic opened at Hull Women and Children's Hospital in January.

Since then, 81 families have been supported and 20 'rainbow' babies have been born.

A rainbow baby is a term used to describe a baby born to parents who have previously lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.

Midwife Ainsley Belton said: "Pregnancy after loss can be a very anxious and difficult time because these people have experienced every parent's worst nightmare.

"The service offers additional antenatal checks and emotional wellbeing assessment so they don't have to tell their stories over and over again to different members of staff.

"We are here to give them all the information and emotional support that they need."

The Rainbow Clinic is run by Hull's Bereavement Midwifery Team.

Clinics run on Thursday and Friday afternoons.