Women are being encouraged to talk about the deaths of their stillborn children as part of the healing process during International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. According to statistics from the miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn support charity Sands, seven babies die from miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death in Australia each day. Wollongong mother Amanda Jennings lost her son to stillbirth in June and retells the horrific moment doctors confirmed the death of her first and only child, Jude Marlowe Gaskell. “After having been checked by four doctors, the obstetrician conducted an ultrasound and finally said to me ‘I’m sorry…
Author: Phi Phi Nguyen
Wollongong photographers have come together to promote conservation through the art of photography at the National Threatened Species Day photo exhibition, held at the Moving Mountains gallery. The exhibition which opened on September 7, is hosted by the Office of Environmental Heritage, showcases the works of 40 photographers, each featuring an image of an endangered flora or fauna species in the Illawarra or Shoalhaven areas. Following a silent auction of the artworks, photographers were given the opportunity to donate their proceedings to an environmental group of their choice, to further show their support in saving threatened species across the South…