As October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we felt it was important to acknowledge this to help raise awareness and also offer some guidance on how managers and business owners can support employees who have lost their baby.

According to Tommy’s (the largest UK charity carrying out research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth), 1 in 4 families will sadly experience a miscarriage at some point in their lifetime and 9 babies are stillborn every day in the UK. Therefore, most workplaces have staff who have been or may be affected.

The experience of pregnancy and infant loss is poorly understood due to the silence surrounding it. It varies from person to person, but it