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Nicci Coertze
Jul 24, 20192 min read
Where Angels Fear To Tread
I am a Perinatal Bereavement Doula. Yes, unfortunately working with dead babies is part of my job. I dry broken parents’ tears. I take...
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Nicci Coertze
Jul 17, 20192 min read
THE BABY LOSS CLUB
The loneliest club in the world… The Baby Loss Club is not for the fainthearted. It is a club with non-negotiable terms and lifelong...
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Nicci Coertze
May 21, 20195 min read
Time’s Forever Frozen Still
Saying ‘Bon Voyage’ to my parents at OR Tambo today We took my parents to the airport this afternoon – they are flying out to the States...
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Nicci Coertze
Jan 31, 20198 min read
Supporting Parents during Baby Loss
It was cold in the doctor’s consulting room. Carry* was laying on her back, waiting to hear their baby’s heartbeat. But then she...
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Nicci Coertze
Jan 4, 20173 min read
Saying Goodbye to Baby R
I wrote this in Afrikaans originally but I have translated it for this website: Babies should smell like baby powder and Elizabeth Anne’s...
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Nicci Coertze
Sep 4, 201612 min read
The Two Rooms
Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com Except for different room numbers, the two doors looked identical. If you could have peeked inside,...
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Nicci Coertze
Nov 4, 20159 min read
Beautiful Pain
This was my first official experience as Bereavement Doula and one that I will always keep very close to my heart. I wrote about this in...
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