Good on the producers of Offspring on touching on this raw and real issue sensitively.

yeah and sadly this episode was very confronting and all too real. Too many parents have experienced this and it is so sad to think about. At least they aren’t alone in their experience, for whatever that thought is worth

Such a sad episode and a reflection on the sadness and pain that many families experience.

This episode was handled so beautifully. As an Aunt to a beautiful stillborn girl 21 years ago, I still remember vividly my shock and horror and can never fully imagine what my sister went through. My niece was the first grandchild and much anticipated and we still feel deeply what happened. My sister went on to have two beautiful children, but we always say she had 3. She is a Mum to 3 children.

I like offspring for its quirkiness, weird humor etc, to escape reality and have some laughs. This episode whilst important I guess in some ways, wasn’t my favourite.

this was a heavy episode

Many years ago my neighbor went to the hospital to deliver her baby and the baby was born still born, she still feels the pain every now and then. I myself went through several miscarriages, under which one silent miscarriage and I know how intense the feeling of loss and grieve can be.
I didn’t see the show but can imagine that for some this might have been great to watch, while for others it might have rip open old wounds.

There is much better ways of teaching children I think they went too far.

I have a friend whose baby could easily have been stillborn. The midwives kept saying the mum was ok to keep going as she was. A surgeon walked past, then went back to speak to one of the midwives, and realised my friend was still in labor so he decided to check her himself. He quickly told the staff to prepare her for an emergency c-section when they got her down to theatre. The still stood around just talking and laughing so he yelled “I said now”. and basically ran down to theatre to get ready. The baby struggled to breathe when he was born had to go to NICU for a couple of days. My friend was later told that had he not acted when he did there was no doubt that their beautiful baby son would have been stillborn.

I’m glad I didn’t see this show last night. One never forgets a stillbirth even after 50 years. Thoughts are always there about whether something I did or didn’t do caused it. Glad the show was well done, but agree with others that a warning might have been nice. I was out, and now won’t make the effort to catch up on the show.

This brought back a lot of heartache for me. My son was stillborn 35 years ago and it still breaks my heart to think about it. I was told it was my fault and not to talk about it. After 10 years I got a new doctor and he helped me to realise it wasn’t anything I did wrong. Through him I was able to move on. The pain never goes away completely but you never forget. Thank you Offspring for presenting this in a caring way

Sending love, hugs and prayers to all that have experienced the sad loss. xxx

The way that Offspring deal with such emotional and difficult issues is a credit to the writers and actors. The storyline is so real and raw.

This episode made me cry. My husband said, but its not real. That didn’t make it any less painful to watch, knowing someone somewhere had this as their experience of childbirth. Bless them all.

One of the saddest situations.

Really hard

It really is a pain that never eases.

devastating is the only way to describe it

Six stillbirths every day in Australia? 🙁 That’s really shocking. I would have never guessed that. 🙁

Glad I didn’t see it either.
Still raw after 25 years
Sending hugs to all the mums this has affected