Coping with life’s challenges

PAUL STANLEY, 33, a fire safety instructor from Donaghmeade, Co Dublin, describes his grief at the stillbirth of his first child, a son, Oisín.

“We had been so excited, so happy. We were expecting to go into the hospital and come out with a baby. The moment the nurse told us she could not find a heartbeat was the most devastating news I have ever had.

“That moment will never, ever go away. It was like 50% of my body was taken away that day and I still haven’t got it back.