Allanah lost her son when she was 22 weeks pregnant. Now she’s helping others through the grief of stillbirth

After Lenny’s death, Braydon Newell and Allanah Crameri were able to hold him. The experience led to Allanah and other mothers launching a charity, Babies Above, to provide support for families who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Photograph: Penny Stephens/The Guardian

The birth of Allanah Crameri and Braydon Newell’s son Lenny in September 2022 should have been filled with joy. But at just under 22 weeks, pregnancy complications led to a preterm labour and Lenny was born too early to survive.

“I felt everything from sadness, despair, anger and shock,” Crameri says.