A new mother has spoken of the profound grief she feels that her own mother never met her baby, describing it as "really cruel that she didn’t get to be a grandmother" and lamenting that the chance to "share that motherhood journey together was ripped away". Despite the heartache, a supportive community of "motherless mothers" has provided her with strength.
Seona Wells, 34, from Aberdeen, welcomed her daughter Mara into the world in June 2025. However, the joy of new parenthood has been inextricably linked with the sorrow of losing her mother, Christina, to cancer in November 2024.
