The Families
Hundreds of families each year are impacted by Vasa Praevia, many suffering loss.
Detailed stories are featured here on our webpage (see tab to the right). lf you would like to share your stories with us then please do so by emailing
Your contribution will be much appreciated and added to our blog. Please note: Stories that are shown as follows ^i^, sadly involve the death of a child.
For Baby Loss Awareness Week 2026 we have also produced a memorial montage, featuring 36 Vasa Praevia Angels. As can be viewed here
Vasa Praevia Angels Memorial Montage (Oct 2026)
or via our social media at Memorial Montage on Facebook and
Baby Emilia
Baby Emilia – daughter of Lisa and Antony Paine
Emilia was born safely on 23rd May 2005 – as a direct consequence of successful prenatal diagnosis of Vasa Praevla. Our story starts at the 20 week anomaly scan, when the sonographer spotted a problem with the placenta. Lisa had placenta praevia and was also diagnosed with Vasa Praevia. At the time, we didn‘t know what this was – all we knew was that the baby would have to be delivered by C-section. Our consultant advised us that Lisa should go straight to hospital if she experienced any bleeding.
Sure enough, at 24 weeks, Lisa suffered a fairly serious bleed and was admitted to hospital. Luckily the bleeding stopped and during the course of the next few weeks, the original diagnosis of Vasa Praevia was confirmed by further scans. Lisa was advised to stay in hospital for the rest of the pregnancy, for bed rest and observation. lt was expected that further bleeding would result in premature birth and we thought that