Corporate push to provide paid parental leave after stillbirth
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Six months into her pregnancy, Jacqui Bruyn was devastated to learn her baby’s heart had stopped beating.
It was a Sunday night when doctors confirmed her worst fears and told her she would have to give birth the following day when she was induced into labour.
“It was an extremely traumatic experience,” she said.
Jacqui Bruyn with her husband Trent Clark and son Wyatt Clark.
Credit:Rhett Wyman
Ms Bruyn, 36, who works as a legal counsel for Infigen Energy, a renewable energy company, said her employer gave her paid parental leave to help her recover physically and emotionally.
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