Supporting Families Through Pregnancy and Infancy Loss
-Short Film-
Curretnly open to Health Professionals - Come and join us for a special screening of a new educational short film created by Beyond the Rainbow.
The film has been developed to provide insight into the real-life experiences of people and families who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss and alongside health professionals such as a GP, sonographer, midwife, psychologist and obstetrician, with a focus on how healthcare professionals can provide more compassionate, individualised and meaningful care.
Thank you to the interviewees for their commitment and involvement in this very special project.
Thank you to our filmmaker Tom Chapman for helping us create such an important resource.
This project is thanks to the support from the Tasmanian Government Film Release Event:
Thursday the 15th of October 2026
5:30 arrival for a 6:00pm start (After the screening at 7:00pm, candles will be lit in honour of Wave of
Light - International Pregnancy and Infancy Loss Awareness Day)
Silo's Launceston - Town Point Function Room - 89-91 Lindsay St, Invermay
Supporting Families Through Pregnancy and Infancy Loss
-A Short Film-
Register for film release event here
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Meet the people involved
Bereaved mum - Emma - Share’s her story of baby loss experience, saying goodbye to her baby Jace and the importance of support during pregnancy after loss. Highlighting the challenges throughout pregnancy after loss and the need to support bereaved families throughout all phases of their pregnancy
Director for Beyond the Rainbow
Emma Deane
Beyond the Rainbow Members← →
Collette Butler
Bereaved mum - Collette - Shares her story of baby loss experience of full-term stillbirth, first trimester miscarriage and recurring miscarriages. Highlighting the importance of acknowledging all forms of baby loss and the need to support families equally no matter what gestation the loss occurs at.
Director for Beyond the Rainbow
Cate Creely
I came to midwifery from a nursing background - as was necessary when I began my career -but midwifery has always been my passion. The ability to use your knowledge and experience to help support families during this most transformative and yet most vulnerable time feels incredibly worthwhile. This is even more the case when families are impacted by perinatal loss.
Originally from Victoria, my husband and I moved to Tasmania to be doting grandparents. I have since divided my time between working as a midwife at RHH, spoiling grandchildren and hiking the beautiful forests of Tasmania.
Amy Farrell
Amy Farrell is a registered psychologist with a special interest in perinatal mental health and reproductive health. She is passionate about supporting women and families through the often complex emotional experiences of pregnancy, loss and the journey that follows, with a warm and compassionate approach.
Emily Judd
Emily is a legal practitioner and lives in Tasmania with her husband Nick and their daughters Lydia and Adeline. Their son Jack was unexpectedly stillborn at full term in October 2021.
Following this experience, she became committed to ensuring bereaved families have access to clear, practical information and support in the hospital and in the time that follows. She is the creator of "a little help series", a collection of bereavement resources distributed nationally in hospitals, and a member of the Stillbirth CRE Bereaved Parent Committee.
Cynathia Dawes
Cynthia is a qualified medical Sonographer with extensive experience working in private medical imaging clinics across south east Queensland and Northern Tasmania. In 2024, Cynthia was awarded Sonographer of the Year - Tasmania for championing the profession of sonography and improving accessibility of essential ultrasound services to the Northern Tasmanian community. She is passionate about providing patient-centred care and recognises the important role sonographers play in gaining medical diagnosis and supporting patients through difficult experiences.
Cynthia believes that sonographers never stop learning and developing throughout their careers. She also values collaboration with colleagues and other healthcare professionals within the local community, understanding that working together is essential to providing the best possible care.
Bianca Welsh
Bianca Welsh (she/her) is a proud Korean/Australian, raised in Launceston, Tasmania and has lived there since she was adopted in the late 80s from South Korea as a baby.
She is a co-owner of Stillwater Restaurant and Seven Rooms, one of Tasmania’s most awarded and recognised restaurants and runs her own mental health business – From
Experience, providing education and advice to workplaces on how to be a mentally healthy workplace including education around trauma informed practices, neurodiversity, mental illness, attachment theory and more. She is also an experienced Mental Health First Aid
Instructor having delivered over 35 courses. She was also a co-founder and operator of Black Cow Bistro for 14 years. She currently sits on the Launceston Chamber of Commerce and is a Non-Executive Director at TasTafe. Bianca previously sat on the Cornerstone Youth Services board for 7 years, chaired Design Tasmania, as well as terms on Visit Northern Tasmania and the Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania. In addition she chaired a government advisory committee for workforce skills in tourism and hospitality.
Bianca never rests on her laurels and loves learning new things, she was determined to understand her team better and the challenges around mental health and completed a Bachelor of Behavioural Science at UTAS in 2018. Combining her lived experience and her degree she helps other workplaces to become more mentally healthy.
Bianca has been recognised for her work in the industry and community with accolades such as Young Restaurateur of the Year (2015), Young Tasmanian Australian of the Year Finalist (2016), Young Professional of the Year (2017), Tourism Minister’s Young Achiever (2019), 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian Australian List (2022) and most recently News Corp Australia’s 250 Young Entrepreneurs list among a handful of Tasmanian’s. She also was a TV host for a local travel show – Left Off the Map and Award Winning Tasmania.
In October 2025, Bianca released a podcast – From Experience: The Grief Collection, sharing her own story of grief and loss but also interviewing other people on their own experiences through the loss of loved ones such as parents, pets, siblings, children, a relationship and significant others, but also the loss of oneself through the experience of trauma.
A devoted mum to three children (a busy boy (10yo), a son who died at full term in January 2022 and Rani (3yo) her lived experience with mental health and illness, baby loss, termination for medical reasons, grief, PTSD and trauma, inter-country adoption, racism, discrimination, leadership, hospitality, skills and training, she is regularly giving public talks at business conferences, industry days, schools and more. She is a driven person who’s most important values are kindness, honesty and compassion.
