'If the department had been willing to work with me, to tell me what I needed to do to have him stay with me, I would have done anything.'
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Inever met my Dad. The first time I ever saw him was at the viewing room at his funeral. I didn’t know I had a full sister until the day before that. I met her and the rest of his side of the family the day of the funeral. I was 17 years old. Most of them didn’t know who I was.
I was never allowed to meet my dad or my other siblings. Later, I learnt that my sister once called to try and speak to me, but Nan lied and told her I didn’t live thereNot knowing my dad’s side of the family has impacted me right into adulthood. I have a lot of underlying trauma because of the decisions made about me when I was a child.
Baby and I stayed in the hospital for 10 days. After that, we were put into a kinship placement, where I could stay with my child, but this didn’t work out. We then moved into a different kinship placement arrangement, but it left me feeling isolated. The people we were living with were constantly tearing me down as a mother. There were no boundaries, and it caused me stress and interfered with me being able to bond with my child.
When we came out of the program, my child was immediately taken from my care. He was about five months old. I clearly remember the Department of Human Services collecting us from the program in Melbourne and taking us to the Magistrates Court at Ballarat. After the magistrate made the order, I looked my son in the eyes and told him, ‘Mummy will see you soon’.
The department treated me like a criminal after my four days in the prison. When I was almost seven months pregnant , the department informed me I would not be reunified with my eldest baby.
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