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Peter Douglas and Sean and Tony Burrows divulge their bath-time experiences...

When Peter and his wife lived in Liverpool 8, they had a long deep Victorian cast iron bath and having a bath together became quite a ritual. "Annie and I would always share a bath together, it was very practical and also the first chance of the day to sit down together and talk." "We used to talk about all kinds of things, it was very romantic." After Annie died, Peter doesn't remember having many baths in the house - maybe one bath in the following months, "it was very sad."

Sean and Toni Burrows used to have baths when they first got together, "it was quite romantic I remember always having a set of taps sticking in my neck". Before they had children bath-time was a very relaxing experience until Toni became pregnant with their first child, Liam who was stillborn. "It was very sad but we had to spend time together and a bath was a good time to bring us together, it helped us focus on the baby, talk about the loss, it felt like a healing process, relaxing with oils, gentle music, it makes me feel quite emotional and one of the reasons I wanted to be in the bath is because Liam had spent his whole life in the womb surrounded by water and I felt much closer to him in that way." It is 9 years since they lost Liam and they now have a little boy and a girl. Since having the children it's interesting to reflect that they just don't bath together anymore. Toni often feels very sad when she reflects on the loss of Liam but the bathroom is still used as a place to talk together.

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