Dani Paranthoiene and her husband Frank had everything ready to welcome their baby girl including little onesies, blankets and her crib.

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But at 32 weeks pregnant, Ms Paranthoiene suffered a placental abruption - a complication where the placenta separates from the uterine wall before birth - leading to the stillbirth of her daughter Bonnie.

"We had just celebrated our baby shower the week before and I had been given so many presents," she told AAP.

"Everyone was so excited because we had been trying to conceive for so long and for it to end like that was a huge shock for everyone."

On average, six babies are stillborn everyday in Australia

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