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Devastated mother shares picture of her cradling stillborn baby

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A devastated mother has shared a picture of her cradled stillborn baby as she criticised midwives who she claims ignored her concerns. Stephanie Broadley, 28, broke down as she realised her baby boy, Beau, had been stillborn in May 2018. She felt full of guilt that she had not pushed staff more strongly to listen … Read more

Brave mother had her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after childbirth to her stillborn son

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A brave mother had her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after a life-threatening labour during which she gave birth to her stillborn baby. Callie Colwick, 30, from McKinney, Texas, suffered from placenta accreta while pregnant with her son Quinn, a rare serious condition with major complications. At 15 weeks, she and her husband Kevin, 30, were … Read more

Couple who are pregnant 4 months after their first baby was stillborn share their journey

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Amanda and Mitch Feltmann knew their first child was struggling in the womb.  Their 20-week scan showed she was underweight, and by week 26 they confirmed she had intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a poor growth caused by placental insufficiency.  They held out hope, but a day before Amanda’s scheduled induction, in September 2018, her waters broke, … Read more