Gazing at my newborn son, swaddled in a blanket in his pram, I felt overwhelmed by a storm of emotions – love and joy colliding with grief and disbelief. This would be my one and only walk with Orion – my first baby – because 10 days earlier, in April 2021, he had been stillborn. My husband Gary, 39, an electrician, and I had been allowed to bring him home so we could spend time together and introduce him to family and friends, before we had to say goodbye forever. But even in that heartbreaking moment, as I pushed his pram through a local park, I was determined to treasure this bittersweet memory.
‘I REALISED THE BABY HADN’T BEEN KICKING’
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