'I sat with my dead baby's body for 14 hours, sang to her and kissed her after my 20-hour labour'
ENDURING 20 hours of labour, Charlie Vass was looking forward to meeting her daughter - despite knowing she was dead.5Doctors broke Charlie’s waters and after nearly a day of pushing she arrived, tiny but perfect.
I’d been diagnosed with a thyroid illness, so hadn’t noticed my pregnancy symptoms creeping up on me.It revealed I was nine weeks gone. I was really shocked and didn’t have a clue how we’d cope with three children.A 12-week scan at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness proved she was perfect, although I didn’t know her sex at that point.
Hearing we had a girl - like the boys wanted - we also learnt she was likely suffering from Edwards Syndrome.As medics told me if my daughter made it full term she would live for just five minutes, I felt my heart shatter.Just days later we travelled to a bigger hospital in Aberdeen where we were learnt she also had spina bifida.
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