Charlotte hopes sharing her story will help raise awareness of the impact baby loss can have
A Belfast mum has spoken about the heartache of losing her twins born prematurely as a way of raising awareness of the impact of baby loss, and to let others know there is help out there.
"They went straight to neo-natal, and seeing them for the first time in the incubators, I broke down. We were told there was a very high chance they were not going to make it," she told Belfast Live. However, Charlotte was soon to face her worst fear, as little Ella sadly passed away, with the loss of son James happening soon after.
"We held off on having Ella’s funeral for a bit as we didn’t know whether James was going to make it. A typical day for me at that time was going to the grave to visit Ella and then over to the hospital to visit James, as silly as it sounds I felt guilty if I didn’t visit both of them. Shortly after losing Ella and James, Charlotte found out she was pregnant again. She said it sent her "anxiety levels through the roof," leaving her unable to function.
"It’s now been over five years since we lost James and Ella, they are very much still part of our family and our daughter Emily who is now four is aware she has a brother and sister in heaven, she talks about them a lot and we visit their grave regularly."
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