The star admitted that the months after losing Theo were 'horrific' but that she desperately wanted to have a sibling for daughter Lexi. She said all the way through her pregnancy she feared the worst would happen. Amanda went on to welcome daughter Hollie in , but revealed she 'came close to death' after the birth with Hollie arriving one month earlier and the TV personality suffering a huge loss of blood and spending three days in intensive care in a coma.
Honest account: The actress, who is married to record producer Chris Hughes, said their baby boy would never be forgotten. In , Amanda bravely spoke about her tragic ordeal in her autobiography. Inside, though, I was a wreck. I was drinking. A lot. For me, having another child was a priority. But nothing could have prepared me for the sadness, and very nearly the tragedy, that lay ahead. If everything worked out OK, then our baby would be born in February I woke and decided to have a bath.
A stillbirth occurs when a baby is born dead after 24 weeks of pregnancy. If a baby dies before 24 weeks of pregnancy, it is known as a miscarriage. Not all stillbirths can be prevented, however, not smoking or drinking, as well as not sleeping on your back and attending all antenatal appointments can reduce the risk.
Pregnant women should contact their doctor immediately if they notice a difference to their baby's movement. Stillbirths do not always have an obvious cause but may occur due to complications with the placenta or a birth defect. They are also more likely to occur if women suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes or an infection that affects the baby, such as flu. Stillbirths are more likely to occur if women are having twins or multiple pregnancies, are overweight, smoke, are over 35 or have a pre-existing condition, such as epilepsy.
If a baby has died, women may wait for their labour to start naturally or they may be induced if their health is at risk. Bereavement support groups are available to parents who have suffered stillbirths. Source: NHS Choices. She continued: 'I clearly remember thinking I should pop to West Middlesex Hospital for a quick ultrasound scan.
My friend and midwife Jackie met me in the car park. She felt around and moved the scanner several times before very calmly saying: "Sometimes this happens. What can I say to Lexi? Jackie held me tight as I started to thrash about and punch the bed I was now standing by. My poor darling husband was somewhere in London in ignorant bliss. Suddenly, stupidly, I thought he would blame me. It had to be my fault, right? Everything came tumbling down. No one had answers for us and, all too soon, the obstetrician came into the room to bring us back to the gruesome world of reality.
But there was still more to come: '"Amanda, you have to think how you want baby to be delivered," she said. But I wanted it to be a caesarean. His little face and body were perfect.
He was nearly 3lb in weight which is totally viable, and bigger than most premature babies and felt like a young cat in my arms.
Devoted: The star admitted that the months after losing Theo were 'horrific' but that she desperately wanted to have a sibling for daughter Alexa, known as Lexi, now Sad times: 'When my baby was finally delivered they laid him in my arms as my tears flowed over him.
I had no control over myself, I thought it was another person making the noise. SEE: Amanda Holden's bedrooms unveiled - inside her most private spaces. The TV star was left devastated in when her little boy Theo died. The TV star then opted to have a C-section because she couldn't go through with labour. Just as the baby was going to come out my husband Chris had to leave the room, he couldn't bear it. Fighting back the tears, Amanda continued: "Jackie wrapped him up and I said, 'Jackie, I can't do it, I can't hold him.
The one thing I remember is his perfectly formed eyebrows, which all my children have. Amanda shares young daughters Lexi and Hollie with husband Chris Hughes.
The Heart FM presenter was then told she could take home some keepsakes of Theo. We got his footprints and a little bit of his hair and the blanket he was born in. Praising the NHS for all their efforts, Amanda concluded: " I'll do anything for that hospital because that's where my son was born and that's where we were treated like family members, that's the best way to describe it. Everyone must feel very sorry for Amanda Holden and her husband.
Very often, they are one-off events. A woman's chances of having a baby are still quite high, though fertility does fall with age and the risk of abnormalities in the baby increases.
The message is: don't give up hope. Some causes were recurring and required investigation. As well as placental problems, infection, illnesses such as diabetes or pre-eclampsia, and birth defects, may all cause a stillbirth. Amanda Holden's agent, Alison Griffin, confirmed the stillbirth at the weekend. The star had gone to the West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth last Tuesday after the baby stopped moving, and it was later stillborn.
Ms Griffin, said the couple were "utterly devastated". The couple announced the pregnancy only in January, when Ms Holden was six months pregnant. Arriving at the Britain's Got Talent auditions in Cardiff, she said: "This is the first time I have properly shown my bump in public. I'm feeling fantastic. Amanda Holden's loss follows that of Lily Allen, the singer, whose baby was stillborn last October, when she was six months pregnant. The year-old pop star had an earlier miscarriage in December when four months pregnant.
Kerry Dutton's son Luke was stillborn at 30 weeks in June
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