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Scots mum tells of heartbreak at first Christmas since baby son was stillborn

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A Scots mum has told of her heartbreak as she marked the first Christmas since her still her stillborn baby passed away.Cloe Murphy was delighted to learn she was pregnant back in February as becoming a mum had been her dream.The 17-year-old’s baby was due on September 28 and the pregnancy was passing without incident.But after having contractions in October, Cloe was left devastated after medics discovered they couldn’t locate a heartbeat.The West Lothian teenager learned her baby boy had died on October 9 and he was born a day later.The baby, named Richard Murphy, was stillborn leaving Cloe and her family distraught.Following the experience of losing her son, Cloe described how vital local support groups and charities such as Sands are when dealing with grief.Cloe told Edinburgh Live: “In February I found out I was pregnant really happy but nervous being a first-time mum and me being 16 at the time as time went on and I went to a midwife’s appointment I couldn’t have been happier finding out it was a boy.“It’s everything I always wanted everything was going fine went to my last midwife’s appointment on Thursday I heard the heartbeat and everything was great.“Then I woke up on Sunday 9 at roughly half-four because of contractions.“I tried to sleep it off and I later phoned St John’s at around midnight and they decided to get me in for a check so they tried to get my baby’s heartbeat and couldn’t find anything.“I was so heartbroken to the point I didn’t know what to do and wish I could go back in time and do something about it.”Cloe has been dreading Christmas since Richard’s death.

She said: “I feel like the grinch I now hate Christmas I loved it as a child but now I just don’t want to celebrate it anymore but we do it

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