Amanda Holden says she felt like 'gameshow contestant' after being told she was 'going home empty handed' following stillbirth
27.09.2022 - 20:07
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Amanda Holden is calling for better education after revealing she felt like a 'gameshow contestant' following a devastating stillbirth. The Britain's Got Talent judge said she was told she was 'going home empty handed' after the tragic loss of her son Theo at 28 weeks of pregnancy in 2011.
Amanda is raising money for the baby loss charity Aching Arms with Amanda's 3 Peaks Challenge, scaling the highest mountains of Wales, England and Scotland and climbing 10,476 feet in 24 hours on Thursday October 6. Heart Breakfast radio presenter Amanda bravely spoke about her own experience as she was joined on-air by Aching Arms service user Ross Sullivan.
Amanda, 51, said: “I will never forget when I went through something, I would imagine is very similar to yours. We lost our baby Theo at 28 weeks, and they very sensitively moved me into another room so I could deliver him without having to hear the lovely babies screaming on a normal ward.
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"But often that’s not thought about, it’s little things like that. I remember the lady afterwards as well when we went for a chat also said 'I know you’re going home empty handed' is what she said to me. So I felt like some sort of game show sort of contestant.
"So it’s all of that language that I know this charity will be helping people to avoid and educate them on how best to deal with something so awful. It’s just awful.”
On February 1 Amanda paid a moving tribute to Theo on what would have been his 11th birthday. She shared a message with her boy on her Instagram to say she's “still grateful” he chose her and her husband Chris Hughes.
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