Mum tells of heartbreak at baby loss in Covid coma

A woman has spoken of her "devastation" after losing a baby delivered while she was in an induced coma with Covid.

Rachel, from Wolverhampton was admitted to hospital over the summer in the 19th week of pregnancy. She said uncertainty about whether pregnant women should have the Covid vaccine had put her off getting it.

Her condition deteriorated and she said she was so ill she did not realise at first son Jaxon was stillborn.

"I was heavily sedated a lot of the time and from what I'm told by my family, my chances weren't looking very good," the 38-year-old said. "They were trying to get the baby to survive to 28 weeks but unfortunately, at 24 weeks, my son was born stillborn."

Rachel, who said she had planned to have the vaccine after giving birth, is now urging others to get the jab, particularly women from minority backgrounds, for whom uptake is lower.

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Source: BBC News, 15 January 2022