Anne Diamond's tears over son Sebastian's cot death: 'It is wonderful to talk about him because it makes him real'
ANNE DIAMOND AND NADIA SAWAHLA REDUCE THE AUDIENCE TO TEARS TELLING THEIR EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES OF BABY LOSS.
Anne and Nadia bravely shared their personal stories during a highly emotional conversation about during Baby Loss Awareness Week.
Anne discussed the heartbreaking experience of losing her baby son Sebastian to the cot death Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 25 years ago when he was just four and a half months old.
Sebastian, Anne's third child, tragically passed in 1991 and Anne revealed, 'He would be 25. It is wonderful to talk about him because it makes him real. Someone once said to me, "You will get over the pain but you will never stop loving him".'
Anne, 62, talked emotionally about her son's sudden death, saying, 'It was painful to hold him after he died because he was so cold. It was a Friday so they didn't do the postmortem til Monday. I was so angry as I wanted to know what happened.'
And Nadia, 51, revealed she had suffered three miscarriages in between her daughters Maddy and Kiki.
'I think it's better to tell people as soon as you are pregnant', she said. 'If you lose it and you haven't told anyone, it's hard to get support from them. They think it was just a moment, they haven't been on the journey with you.'
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