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Real-life Story: Mum Shared Pictures Of Her Stillborn Baby Who Was Poisoned In The Womb

Never ignore the slightest symptom of anything that happens during pregnancy.

When you are married to the love of your life and decide to plan a family, everything seems to be so perfect and then on a fine day, if something goes wrong, the perfect world trembles down to just nothing!

This is the story of a real-life couple Gabriella Morley and Matthew Dalton who were happily married for 10 long years and could not wait to have a new member in the family when tragedy striked their door.

Gabriella was 39 months pregnant and her baby died in her womb accidentally.

Read about this heart-breaking story of how the couple shared their story to make the world aware of the unexpected cause of poisoning that caused the death of their baby.

She Was In Her 39th Week Of Pregnancy

She Was In Her 39th Week Of Pregnancy

She had been out finishing her last moment shopping when she realised that she did not feel the baby move. She along with her partner visited the hospital, where doctors looked for a heartbeat and the couple were given the devastating news that their baby had died in the womb!

She Revealed Her Experience…

She Revealed Her Experience…

She shared her sad experience at the hospital where the couple reached and the doctors broke the news to them. "After having so many, you know yourself where the heart should be and it just wasn't moving. I turned my head away and the midwife rushed for tissues. That's when I knew", is what she had to say.

The Distraught Mother Delivered The Still Baby

The Distraught Mother Delivered The Still Baby

The poor devastated mum had to go ahead and give birth to her lifeless little girl. She revealed that it was an emotionally ‘scarring' experience that she wishes to block from her memory.

She Was Scared To Deliver…

She Was Scared To Deliver…

Gabriella revealed on how scared she was while she was delivering the stillborn baby, as she always wanted it to be one of the most beautiful moments of her life, but here she was left to give birth to an unborn child.

The Post Mortem Report Revealed…

The Post Mortem Report Revealed…

According to the doctors, the post-mortem report revealed that the baby Poppy had died from cardiac arrest. This happened after she was being poisoned accidentally by the high acidity levels that was present in Gabriella's body due to the pregnancy-related liver condition intrahepatic cholestasis (ICP).

What Actually Happened To The Baby?

What Actually Happened To The Baby?

It is said that Gabriella experienced constant nausea throughout her pregnancy and there was no other unusual symptom and her baby seemed healthy and was growing normally.

She Did Have An Itchy Belly…

She Did Have An Itchy Belly…

As her pregnancy progressed, Gabriella was experiencing a slightly itchy belly, which she assumed it to be due to the skin stretching. She thought that this was a common complaint among expectant mums. But there was a hidden reason for her to experience this...

It Was Due To ICP That She Was Experiencing This…

It Was Due To ICP That She Was Experiencing This…

It is said that the itchiness that she was experiencing was actually a symptom of ICP that hinders the flow of bile acids, which are said to be toxic to the foetus, from the liver to the gut.

What Is ICP?

What Is ICP?

ICP: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. This is a potentially serious liver disorder that can develop during pregnancy. In this condition, the bile acids do not flow properly and it builds up in your body instead. Researchers claim that there is no cure for ICP, but the condition disappears once the baby is born.

The Reason Gabriella Shared Her Story...

The Reason Gabriella Shared Her Story...

The main reason for Gabriella to share her story is to raise awareness of the illness that accidentally killed her baby in the 9th month of pregnancy. She shared her story to encourage more mums to speak about the tragic loss of their babies.

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