Bereaved Shoreham mother raises funds for new Worthing Hospital suite

Becky Cobden, 27, of Shoreham, said she had experienced a healthy pregnancy with Bobby, her first child, in the final months of 2016.

She went to hospital to be induced at 41 weeks and five days but, tragically, Bobby was stillborn on December 21.

Becky said: “It was awful, there are no other words to describe it. It’s the most heartbreaking thing.”

A non-invasive post mortem later revealed there had been an infection in the placenta and a blood clot.

Bobby was kept in a cold cot on the ward with Becky, who said she was ‘so grateful’ to be able to spend time with him.

“The time I spent with him was never going to be enough, those moments I had when I was able to hold him, that was just the best,” she said.

Bobby was then taken to Chestnut Tree House where Becky and her partner, Tom Underhill, 33, could see him over Christmas.

Becky said: “It was amazing. His first Christmas was the first thing we had planned, so to be able to go and see him was really important to us.”

She said the following days were ‘‘a blur’ as the couple organised Bobby’s funeral, which was held on January 11.

It was not until a few weeks later that Becky contacted SANDS, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity, which she had been told about at hospital.