Mum heartbroken to lose girl at 31 weeks due to Covid has rainbow baby one year on

A mum has welcomed her rainbow baby into the world just a year after losing her daughter at 31 weeks when she caught Covid-19.

Megan Eatock, 25, originally from Bolton, but who now lives in Leyland, had a healthy first pregnancy last year, until she fell ill and started suffering with what she thought were Braxton Hicks - phantom labour pains. However, by the evening Megan had started bleeding and called her midwife - who asked her to come in immediately.

Tragically, Cassidy Rae, was delivered stillborn, by C-section on October 9. Parents, Megan and her partner, Jack Cudworth, were able to spend almost a week in the bereavement suite at Royal Preston Hospital with their daughter before having to go home.

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Now, the new mum has spoken out about the "postcode lottery" in bereavement care to support baby loss awareness week and calls for improvements across the country. Megan told The Mirror : "We are lucky enough that we live in this postcode and we got this kind of help and care.

“I’m from Bolton and if I still lived there I wouldn't have got it which is such a shame. I know people who have gone through baby loss who haven’t got that just because of where they live.”

Their journey has not been without unimaginable challenges, but Megan and Jack welcomed their rainbow baby, Ophelia Cassidy on October 4, weighing 8lbs 5oz. Looking back on their memories of Cassidy, Megan recalls how they spent six days in a “gorgeous” bereavement suite at RPH, sleeping beside Cassidy.

Megan said: "It was like having a live baby, everyone came to visit and we had some professional pictures done. The room was gorgeous as well, it was like