A woman who suffered a late miscarriage has launched a petition for babies who are born dead at 20 weeks to be counted as stillbirth rather than miscarriage and given birth certificates.
Currently, UK law states that babies born dead before 24 weeks are classed as a miscarriage, but if they are born and pass away at 24 weeks onwards, it is classed as a stillbirth.
This means that parents are not issued a birth certificate for babies who are born before 24 weeks and do not live.
But Sarah Henderson, from Milton Keynes, suffered a devastating blow when her baby, Rowan, was stillborn at 23 weeks and 4 days. Rowan's birth was not registered.
Sarah's husband, Nick, shares his happiness at the support their petition has received so far.
On her Change.org petition, Sarah describes the anguish: "I was in labour for 7 hours before she arrived naturally but she is legally described as a miscarriage and will never have a birth certificate.
"I lost Rowan in April 2015 and it's so important to me that she should have a birth certificate so she is registered as a member of our family for future generations. That her branch is marked on our family tree.
"It hurt us deeply to know that she wouldn't be recognised, because we recognised her as part of our family, as part of us."
Sarah is petitioning for the term stillbirth to be used from 20 weeks and for birth certificates issued for those babies, she says, due to babies now being viable before 24 weeks.
The designer was inspired to start her campaign after watching Michelle Connor's heart-breaking miscarriage storyline on Coronation Street. In the petition email she explained: "Last weekend I felt like I was watching myself from two years ago. The episode has affected many women like me, including Kym, who suffered from baby loss under 24 weeks herself. I knew that now is the right time to speak up, tell our stories and give these mothers the closure that they need."
"Since starting the petition I've heard from other mothers and fathers who have been through this trauma and pain too - and it makes me realise how desperately this is needed. I know due to legislation it's not simple but the important thing is, we are talking about this issue."
Kym appeared on This Morning last week to discuss the storyline and her own tragic experience. Her Corrie character, Michelle, endured a tragic stillbirth and the storyline has played out on our screens over the last couple of weeks, with her and Steve's baby being stillborn at 23 weeks.
Devastatingly mirroring Sarah's awful experience, the character is not allowed a birth certificate to say that her baby, Ruairi, ever existed.
The story was made even more poignant by the fact that Kym herself lost her baby, Archie, at 21 weeks in 2009, and co-star Simon Gregson, who plays her on-screen husband Steve, has suffered through 11 miscarriages with his wife.
Kym's comments on the show about birth certificates echo Sarah's. Phil, calling it "administrative cruelty", incredulously asked what the problem would be if there was some sort of certificate to say that the baby was born. Kym then tearingly said: "Well, there wouldn't be a problem. I can't imagine that it's a big deal - but to us, it's everything."
She said: "We hope this story will open up the debate. It would be great if it led to a change in the law.
"The fact I didn't get a birth certificate for Archie means that when I'm gone there's no record of him. He won't be on our family tree and yet I gave birth to him. My daughter Polly knows she had a brother yet there is no record of his birth."
Sarah's petition currently has just over 186,000 signatures, and she needs 200,000. Help her reach her goal by signing up here.
If you have been affected by miscarriage or stillbirth, charity Saying Goodbye is there for you to talk to.
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