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Katie Fitzpatrick

Amanda Holden says she felt like 'gameshow contestant' after being told she was 'going home empty handed' following stillbirth

Amanda Holden is calling for better education after revealing she felt like a 'gameshow contestant' following a devastating stillbirth. The Britain's Got Talent judge said she was told she was 'going home empty handed' after the tragic loss of her son Theo at 28 weeks of pregnancy in 2011.

Amanda is raising money for the baby loss charity Aching Arms with Amanda's 3 Peaks Challenge, scaling the highest mountains of Wales, England and Scotland and climbing 10,476 feet in 24 hours on Thursday October 6. Heart Breakfast radio presenter Amanda bravely spoke about her own experience as she was joined on-air by Aching Arms service user Ross Sullivan.

Amanda, 51, said: “I will never forget when I went through something, I would imagine is very similar to yours. We lost our baby Theo at 28 weeks, and they very sensitively moved me into another room so I could deliver him without having to hear the lovely babies screaming on a normal ward.

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