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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Bereaved parents ‘in limbo’ amid agonizing six-month waits to find out why their babies died

Laurellie Staples

A woman who lost her baby to a late miscarriage said the months-long delay to find out why her daughter died left her trapped “in limbo” and racked with anxiety.

Laurellie Staples, who lives in Hampshire, told The Independent had to wait nine months for the post-mortem examination results after the loss of her baby at 18 weeks in September last year despite being promised the process would take around three months.

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