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Laura Sharman

Dad raising 4 boys alone after mum and baby die - and he hasn't told toddler yet

A dad who lost his wife and baby during childbirth has been left to raise their four sons alone.

Ben Thompson, from Australia, barely has time to grieve the loss of his wife Lauren and their only daughter Hannah following the tragedy.

Instead he has had to "go straight into dad mode 24/7" while trying to organise their funerals, he said.

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