Alex Grice listened to the sound of exhausted mothers sleep around her. It was early morning on the maternity ward and the hospital room was quiet. Wide awake, she glanced over at the empty cot beside her bed.
It was meant be the happiest day of her life. The then 19-year-old had given birth to twins just hours earlier – 15 weeks prematurely. But she couldn’t see her babies. They were downstairs in the neonatal unit fighting for their lives, wires attached to every part of their tiny bodies.
Moments later, the teenager received the phone call she was dreading. One of her twins, Ava, had suffered a serious brain haemorrhage. She wouldn’t survive the night and Alex needed to say her goodbyes.
