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Katie Fitzpatrick

'We lost a piece of us' - Strictly's Kym Marsh pays heartfelt tribute to her baby son Archie

Strictly Come Dancing star Kym Marsh has sent a moving message to her baby boy Archie. The former Coronation Street spoke out to mark Baby Loss Awareness Day in memory of her beloved son.

Kym went through the devastating loss of baby Archie, with her ex husband Jamie Lomas, in 2009 at 21 weeks of pregnancy. The actress won huge praise for the harrowing Corrie storyline in 2017 which saw her character Michelle Connor go through the devastating loss of her baby Ruairi at 23 weeks after suffering a similar heartbreak in real life.

Taking to Instagram Kym, 46, said her family would be lighting a candle tonight for all babies 'taken too soon.' She penned: "Today is babyloss awareness day. Today is a day to get people talking, and to remember all of our babies that were taken too soon. I am a mother who lost her child. I am one in 4.

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