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A Scots mum whose daughter was tragically stillborn is desperate to save the charity who helped her through the darkest time of her life.
Charlie Gallagher, from Castlemilk, went into labour at 33-weeks and found out her daughter did not have a heartbeat when she was rushed to hospital.
The 34-year-old was admitted to an ICU maternity room as her condition rapidly deteriorated and she turned seriously unwell. Sadly, on October 15, 2018, doctors told Charlie that her daughter Jessica was stillborn and she was lucky to have survived.
After the heartbreaking loss of her daughter, Charlie and her partner received crucial support from Dalkeith based charity SiMBA. She is now desperate to save the organisation from closure due to spiralling costs and a significant shortfall in fundraising, Glasgow Live reports.
She said: "I went through the labour process in an ICU maternity room because I was seriously ill. Once I had Jessica, I was sat down by one of the midwives and they explained what had happened.
"They explained how lucky I was to survive and how brave I was. She told me about this charity called SIMBA that provided memory boxes for people.
"This was a shock to me because when I suffered a silent miscarriage in 2015 it was a totally different tone. Once the procedure they just let you go and there was no information about charities."
SiMBA supports bereaved parents who have lost a baby at any stage of their pregnancy or around the time of birth. The organisation provides family rooms within maternity units to offer parents the time to say goodbye to their babies and they also create memory boxes.
But the vital charity is now facing closure within three months due to low fundraising and rising costs.
Charlie said: "When I first
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