Kym Marsh 'emotional' as she appears on BBC Breakfast
Kym Marsh admitted she was 'very emotional' on Wednesday's BBC Breakfast as she spoke about the baby loss certificate scheme.
The former Coronation Street star, 48, sadly lost her baby boy Archie in 2009 after he was born 18 weeks prematurely.
This week marks Baby Loss Awareness Week and it was recently announced that parents who have experienced the loss of a baby early in pregnancy will now be able to apply to have their child’s life officially recognised regardless of how much time has passed.
The Government has announced it will extend the baby loss certificate scheme, which launched in February for those who had experienced a loss since September 2018. There will now be no time limit on the initiative, with certificates available for any parent who has experienced a loss before 24 weeks, or 28 weeks if the loss occurred before October 1992.
Appearing on Wednesday's BBC Breakfast to talk about the update in the baby loss certificate scheme and mark Baby Loss Awareness Week, Kym admitted:"Well, I'm very emotional this morning actually so I apologise if I start to get upset!
"These certificates mean so much as we've heard already it makes your baby not just a statistic, my Archie was here, I gave birth to him, I held him, we had a funeral, he mattered, he mattered to all of us.
"For us to not get anything that recognised he was here was absolutely heartbreaking because he was a little person and he was our little person."
Talking about the update in the baby loss certificate scheme, Kym added: "We're so delighted, this is a huge win, a huge win for all of us and a huge win for saying goodbye, it's just fantastic."
Kym said she thinks about Archie every day and he's a part of her family's life, adding: "We celebrate his birthday, we do that every single year.
"Polly, who is now 13, obviously she was born after the loss of Archie, she knows all about Archie. We celebrate him, we talk about him, we include him in Christmas, we think about him because he was out child and he matters just as much as the ones lucky enough to be here do."
Kym emotionally added: "So yeah, it's very important that we remember our children and this certificate is going to help everybody to do that."
For help and support with baby loss contact Tommy's, a miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth charity, at mailbox@tommys.org or call 0800 0147 800
