Amanda Holden pays tribute to her stillborn son Theo as she shares touching Mother’s Day post: ‘I know today can be difficult for so many’
Amanda Holden paid an emotional tribute to her late son Theo in a moving Mother’s Day post on Sunday.
The presenter, 52, also posted several Instagram snaps with her two look-alike daughters, Lexi, 18, and Hollie, 12, calling motherhood ‘the greatest privilege’.
Throughout her series of photos, Amanda remembered her stillborn son with a black and white photo of his footprints and acknowledged the sadness of the day for many.
Theo was tragically stillborn in 2011 when he was seven months old, and Amanda has previously spoken about her experiences in an attempt to help other parents who may be struggling.
In 2011, Amanda was seven months pregnant with Theo when a routine scan revealed that his heart had stopped.
Amanda Holden, 52, paid an emotional tribute to her late son Theo in a touching Mother’s Day post on Sunday
Amanda remembered her stillborn son, who died in 2011 at seven months, with a black and white photo of his footprints and acknowledged the sadness of the day for many.
The TV star and her husband Chris Hughes, who married in 2008, then made the devastating decision to have a caesarean section after Theo’s death.
Amanda not only shared a photo of Leo’s footprints when he was a baby, but also praised her own mother Judith with a gushing wink.
She wrote: “Being a mom is the greatest privilege of my life. It’s great that I still have my mother.
“I know today can be difficult for so many. Behind every family there is always a story of love and loss…
“Today I’m going to make the most of it and hopefully get breakfast in bed.”
In September 2022, Amanda revealed she felt like a “game show contestant” when a doctor told her she was “going home empty-handed” after her stillbirth.
The presenter teamed up with baby loss charity Aching Arms and raised money for them as part of her 3 Peaks Challenge fundraising.
Speaking to Ross Sullivan – an Aching Arms user – on her Heart Breakfast show, Amanda spoke about her ‘terrible’ experience and shared her hope that the charity would help people ‘avoid’ the kind of language used by her was used.
In 2011, Amanda was seven months pregnant with Theo when a routine scan revealed that his heart had stopped
The TV star and her husband Chris Hughes, who is father to her two daughters, then made the devastating decision to have a caesarean section after Theo’s death
She also posted several Instagram photos with her two look-alike daughters, Lexi, 18, and Hollie, 12, calling motherhood “the greatest privilege.”
Amanda not only shared a photo of Leo’s footprints when he was a baby, but also praised her own mother Judith with a gushing wink.
She said, “I will never forget that I experienced something that I think is very similar to your (experience).
‘We lost our baby Theo at 28 weeks, and they very sensitively moved me to another room so I could deliver him without having to hear the sweet babies screaming in a normal ward.
‘People often don’t think about that, they are such small things. I remember that afterwards, when we started talking, the lady also said: ‘I know you’re going home empty-handed,’ she said to me.
“So I felt like a contestant on a game show, so it’s all that language that I know this charity will help people avoid and teach them how best to deal with something so awful. It’s just terrible.’
Amanda also previously discussed the loss of Theo on her radio program during Nurses’ Day, saying: ‘Personally I would like to thank the nurses.
“I know I talk about this a lot. And I never know if I talk about it too much. But when we lost our son Theo to a stillbirth, the hospital where I was cared for was of course incredible.
‘Jacki Nash helped me through so much, Pippa Nightingale and Natalie Carter.’
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