A family whose daughter was stillborn are now helping to fund research into a little-known condition which affects pregnant women and played a role in her death. Alicia Baker passed away less than 24 hours before she was born in August 2017. Her mother, Katherine Baker, was suffering from polyhydramnios during her pregnancy – a condition caused by excessive amniotic fluid in the uterus which can make stillbirth up to ten times more likely.
However, Mrs Baker was never warned about the increased risk of stillbirth. READ MORE: Maternal mortality rates are up 50 per cent - what's going on? Ellie McCormick FAI: Mother wrongly downgraded to 'low risk' during pregnancy Delays contributed to Lanarkshire baby's death, Fatal Accident Inquiry told Five Scottish boards 'red flagged' over neonatal mortality rates Other than standard induction plans for all pregnancies, no plan was put in place to protect Alicia. The baby girl was born at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow at 40 weeks and four days, with paediatric pathology reports confirming she died less than a day before being born.
Had Mrs Baker been offered an induction at 39 weeks, her daughter would, according to experts, most likely have survived. The Baker family secured a settlement from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with support from law firm Slater and Gordon. As a legacy for Alicia – who would have been seven on August 28 - Mrs Baker and her husband, Graham, are donating their compensation to fund a PhD a.