A Glasgow family whose daughter was stillborn are now helping to fund research into the little-known condition which affects pregnant women and played a role in her death. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Hartlepool Mail, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Alicia Baker passed away less than 24 hours before she was born in August 2017, with her mother Katherine suffering from polyhydramnios during her pregnancy, which is caused by excessive amniotic fluid in the uterus.
Advertisement Advertisement Despite the presence of polyhydramnios, which can make stillbirth up to ten times more likely, Katherine was not warned of the increased risk. Other than standard induction plans for all pregnancies, no plan was put in place to protect Alicia, who was born at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow at 40 weeks and four days. Paediatric pathology reports confirmed she died less than a day before being born.
According to experts, if Katherine had been offered an induction at 39 weeks, her daughter would most likely have survived. Baby Alicia's parents have donated the NHS compensation they received from a settlement after failings by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to fund a PhD at the Tommy’s Stillbirth Research Centre, based at the University of Manchester. It will look into the little-known condition which played a role in her death and to help raise awa.
