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Mum: 'Spending time with my baby after he died helped me come to terms with losing him'

A young woman who lost her newborn baby has said having access to a 'cuddle cot' helped helped her "come to terms" with the loss.

Beckie Wilson was able to spend three days with her son Carter, who died shortly after he was born.

The cuddle cot is a cooling blanket that keeps the baby at an appropriate temperature so families can spend more time with them.

Beckie is now raising money to buy more cooling blankets for hospitals.

Beckie said that she was able to learn things about her son that she would have been unable to do without the technique.

"The colour of his hair, his eyes, how long he was, how much he weighed...I got to know all of that".

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on May 25 2016.

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