Baby joy for Lanarkshire mum who had multiple miscarriages and a still birth

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A Lanarkshire mum, who endured the heartache and trauma of six miscarriages and a still-born daughter, is elated to have welcomed a healthy new baby girl into her loving family’s lives.Grateful Jen Pritchard and husband Len now feel their family is complete with the arrival of baby Rose, who came into the world at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital on March 6, weighing a bouncing 7lbs 7oz.For big sister Dylan, the arrival of the baby girl whose name she chose, is everything she wished for.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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They will always be a family of five.Jen had miscarried five times before conceiving Elliot – a longed-for baby who, after a 20-week scan, was diagnosed with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).The condition occurs when a gap forms in the diaphragm during the