Redditch mum writes song about baby loss
The song was produced by her brother Ben and has captured everything Ms Dewar wanted to achieve with it."It felt like the perfect way to honour [Soulie]," Ms Dewar said."I was trawling the internet trying to find a song that encapsulated everything that I felt and I couldn't find it, so I just thought, 'I'm going to have to write it'."
Referring to helping other grieving parents, she said: "Unfortunately this is something that not only happened to me but happens to a lot of women and it's not talked about enough," she said."It was absolutely horrendous, heartbreaking, and no other mother should ever have to go through that."
Ms Dewar had suffered with high blood pressure at the end of her pregnancy, which led to Soulie being been starved of oxygen."The thing is with blood pressure is, it sort of can go undiagnosed and also you don't feel unwell, so you're not aware unless you understand to look out for the signs," she said."There's more women who have been through something like this than we think," Ms Dewar added."You never ever think it is going to happen to you until it does."
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