'Cuddle cot' funds in memory of Alness couple's girl
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Donations given in memory of a baby girl who died soon after she was born have paid for a new "cuddle cot" for Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
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Donations given in memory of a baby girl who died soon after she was born have paid for a new "cuddle cot" for Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

Emma McAllister and David Aird, from Alness, whose daughter Lily-Alexis died in December last year, raised the money through a crowdfunding appeal.

Cuddle cots are medical equipment designed for use by parents of babies stillborn, or die shortly after birth.

It keeps a body cool allowing parents to spend longer with their baby.

Lily-Alexis's parents were forewarned of complications with her birth.

Ms McAllister said: "We were told at 24 weeks that she had a diaphragmatic hernia so we knew she would be very poorly when she was born.

"But at 30 weeks we were given the news that she also had Edwards Syndrome and it was very unlikely that she would survive the birth."

She added: "We had hoped we would get to spend a couple of minutes with her, but she was so strong and brave that we got to spend 29 hours with her at the hospital until she sadly passed away."