A young Plymouth couple were left devastated after the loss of their unborn babies. Now, they want to share their sad experience of miscarriages with others as they say it’s something that’s not spoken about enough, while raising funds for the charity which helped them. Courtney Calcutt was overjoyed to discover she was pregnant last year.
She described the feeling as magical and “almost like a dream”. However, her “beautiful dream” turned into any expecting mother’s worst nightmare. The 25-year-old - and her boyfriend, aged 26, had found out they were expecting in January 2023.
Courtney was excited and quickly fell in love with the new life growing inside of her. She said: “I announced the pregnancy to close family members and friends. I had my first midwife appointment.
This was really happening, I was going to be a mother. "Scan day came, the excitement I felt was almost unbearable, I was going to see my baby. I was in the waiting room seeing expecting mothers and fathers with their scan pictures.
It was beautiful. It was my turn, my beautiful dream.” But Courtney was devastated to be told her seven-week-old pregnancy was not presenting a heartbeat.
The young couple had to wait a week after that scan to see if any growth of the unborn baby had led to a detectable heartbeat. Courtney said: “That was one of the longest weeks of my life. Once the week was over, I had another scan.
The baby didn't make any progress. My heart was broken. I got sat in a room .