Kym Marsh Credits Six-Year-Old Daughter Polly For Helping Her Get Through Loss Of Son Archie

'She is a little whirlwind.' ๐Ÿ’•

Kym Marsh credits her six-year-old daughter Polly for helping her get through the loss of her son, eight years ago.

Marshโ€™s son Archie was born 19 weeks early in February 2009 and died shortly after. He was her first child with her now ex-husband Jamie Lomas.

The actress, who plays Michelle Connor in โ€˜Coronation Streetโ€™, has been reliving her loss as she filmed a stillbirth storyline for the soap earlier this year.

Speaking about what got her through, Marsh told The Mirror: โ€œMy family were unbelievably supportive.

โ€œI would walk through the door and Polly would be there running round and asking what is for dinner. She doesnโ€™t care whether I have had a bad day or not, she just wants her mum.โ€

Polly wants to wish everyone good luck for the #Manchester10k today....but of course she wants mummy's team to be the best ๐Ÿ˜‚ @RMCHcharity pic.twitter.com/5xTCwyR5Oj

โ€” Kym Marsh (@msm4rsh) May 28, 2017

Marsh called Polly her โ€œlittle miracleโ€, adding: โ€œShe is a little whirlwind. From the second she opens her eyes in the morning, she is just energy. She loves life, and to see her I think โ€˜Thank God for youโ€™.

โ€œWe all feel like that about Polly. I think it is because we lost Archie and we didnโ€™t think we were going to have Polly.โ€

Marsh said she wanted to do the storyline for โ€˜Coronation Streetโ€™ - where her character had a stillbirth at 23 weeks - to raise awareness and educate people about baby loss and late miscarriage.

She said talking about her loss also helped with her healing.

Previously blogging about the topic on HuffPost UK, Marsh said it upsets her that her son Archie does not have a birth certificate, despite giving birth to him.

โ€œWhile Archie was only on this earth for a few short minutes, he existed to me,โ€ she wrote. โ€œHe was, and will always be, my little boy and thereโ€™s not a day goes by that I donโ€™t think of him.

โ€œYou see, according to UK law as it stands, a parent cannot be issued with a birth certificate if the child is born showing no signs of life before 24 weeks.

โ€œIn my case, Archie arrived at 21 weeks back in 2009 - before the 24 week cut-off period - and therefore we never received a birth certificate.

โ€œTo go through such a thing, and then to not even have him acknowledged in an official capacity, was heartbreaking for me.โ€

Marsh is also mum to Emilie, 19, and David, 21, from a previous relationship.

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