Caroline Tully who inspired 'Clara's Law' blessed with a second baby daughter

After losing her first child Clara at birth, Caroline Tully made it her mission to find out why her baby had died, spearheading a campaign to give coroners greater powers to investigate stillbirths.

After losing her first child Clara at birth, Caroline Tully made it her mission to find out why her baby had died, spearheading a campaign to give coroners greater powers to investigate stillbirths. 

Now she has been 'blessed' with a second daughter called Cora – giving birth at the same hospital where tragedy struck nearly two years ago.

Cora arrived at Warrington Hospital in Cheshire last October, in the same unit where Clara died due to a series of basic errors by midwives. Miss Tully, 39, said last night: 'I feel blessed to have Cora. 

Caroline Tully from Warrington with her daughter Cora

Caroline Tully from Warrington with her daughter Cora

The moment she was delivered she cried loudly – and hearing that sound was such a relief.'

The name Cora is 'a nod' to her firstborn, but Miss Tully said: 'She will never replace Clara.'

She decided to go back to Warrington to 'face the demons', thanks in part to a supportive obstetrician, Dr Hilary Furniss, who helped her after she lost Clara.  

Miss Tully added: 'Things have improved at Warrington, but I can never truly forgive them for what happened.'

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She gave birth to Cora by caesarean because she was 'too frightened' to attempt a natural delivery.

Clara died in the minutes following delivery in March 2014, after Miss Tully was sent home by a midwife who did not believe she was in labour. 

Like other mothers who lost babies at the hospital, she had been wrongly classed as a 'low-risk' pregnancy. 

Miss Tully was then told her loss was 'just one of those things' and that a coroner had no powers to investigate because Clara was stillborn.

She refused to accept that and secured an inquest after discovering medical notes showing Clara had a faint heartbeat after delivery. 

Since then, backed by The Mail on Sunday, she has campaigned for 'Clara's Law' to give coroners the right to investigate stillbirths.

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