One-day-old baby died in Leeds parents' arms: Bid to keep daughter's memory alive
Claire and Andrew McLennan's first daughter Alexandra did not have a heartbeat when she was born by emergency caesarean section at 42 weeks at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) on September 29 2015.
Alexandra had suffered catastrophic brain damage due to a lack of oxygen after the placenta stopped working and she died in her parents' arms at the hospital the following day.
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Hide AdClaire, 35, and Andrew, 34, of Roundhay, donated Alexandra's heart valves to Great Ormond Street Hospital and at least one has been used in a transplant.
Alexandra's heart tissue was donated for research.
And the couple have raised around £10,000 in her memory for charities including the newborn intensive care unit at LGI.
The couple, who now have a three-year old daughter called Ophelia, have welcomed the introduction of Jack's Law.
The government has passed legislation in the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act, which means working parents whose child dies will have the statutory right to a minimum of two weeks’ paid leave.
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