Alert – Kym Marsh reveals she is burying her son Archie’s ashes with her late father David: ‘I now know he is up there with him’ – News Alerts

Kym Marsh has revealed she is going to bury her son Archie’s ashes with her late father David, during an emotional interview on BBC’s Morning Live on Thursday.

The actress, 47, and her now ex-husband Jamie Lomas, 48, were left heartbroken when their child passed away at just 21 weeks following a premature birth in February 2009.

Kym, whose father died in January aged 78 following a battle with prostate cancer, is doing the burial when she receives David’s ashes.

The Coronation Street star shared that she and ex Jamie mutually agreed on the burial shortly after the 15th anniversary of Archie’s death.

Speaking to co-hosts Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton, Kym said: ‘Archie would have been 15, we’ve just celebrated his birthday on February 11.

Kym Marsh, 47, has revealed she is going to bury her son Archie’s ashes with her late father David, during an emotional interview on BBC ‘s Morning Live on Thursday

Kym, whose father (pictured) died in January aged 78 following a battle with prostate cancer, is doing the burial when she receives David’s ashes

‘When we found out that dad was going to sadly pass away… I had Archie’s ashes with me ever since the day that we got them because I always felt like it wasn’t the right thing to do [a burial].

‘Because I didn’t get to know what kind of little boy he was or where he would like to go or what he would have liked to do and because I move around so much, I couldn’t really put them anywhere.

‘And we decided both Jamie and I that we would let Archie rest with my dad. So when my dads ashes come back we are going to lay Archie to rest with my dad.’

Gethin gushed: ‘Your dad will absolutely love that.’

Kym added: ‘Yeah he will, he will indeed. I mean I saw dad at Christmas and Archie [ashes] was there too, I took him to my daughters at Christmas.

‘And my dad said that day, he put his hand on the box and said “are you ready to go on our journey mate”, so dad got a lot of comfort in it and I know now he is up there eating ice cream with him.’

At the time, a spokesperson for the actress confirmed David’s death, saying he passed away peacefully at home.

Shortly after, Kym took to Instagram to share a touching tribute to her late father.

The actress and her ex-husband Jamie Lomas were left heartbroken when their child passed away at just 21 weeks following a premature birth in February 2009 (pictured in May 2009)

The Coronation Street star shared that she and ex Jamie mutually agreed on the burial shortly after the 15th anniversary of Archie’s death

Speaking to co-hosts Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton, Kym said: ‘Archie would have been 15, we’ve just celebrated his birthday on February 11’

She added: ‘When we found out that dad was going to sadly pass away… I had Archie’s ashes with me ever since the day that we got them because I always felt like it wasn’t the right thing to do [a burial]’

‘And we decided both Jamie and I that we would let Archie rest with my dad. So when my dads ashes come back we are going to lay Archie to rest with my dad’, she continued

She wrote: ‘For the first time in my life….I have no words. I love you dad. Always and forever. Rest easy Pops. Goodnight godbless.’

Kym shares a daughter Polly, 12, with her ex Jamie who she was married to for six years.

She also has two older children, David, 28, and Emilie, 27, and split last year with estranged husband Scott Radcliff, just 19 months after their wedding.

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What causes a miscarriage?

It is highly unlikely that you will ever know the actual cause of a one-off miscarriage, but most are due to the following problems:

• ABNORMAL FETUS

The most common cause of miscarriages in the first couple of months is a one-off abnormal development in the fetus, often due to chromosome anomalies. ‘It’s not as though the baby is fine one minute and suddenly dies the next,’ says Professor James Walker, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Leeds.

‘These pregnancies fail from the outset and were never destined to succeed.’ Most miscarriages like this happen by eight weeks, although bleeding may not start until three or four weeks later, which is worth remembering in subsequent pregnancies. ‘If a scan at eight weeks shows a healthy heart beat, you have a 95 per cent chance of a successful pregnancy,’ says Professor Walker.

• HORMONAL FACTORS

A hormonal blip could cause a sporadic miscarriage and never be a problem again. However, a small number of women who have long cycles and irregular periods may suffer recurrent miscarriages because the lining of the uterus is too thin, making implantation difficult.

Unfortunately, hormone treatment is not terribly successful.

‘There used to be a trend for progesterone treatment, but trials show this really doesn’t work,’ warns Professor Walker. ‘There is some evidence that injections of HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin, a hormone released in early pregnancy) can help, but it’s not the answer for everyone.’ The treatment must be started as soon as the pregnancy is confirmed, at around four or five weeks.

• AGE

For women over 40, one in four women who become pregnant will miscarry. [One in four women of all ages miscarry, but these figures include women who don’t know that they are pregnant. Of women who do know that they’re pregnant, the figure is one in six. Once you’re over 40, and know that you’re pregnant, the figure rises to one in four]

• AUTO-IMMUNE BLOOD DISORDERS

Around 20 per cent of recurrent miscarriers suffer from lupus or a similar auto-immune disorder that causes blood clots to form in the developing placenta.

A simple blood test, which may need to be repeated several times, can reveal whether or not this is the problem.’One negative test does not mean that a women is okay,’ warns Mr Roy Farquharson, consultant gynaecologist who runs an early pregnancy unit at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

Often pregnancy can be a trigger for these disorders, so a test should be done as soon as possible,’ he adds.But it can easily be treated with low dose aspirin or heparin injections, which help to thin the blood and prevent blood clots forming – a recent trial also showed that women do equally well on either. ”We have a 70 per cent live birth rate in women treated for these disorders,’ says Dr Farquharson, ‘which is excellent.’

• OTHER CAUSES

While uterine abnormalities, such as fibroids, can cause a miscarriage, many women have no problems carrying a pregnancy to term. An incompetent cervix can also cause miscarriage at around 20 weeks.

While this can be treated by a special stitch in the cervix, trials suggest it is not particularly successful, although it may delay labour by a few weeks.Gene and chromosomal abnormalities, which can be detected by blood tests, may also cause recurrent miscarriages in a small number of couples.

A procedure known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis can help. After in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), a single cell is taken from the developing embryo and tested for the gene defect. Only healthy embryos are then replaced in the womb.

It is an expensive and stressful procedure – and pregnancy rates tend to be quite low – but for some this is preferable to repeated miscarriages or a genetically abnormal baby.