Amanda Holden gushes about the NHS and says it is ‘wonderful to shine a light’ on their work after they helped look after her when her baby son was stillborn at seven months
Amanda Holden shared her gratitude for the NHS while appearing on Monday’s edition of Good Morning Britain.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 49, discussed how those working in the healthcare system helped her when her baby son was stillborn at seven months in 2011.
Detailing how thankful she was, she said: ‘I’ve used them more than most people I’ve had to rely on them, I think we’ve always known the NHS is there and we all do take it for granted but it’s wonderful how we shine a light on them.
Moving: Amanda Holden gushed about the NHS on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, as she said it is ‘wonderful to shine a light’ on their work
‘It’s been well documented that Chris and I had a baby boy who was born sleeping, then a year later I gave birth to Hollie and went into a coma, and then my sister had a car accident, but they took care of us so well… I’m indebted to them really.’
Amanda lost her beloved son Theo seven months into her pregnancy in February 2011.
Amanda was fast approaching her due date with her son when she was given the devastating news that Theo’s heart had stopped beating.
A year before, she had miscarried a little boy at 16 weeks. In an interview about that time, she said: ‘It was without doubt the blackest period of my life.’
Experience: Amanda lost her beloved son Theo seven months into her pregnancy in February 2011 and she said the NHS ‘took care of us so well… I’m indebted to them really’ (pictured with daughters Hollie and Lexi)
Sweet message: Amanda said of the NHS, ‘I think we’ve always known the NHS is there and we all do take it for granted but it’s wonderful how we shine a light on them’
‘I have such a charmed and lovely life and I just never imagined I would miscarry a baby. Never. You never think it might happen to you.’
The actress, who has two daughters with husband Chris Hughes, Alexa, also known as Lexi, 14, and Hollie, eight, said their baby boy would never be forgotten.
During her Heart Radio show last month, she said: ‘I’ll literally do anything for the National Health Service because they got me through it, they got Chris through it and I now thankfully have two healthy girls and a little boy who is still part of the family but just not here.’
Meanwhile, Amanda went on to discuss her charity single Over The Rainbow which will be raising money for the NHS.
Family unit: The actress has two daughters with husband Chris Hughes, Lexi, 14, and Hollie, eight (pictured)
Great cause: Meanwhile, Amanda went on to discuss her charity single Over The Rainbow which will be raising money for the NHS and detailed how all money goes to help frontline staff
Of the music, she said: ‘It’s my debut single and its extraordinary, I made an album but we put it on hold because of what was going on…
‘We had recorded it with a live orchestra last year, and [at the time] I thought we’ll have a few bubbles while singing with the orchestra and they remembered we did it, so we turned it around in a week and now it’s for charity.’
Going on to thank Heart Radio for helping support her, she went on: ‘Global and Heart are so supportive, they are playing it often for me. I’m thrilled for their support, every download is 99p and all of that goes to the NHS.
‘One of the ways the money is going to be used is we’re looking after the mental wellbeing of a lot of our frontliners, they’re creating rooms that’ll be called wobble rooms, where they can go in and collapse, and have a wobble.’
Helping others: Amanda said of the song, ‘I made an album but we put it on hold because of what was going on… so we turned it around in a week and now it’s for charity’
Mental health: Amanda added that the money raised by the charity single would be used for a ‘wobble room’ where hospital staff could ‘go in and collapse’ and rest following a tough shift