Miscarriage: How, We had to put baby’s remains in fridge'

 It culminated Greenwich and Lewis ham NHS Trust says a full investigation is under way into the events that happened a couple of months ago. But the case has raised wider concerns about miscarriage care in the UK. doing something unfathomable. "I took a Tupperware box containing my baby's remains home from hospital in a taxi, cleared up some space in our fridge and put the box in there," says Lawrence. The couple had gone to University Hospital Lewis ham's A&E department after Laura had a late miscarriage at home. But they were advised there was nowhere safe to store the baby's remains, and they felt their only option was to take their baby home.Laura and Lawrence knew there was something very wrong when Laura started bleeding profusely almost four months into their pregnancy. They went to the early pregnancy unit at University Hospital Lewisham and were advised their baby still had a heartbeat and that all was well. But days later, after another scan, doctors confirmed their baby had died.The couple were sent home and were told to wait for a bed to become available for Laura to give birth to their dead baby. Two days later, Laura woke up in severe pain. She ran to the bathroom, and that's where she delivered her baby. She said at first she hadn't understood what had happened. But as she removed what had fallen into the toilet, she realised it was the remains of her baby. "And it was then," she said, "I saw it was a boy." She screamed, and in utter panic ran out of the bathroom, closed the door and told her partner: "Don't go in there.Total chaos The couple dialled 999 but were told it was not an emergency. So they wrapped their tiny son's remains in a wet cloth, placed him in the box, and made their way to A&E. They say when they arrived, it was total chaos. "We were put in the general waiting room and told to sit at the back," said Laura. "I was there holding my baby in a tupperware box, crying, with 20 or 30 other people in that waiting room." Eventually they were taken into a bay where Laura was told she would need surgery to remove the placenta. All this time, the couple say, their baby remained in the box in the hot and stuffy A&E department, with staff saying there was nowhere safe to store him. "Nobody would even open the box and look at our baby," said Laura. "It was almost as though no-one wanted to acknowledge it. Because if they did, then they would have to deal with the problem," added Lawrence. It got to midnight, and they decided they had no option but to take their baby's remains home. "There was no-one at the hospital willing to take charge of our baby. No-one seemed to know what was going on," said Lawrence. "Our baby had been in a hot room for nearly five hours now. So we decided together that I would take him home." He describes going home in a taxi with the box on his lap. "It was a lonely, surreal moment clearing space in my fridge." "It just felt so grotesque," added Laura. In a statement, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust said: "We are deeply sorry and offer our sincerest condolences to Ms Brody and her partner for the tragic loss of their baby and these traumatic experiences." "A full investigation is under way to understand where failings in care may have occurred so that any necessary changes and improvements can be made.