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Rhiannon Davies, pictured with daughter Isabella, and husband, Richard, lobbied for an independent investigation, after You have your baby, Kate, died in 2009

More Than 800 families who are now coming forward to speak, a study of mother and child deaths at a hospital trust.

A leaked report at the Shrewsbury and Telford hospital trust is to blame for the babies to die needlessly and others will be on the left of badly damaged brain. An expert believes that the decades-long scandal is just the "tip of The Iceberg ".

Five of the mothers affected, the failure by The Trust to their stories.

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', know, You , mom makes You sad, " Ms Davies said she had been in a "bubble of happiness" when she first found she was expecting Kate, Rhiannon Davies was pregnant with her First Daughter , Kate, she and husband Richard Stanton were "thrilled".

"If Richard and I got together, I think it's pretty unusual for a guy, but we agreed that we wanted children, and I became pregnant very easily," She Said . "We were so excited, You 're just in this bubble of bliss.

"I'm very close To My mother and she was thrilled when I had told her, and showed her the picture of the 12-week scan. Even my father, who is a tough old farmer, had tears in his eyes. It was absolutely beautiful. "

The happiness was not to last. Your baby Kate died hours after birth in March 2009, after delays, the transfer your of Ludlow Community Hospital in Shropshire, to a doctor-led maternity unit.

Rhiannon Davies, pictured here with Kate, went on to have another daughter, Isabella, who is now seven, The couple were among those The First of The Independent examination of maternity protection in Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH urged). Several investigations have already taken place in the care-Kate and Ms Davies received by The Trust .

The couple, who now live in Hereford, have a daughter, Isabella, now seven, Ms Davies described as "The Light of My Life ".

"Kate is always part of your life, your image, and Isabella grew up to know You had a Sister ," said Davies. "She writes her notes and sometimes she is upset, You want You had a Sister . and You know it makes Mama sad. "

Ms Davies said, they lobbied to prevent other babies suffer in the way Kate has. The couple worked closely with Kayleigh and Colin Griffiths, whose one-day-old daughter Pippa died.

Ms Davies said: "This is Kate and Pippa's legacy. "

according to the Ockenden Check, the results are to be published on the basis of the next year, she wants to trust and see corporate manslaughter charges brought against The Hospital .

"Where is it avoidable misconduct over a period of 40 Years , contributing to the deaths of hundreds of babies, dozens of mothers and severe damage to babies have been, as far as I Am concerned, and my husband agrees, corporate manslaughter is the only way to change power," She Said .

Det Supt Carl Moore, of West Mercia Police, said The Force 's cooperation with The Independent investigation and await the results of the criminal proceedings, would be considered in accordance with the Protocol in healthcare settings.

'be My Baby ' s injuries were barbaric' Olivia Rowlings was born with significant bruising and swelling, cuts on her Face and ears, multiple skull fractures and a massive injury to the brain "Every year on Olivia 's birthday, we go to your grave. I'll take bars and rods, big bubble magic and we fill the cemetery with bubbles.

"Then we Go Home , we have sandwiches and cake with a candle in it, and the children blow out The Candle . It is these little things that we do, as A Family , us Peace to. "

Julie Rowlings' first-born daughter, Olivia , died hours after she was delivered, at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, in may 2002. She had suffered multiple head injuries during birth.

Doctors had decided to induce, to her first child a week early, so that You Can treat Mrs Rawlings could appeal' back. But while she was delivered with forceps and a suction device, Olivia suffered several skull fractures, as well as cuts, bruising and swelling to her Face .

Julie Rowling's had a series of photos with Olivia after her daughter died, pictures of You and your family will treasure. You have sent the BBC this image of "the violations that You get while You try to redeem it, in this day and age were barbaric; no child should ever be born with this type of injury," Mrs Rawlings said. The Doctor , the Face redeemed, the charges of manslaughter by gross negligence,

Mrs Rawlings said: "Olivia has to die from natural reasons, there were no complications that meant she would die, the complications that You had, were due to the injuries You received while You try to redeem it.

"For me, one of the reasons why I came forward was to ensure that My Daughter , when it's your turn, go to your motherhood, to be sure. I was a lone voice in The Wind - I'm not the only voice anymore; You have to hear, there is a change. "

Julie Rowling's said she wants to prevent Future Generations suffering from the same problems, Mrs Rawlings and her husband Neil live in Telford, have three children, William, 16, Matthew, 12, and Julie , 11. They were all said to be born in the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton as Mrs. Rawlings, You could not go himself to bring back to Shrewsbury.

"We were not trying for William, he was a surprise, but he should come in, he gave me the strength to continue," She Said . "I'm very protective of the three of them, violently so. I want justice. Not only for My Daughter , for all these children, all of them - You 've earned it.

"Can I go just to feel as I do, but to know that there are people who feel as I do, how I feel. You don't just feel that for a little while, it is something that You will wear for the rest of your life, heart, pain, it is always there. "

'I've always had a fear of childbirth, now I know why' Andrea Bates said that the birth of Eva "went wrong in so many ways" "It should be said, the happiest time of Our Life ", Andrea Bates, on the birth of their daughter, Eva, but instead, it became a torture.

Eva was born healthy in February 2015, but almost five years on the Ms Bates is still suffering from the consequences of the birth.

"I don't think I will ever be fixed," She Said . "It's just in me, a mess left, really. "

After a long day of work, doctors SaTH pair of tweezers used to pull Eva in with what Ms Bates husband, Matt, described as a "brute-force". A high dose of anaesthetic intended, Ms Bates was so deaf, as Eva was born, she could not feel when she was laid on her chest.

For The First Nine Months of Eva's life, she was on the left, the the infected the unbearable pain due to an open wound, in spite of repeated promises that it would heal in time, instead it was. The problems do not end there - the injuries that Ms Bates suffered at the birth of their only daughter, contain a prolapsed bowel, so that You with incontinence problems.

", Eva asks," mom, You come on the trampoline? but I Can 't - I Can 't exercise," She Said , adding that it takes a lot of courage and preparation to leave The House . She feels guilty that Eva is horrified not to have a brother or a Sister , but the thought of going through the birth again Ms Bates "leaves".

Without her daughter, Mrs. Bates said, You know, if You have not worn would. Your life has changed massively: You had to your dream-job as an airline Cabin Crew member, she still lives in pain and takes anti-depressants.

"everything is affected," She Said , although she added that she was aware there were "so many families have it worse".

'My Son needs justice, I don't need closure' Kamaljit Uppal, of Telford, knew she was not alone in their grief, until last year, "I have a proper funeral for my Son - it was said to be the worst time of My Life ", Kamaljit Uppal. Their third child, Manpreet, born on 17. April 2003 at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Two and a half hour later, he was declared dead.

"I never saw him alive," She Said .

Ms Uppal's pregnancy was Complex - her unborn Son was the break and it was recommended by antenatal staff, You would need a cesarean section. However, when they arrived at The Hospital , this was ignored.

"My water broke, My Baby 's feet fell, The Doctor was in The Room ," She Said . "It went so far, as the bum And Then The Baby caught got. "It was only at this point that Ms Uppal had revealed an emergency C-section with your notes graphically, to provide that "a doctor and You pressed" drawn, Manpreet.

He is born, "floppy", and while he worked, of medical staff, Ms Uppal was moved to A Ward with other mothers and their newborns. You could hear the babies cry when their Son was brought up in the body to adopt them for your"".

"Some days I could walk out the door and not Coming Back . "

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