Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center this fall received a CuddleCot device.
A CuddleCot is a cooling system for a Moses basket bassinet that allows families who have a stillborn baby or whose baby dies shortly after birth to extend the amount of time they have to spend with their child, if they choose.
This summer, Robin Hicken held a fundraiser, along with another family whose daughter was stillborn, to raise money for a CuddleCot for each of the facilities where their babies were born.
Hicken’s son, Austin, was stillborn at Brunswick Medical Center. Hicken is now working to ensure every hospital in North and South Carolina has a CuddleCot, according to a Novant Health news release.
“Our goal is to provide a CuddleCot for grieving parents,” Hicken said. “I don’t even remember holding my baby. I have no concept of the time I had to spend with him. If I had had a CuddleCot, it would have allowed me to get myself together after the fog of being in surgery, prepare myself and start the grieving process.”
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