Kelsey Parker Opens Up on Heartbreaking Stillbirth Experience

has revealed her anger after her home was labelled 'a scene' by police minutes after she gave birth to her stillborn son. 

The influencer, 36, lost her son Phoenix a year ago, after he was stillborn during her home birth at 39 weeks.

Kelsey is also mother to Aurelia, six, and Bodhi, four, her two children with her late husband , who passed away at the age of 33 on March 30, 2022 from brain . 

Happily, the star is now expecting a 'rainbow baby' with her partner, Will Lindsay, and she says she now feels able to talk about her 'horrendous' treatment after Phoenix's birth, in order to help other parents. 

Appearing on Monday's This Morning with and , Kelsey recalled the day she went into labour at home.

'I just went into natural labour at home and it was all so quick,' she explained. 'My mum, and my auntie and my partner Will and my children were there and I ended up having Phoenix at home. He was actually a planned home birth but obviously not how it went.' 

Kelsey explained that a midwife couldn't get to their home in time and 'when Phoenix came out you could quite clearly see that he was no longer with us.'

The family then called the emergency services and 'from there it was just horrendous, really, really horrendous how I was treated, how Will was treated and how the whole family was treated was absolutely shocking.'

Because there was no medical professional there to confirm the cause of death, the paramedics then called the police. 

'The paramedics arrived and they took Phoenix from me, so I only ever got to hold Phoenix for nine minutes,' Kelsey said, adding that because her partner Will filmed the birth, when watching the footage back they could feel the energy shift, and 'the anger.' 

Kelsey said 'when I walked out of my house, the police walked in and they called it a crime scene.'

'I'm going through this and I'm thinking "what do they think I've done?" And the children were at home as well. I said "can we watch the vocab that's happening in this house because the children can hear everything that's going on". 

Kelsey then explained the emotional turmoil when she was separated from her son who was put in an ambulance and taken to resus while she was taken to a maternity ward. 

'I pleaded with them, "one, can I be with my son but two, please don't put me on the maternity ward where people are giving birth to babies that I am going to hear crying". They still put me on maternity.'

Ben then read out a statement from the Met Police who said: 'We acknowledge that referring to the address as a crime scene was inappropriate and that the family could and should have been treated in a more sensitive way. Learning has been implemented to prevent this happening again.'

Kelsey also explained how she met with the ambulance service to review her care, but was left shocked by their response. 

'When I met with the ambulance service they said they were sorry but their paramedics hadn't seen a dead baby before,' she explained.

'So that just broke me as well, what's my reply to that? You're the people that I'm relying on in that situation,' later adding that all she wanted on that night was 'kindness and compassion.'

As Cat praised her for being strong in the midst of so much grief over the past few years, Kelsey admitted: 'I've got no other option to be strong... Maybe I'm sent these things to help other people, I am resilient, I am strong and I'm really positive.'

Kelsey and Will announced they are expecting late last month, with the influencer sharing a photo of the sonogram alongside crystals and a white feather. 

She captioned the snap: 'A year ago next month, we lost our beautiful baby boy, Phoenix. 

'And somehow, through all the heartbreak, it feels like Tom and Phoenix have sent us another little gift from heaven our little rainbow baby'. 

A rainbow baby is the term given to a child born into a family that has previously experienced a pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or infant death.

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