Warning: This story contains distressing details
Three months after the death of their daughter Remi, Greenock Morton manager Dougie Imrie says the sounds of neonatal machines still echo in his mind. Remi was born about three and a half months early after a placenta problem, arriving at just 14 weeks premature and weighing one pound four ounces.
Dougie and his partner Lauren spent 20 intense days with their baby — days Dougie describes as both the most difficult and most precious of their lives. "We had some good days," he says. "We thought at times she was turning a corner, and so did the staff. But, in the end, her little lungs just couldn't get enough energy to keep her going." Dougie and Lauren were at her side when she took her last breath.
He says talking about the experience helps him cope. "I find it easier to talk about it rather than saying nothing and letting it build up," he explains. He hopes that by speaking openly other families who have faced similar loss might find something that helps them through their own grief.
Imrie recalls the moment during a routine mid-pregnancy scan when doctors grew unusually quiet and several staff gathered to look at the screen — th
