'CUDDLE COT' – HOSPITAL PROVIDES A PIECE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS STILLBORN BABIES TO STAY IN THE ROOM WITH THEIR PARENTS BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO THE MORGUE.

When Shelley Lamond lost her daughter Mabel to stillbirth in May last year she wasn't ready to say goodbye straight away.

The hospital in Adelaide where she had her baby provided her with a 'cuddle cot' - piece of medical equipment that acts like a refrigerated bassinet and allows babies to stay in the room with their parents so they do not need to be taken straight to the morgue.

Mrs Lamond, 39, and her husband Rick found the extra 48 hours they got to spend with Mabel so precious that they wanted to raise money to buy another one for other mothers to use.

Mrs Lamond was able to allow her children Tyson, 14 and Stella, 4, say goodbye to her stillborn daughter, via 'cuddle cot'

Mrs Lamond and hubby with their stillborn daughter 

the stillborn baby

Mr and Mrs Lamond comfort each other after losing their daughter 

Almost a year after Mabel's death she was four months pregnant again and had just donated a cuddle cot to a local charity when the unthinkable happened – she had another stillbirth.

'They had the cot there, I just never expected I'd be the first one to use it,' Mrs Lamond told Daily Mail Australia.

Her waters broke early and on May 16 of this year her daughter Elsa was stillborn – 18 weeks and three days into the pregnancy.

Mrs Lamond, who lives on a farm 112km north of Adelaide, said using a cuddle cot to buy extra time with Mabel and Elsa allowed her to say goodbye in a way she felt comfortable.

'That's the only time you get to spend with these precious babies,' she said.

'They're the only memories you're ever going to have with them.'

Mrs Lamond knows how traumatic it is to have to say goodbye without a cuddle cot, because she has suffered four stillbirths in total.