Sophieholding her newborn daughter Florence. Tubes can be seen attached to Florence's face. Her left arm is bandaged. Sophie has brown hair which is tied back. She wears a beige t-shirt. Her eyes are closed and she is not looking at the camera.Image source, Sophie Price
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"I just needed a hot meal to keep going for my daughter," Sophie said

ByDanielle HerbertBBC Wales
  • Published3 hours ago

A first-time mum was denied hospital meals while her baby was "fighting for her life" because she was not breastfeeding.

Sophie Price, 22, was "shocked" when staff refused to give her a meal while her daughter Florence was being treated on a paediatric ward at Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, Torfaen.

Despite giving birth in the hospital five days earlier, she was told she was no longer classed as a patient as she was not breastfeeding, so she would not be provided with meals.