Stacey Solomon fights back tears on Loose Women as Anne Diamond admits if she’d decided to live in Bristol her son would ‘still be alive’

STACEY Solomon began to cry on Loose Women today after fellow panellist Anne Diamond admitted her regrets following her baby son's tragic death.

Anne's son Sebastian died 25 years ago to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the star revealed if she'd decided to live in Bristol when he was born, he may "be alive today".

As the panel opened up on their biggest "what if" moments, Anne revealed her old hometown Bristol was part of a control group testing out a new theory on cot deaths and said she may have been advised to sleep her baby on his back if she'd decided to live there.

Anne said: "I was in Bristol yesterday doing a special report about cot death, because that's where they did huge pioneering work, and it's also where I started off my journalistic career."

She added: "If I'd stayed in Bristol, and made my career in Bristol and brought up my family in Bristol, my boy would be alive today."

Janet Street Porter replied: "What you said I think a lot of people would relate to."

Stacey then added: "Oh but that's not your fault."

As Stacey began to tear up, Anne said: "Oh don't get upset."

Fans flooded Twitter with support as one wrote: "Heartbreaking story from Anne Diamond."

While another added: "Fab if Anne Diamond had a Major Honour for promoting Back to Sleep which will save babies now and in future. Over to you all.!"

Anne has managed to turn her own tragedy into a campaign that has saved the lives of thousands of precious babies.

The star's son Sebastian died from the syndrome in 1991.

Since then Anne has fronted the Back to Sleep campaign, which has worked to raise awareness among parents to place their young babies on their backs when being put to sleep.

Anne previously opened up about the tragedy on the ITV show.

The conversation turned to personal loss after the panellists started to discuss Baby Loss Awareness Week.

Speaking about her experience, Anne said: “Sebastian died of cot death at four months old.

“I held him for hours, he was so cold. It was painful to hold him because he was so cold.

“It seemed incredible to me, in 1991 when we lost Sebastian, we were losing five or six children every day to cot death.”

Following her son's tragic death, Anne campaigned tirelessly to help try and change the situation.

Viewers of the ITV daytime show praised Anne's bravery.

Nadia Sawalha also spoke about her own experience of child loss - revealing she'd suffered three miscarriages.