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Two mums who endured "hell" in Scotland's maternity units are demanding that the probe into the state of services is carried out urgently . ‌

Emma Owen, 22, and Heather Boyd , 38, are bravely speaking out about their experiences after a taskforce to survey the units was announced by Public Health Minister Jenni Minto earlier this week. ‌

But the mothers say the probe is "long overdue" and insist swift action must be taken to protect more women and babies from the "grief and agony" they both experienced. ‌

Emma lost her baby boy Owen when he was less than a day old after he was born at Wishaw General Hospital on July 1, 2023.

In the week before his birth, the mum-of-two attended the hospital's maternity unit four times with a sore head , swelling a

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