Home & Away star announces son born stillborn

Home & Away actress Ada Nicodemou has announced that she her son was born stillborn.

"It is with great sadness that we need to share some news with you. Our baby boy Harrison was delivered stillborn on Thursday 7 August 2014," she said in a statement issued via the Seven Network.

"We appreciate your love and support as we mourn the loss of our precious son. We understand we have lived some of our lives in the public eye. But we respectfully ask for privacy at this difficult and extremely painful time so we can grieve and heal.

"With love Ada, Chrys & Johnas."

Nicodemou's two-year-old son Johnas was conceived through IVF in 2011 after the actress and her husband Chrys Xipolita had tried to have children for more than a year.

The 37-year-old announced her pregnancy in March, saying she felt "really lucky…for it to happen so quickly after we struggled for so long last time".

Source: Seven Network

Author: Martin Zavan, Approving editor: Nick Pearson