A firefighter told he was putting the service 'under strain' after his partner had four miscarriages has said more support is needed for emergency service workers.<br /><br />Oliver Dent, 29, said he was put on sickness monitoring at Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service when he took time off work to grieve.<br /><br />Mr Dent and his fiancee Caitlin Phillips-Diggons, 26, suffered four miscarriages in a year until tests revealed Ms Phillips-Diggons had a high number of natural killer cells.<br /><br />Natural killer cells (NK cells) are part of the body’s immune system but a high level are often found in recurrent miscarriages.
