This is the concluding part of my birth story, following on from HELLP Syndrome Part One and Part Two… The maternity ward was quite a shock to the system. After having five whole days constantly with a midwife every second of every day and night, and having not been capable of doing much at all for myself, […]
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HELLP Syndrome Part 2
Following on from HELLP Syndrome Part 1 (This is part 3 of The Gory Birth Story!) Whilst I’m not entirely sure what day I had the first blood transfusion (I think it was day three), I remember the panic surrounding it. Doctors, anaesthetists, consultants and numerous midwives kept coming in to ask me questions and […]
Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception
It turned out that my body did NOT want to behave itself and on tuesday I got taken to theatre for a general anaesthetic and an “Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception” (ERPC). This operation is also performed in the instance of miscarriages, in which case the name of the procedure is particularly upsetting and quite heartbreaking. […]
The Gory Birth Story
Induction 13th May 2012… We arrive at the hospital at 10:00 am for my induction and spend 3 hours waiting around as they sent us to the wrong ward and we had to wait for a room on the delivery suite. Once there, things got moving quickly, my obs were taken, I was examined as 2 […]