UKNeS Since having HELLP Syndrome and Pre-Eclampsia, I’ve been interested in doing what I can to raise awareness and also find out about research projects in the UK. I came across an organisation called UKNeS (National Maternal Near-Miss Surveillance Programme) whom investigate maternal “near miss” (women who almost die during pregnancy, childbirth or shortly after as a […]
post partum haemorrhage
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 […]
A Rant to a Ranter
To the lady who left me my first ever nasty blog comment a few weeks ago… I did not publish your comment, but I wish I had. So I am going to blog about it because I’m STILL feeling annoyed…. You had a rant at me for not appreciating the work of NHS doctors. You […]
Hospitalized AGAIN (a TMI post)
Now I know you were expecting my next post to be about HELLP Syndrome and a continuation from The gory birth story but I’m finding it quite traumatic to write and having to write it in stages as I burst into tears when I think about what I went through. However, as I now find […]