‘If I’d been discharged earlier we both would have died’

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‘If I’d been discharged earlier we both would have died’
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'I was finally comfy enough on the triage bed to nap. Little did I know in 15 minutes time, mine and my unborn daughter's life would be in danger.'

Mum-of-two Victoria tells us about the birth of her daughter Imogen, who arrived 5 weeks early on Christmas Day after Vic experienced a placenta abruption.

At 10pm on Christmas Eve, I decided to get myself early to bed as I could feel a headache coming on. For the first 2 hours of being in bed I slept well but that all changed in the early hours of Christmas morning. I woke up with lower back pain, it was very uncomfortable and wasn’t settling.

On arrival at 8am at the maternity unit, it was so packed with pregnant woman, that I didn’t get into a bed in the triage unit until 9am. The initial assessments were checked; my urine, baby’s heartbeats and movements and even if I was contracting.

I woke up abruptly at 11am to what felt like water dripping in between my legs – had my waters just broke?! My partner looked down and his face went white. It was blood. Not just a trickle but a blood bath. No midwife was around, they were all dealing with other deliveries and emergencies. Sam was calling out and banging on doors begging for someone to come and help me. Within a few minutes, a lady appeared she took one look, face in shock, and pressed the emergency button overhead.

I couldn’t understand how it got to this. Was it me? Did I do something? Was my baby going to be ok? I looked up at the midwife, who had been with me since the beginning of triage, and was facing down straight at me. The next five words that left my mouth were not something I thought I ever would say.

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