Ella Tranter, 31, was left fearing for her own life after giving birth when her heart failure was dismissed as 'normal signs of pregnancy'
A mum had to plan her own funeral just days after giving birth - after her severe heart failure was dismissed as 'normal signs of pregnancy'.
Ella, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was horrified when doctors told her that she was suffering from severe heart failure - and may need an urgent heart transplant. Ella was diagnosed with postpartum cardiomyopathy - a rare type of heart failure between the last month of pregnancy and five months post delivery with no determinable cause.
"That night after lying down, I couldn't breathe. I felt like I was suffocating. I just couldn't catch my breath. Gav had googled my symptoms and said I wonder if it's postpartum cardiomyopathy and I remember saying 'don't be daft, that's serious.'
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