Two years ago I was in hospital with suspected labour pains. Luckily it wasn’t labour as if it had of been I wouldn’t be here to tell my story. This time two years ago I didn’t know just what was about to happen. A few days after this photo I was diagnosed with #placentapercreta The life threatening pregnancy complication still isn’t talked about enough. Even some midwives have never heard of it. Yet due to increasing cesarian sections and other factors this rare complication is now affecting more than 1 in 6000 pregnancies. I was terrified and felt so alone after my diagnosis, the only comfort (if you can really call it that) was my anaesthetist who was so calming and a lady in America who reached out to me after double tapping one of her #percreta tagged pictures. The feelings around this time of year still sit in our heads and hearts. I hope sharing my story gives others hope and some kind of comfort. I hope that one day this complication is more widely known about. Even though my “birth story” was traumatic I was one of the lucky ones. #placentaaccreta #pregnancycomplications #traumaticbirth #birthstory #pregnantwithtwins #twinbirth #placentaprevia #saveournhs #nhs #thankyounhs @sheffieldhospitals @nhsmillion @givebloodnhs @channelmum #channelmumvillage @britmums @hfa.ukchapter @bbceastmidlands @women_with_accreta #placentapercretasurvivor #percretajourney https://www.instagram.com/p/B1OivYDlfbt/?igshid=axz6a1pocak6
