Tanya Saker suffered from a major haemorrhage nine hours after her son Joe was born.
She said: “I was rushed back into theatre under general anaesthetic to see if they could stop the bleeding, but unfortunately they couldn’t.
“From there, I was taken from St Michael’s Hospital to the BRI in Bristol in an ambulance with my consultant obstetrician, an anaesthetist and a midwife for more emergency surgery, but this time for interventional radiology.
“They eventually managed to stop the bleeding by permanently cutting the blood supply of the arteries to my womb.”
Tanya spent a couple of days in intensive care before being transferred back to St Michael’s Hospital where she was reunited with her son.
She said: “It took a good six months to get my strength and energy levels fully back so I was capable of being a mum.
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