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'I only came round two days after the birth'

LORNA Illingworth had a normal pregnancy and was hoping to have a natural birth.

RECOVERY: Lorna and Libby are both healthy after the traumatic birth. Picture: Lenny Warren
RECOVERY: Lorna and Libby are both healthy after the traumatic birth. Picture: Lenny Warren

However, as she went over her due date her blood pressure began to rise and she was advised to have a caesarean section.

Ms Illingworth remembers her daugher Libby being born and being told her blood was not clotting. She recalled being warned she might have to have a hysterectomy, but after that her memory blanks.

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