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Janine had an emergency caesarean with her 1st child at 30 weeks due to pre-eclampsia. She had a good physical recovery but felt in shock'. 13 years later she was keen and confident enough to experience vaginal birth with 2nd child. She had a short but intense labour, birth was painful but amazing experience'.
Janine has one daughter aged 13 and a baby son. She is a homemaker and her partnerwho works as computer software engineer.
Admitted to hospital with pre-eclampsia, 1st son born 6 weeks premature, had to spend 10 days in SCBU. Found it very difficult to make decision of how to deliver with 2nd child, worried about risks either way. Had successful trial of labour with ventouse.
Kelly has two children. She is a customer service officer, living with partner, who works as a forklift driver. Ethnic background: White British (English).
Nicola has epilepsy, she was cared for during her first pregnancy by a Special Pregnancy Unit. She developed pre-eclampsia and had induction with epidural at 37 weeks.
Nicola is a full-time mother and her husband is a solicitor they have one child aged 15 months at time of interview. Ethnic background: White British.
Melissa had an unplanned but otherwise straightforward pregnancy. But later developed Pre-eclampsia and had an induction. She had a difficult labour without pain relief and an episiotomy.
Melissa is a hairdresser and her partner is an IT engineer. They have one child, aged 8 months at the time of interview. Ethnic background: White British.
After four miscarriages, baby in fifth pregnancy diagnosed with heart condition. Mother (who is diabetic) had pre-eclampsia and emergency caesarean. Severe sickness in every pregnancy. Interviewed during sixth pregnancy, and again after a stillbirth at 36 weeks. More of this interview can be seen on the Healthtalk antenatal screening site as Interview 29 and on the Healthtalk pregnancy site as Interview 60.
Sarah is an office manager and her husband a printer. They had one child aged 4 at time of interview. Ethnic background: White British.
Hanna was pregnant with her first child. She developed high blood pressure, and tests showed she had protein in her urine. She was kept in hospital for a couple of weeks before her baby was born by emergency caesarean section. Her baby was fine.
Hanna is married with two young children. She is Somalilander and works as an operations representative. Her daughter was born in 2012 and her son was born in 2013, both...
Julie was expecting her first daughter and felt well through most of the pregnancy. But once she had passed her due date she started to feel unwell had headaches, distorted vision and high blood pressure. She developed pre-eclampsia and doctors performed an emergency caesarean.
Julie is a research and performance manager for a local authority. She is married with one daughter. White British.
All went well during Samantha X's pregnancy, until a check at 24 weeks showed her blood pressure was very high. At 28 weeks she was admitted to hospital for checks. Samantha X's blood pressure continued to rise. Doctors decided to perform an emergency caesarean. Her daughter was born at 29 weeks and spent 7 weeks in hospital.
Samantha X is a pension’s consultant. She is married with one daughter. White British.
Kate's pregnancy had gone very smoothly until she reached 36 weeks. She developed pains which she thought were indigestion, but soon became more severe. She had high blood pressure and doctors soon diagnosed HELLP syndrome. Her son was born by emergency caesarean and was fine although small.
Kate is a teacher. This was her first pregnancy. She lives with her partner and son. White British.
At a GP appointment at 32 weeks check it was discovered that Michael's partner (Helen X) had high blood pressure. Her blood pressure was monitored over 5 days, then HELLP syndrome diagnosed. Their son was delivered by emergency caesarean and spent 3 weeks in the neo-natal unit.
Michael is a website manager. It was he and his partner’s first child. White Australian.
