Jo

Jo was expecting her first child. Three weeks before her due date she started to bleed and called an ambulance. She had suffered a placental abruption. On arrival at hospital she had an emergency caesarian to deliver her son.

During her first pregnancy, Jo felt a general malaise, although did not pin point anything being wrong. At seven months she developed slightly high blood pressure and oedema (swelling) and went into hospital for checks, but doctors thought is was nothing too serious. Three weeks before her due date, she went to the toilet and noticed some bleeding. The bleeding increased and so she immediately phoned the hospital and they sent an ambulance. Although she had never been in labour before she had an instinct that something was wrong, and that she should stay calm and not push. The ambulance crew asked her if she felt like pushing, and she said no. Once she arrived at hospital, the crash team was called and she had an emergency caesarean to deliver her baby. She was later told she had had a sudden onset of pre-eclampsia, which they thought had caused the placental abruption, but they couldn’t say definitively.

Jo started bleeding at home, an early sign that her placenta was breaking away from her womb. The…

Age at interview 34

Gender Female

Age at diagnosis 30

Jo’s first baby was born by emergency caesarean after she had a placental abruption (the placenta…

Age at interview 34

Gender Female

Age at diagnosis 30

Jo still feels she is slightly detached from her son, because of his birth was so sudden and quick.

Age at interview 34

Gender Female

Age at diagnosis 30

After her emergency, Jo had a short period of flashbacks. During her next pregnancy she was very…

Age at interview 34

Gender Female

Age at diagnosis 30

Jo felt that she bonded differently with her son after his emergency birth than she did with her…

Age at interview 34

Gender Female

Age at diagnosis 30

Looking back, Jo said that she never really felt that well during her pregnancy. She went on to…

Age at interview 34

Gender Female

Age at diagnosis 30