"I fell pregnant last year with our rainbow baby Arlo. My due date was November 15^th.

My cervix shortened at 29 weeks, which was very scary and I was often in and out of the birth suite. I was closely monitored from then on.

At 35 weeks, I went for my OB appointment feeling ok. My blood pressure came back high, so I was sent for bloods. When I got home, I got a call from my OB that I had preeclampsia, so my husband and I packed all our bags and went straight to the maternity ward.

I was admitted and had bloods taken again, which quickly showed my preeclampsia getting a lot worse. On the Sunday the decision was made that I needed to have a emergency c section to get Arlo out safely.

Arlo was born 35+6, and he was taken straight to the special care nursery and then rushed to another hospital to the NICU. I was very unwell myself and remember waking up shaking uncontrollably and was in the ICU. I wasn’t able to see Arlo for the first 24 hours, which was extremely heartbreaking as I was unable to meet my baby and comfort him.

Thankfully Arlo started to breathe on his own the next day and came back to the hospital I was at, and I was able to be sent to the maternity ward from ICU.

Arlo stayed in the special care nursery for 11 nights as he needed a feeding tube:

Thankfully Arlo is thriving and doing so much better. I am forever grateful for the midwives, nurses and my obstetrician for all their care”.