I was denied a caesarean despite a scan showing my baby would be a huge 11lb. I ended up with horrific internal damage and lost three pints of blood. This is the appalling reason I was forced to have a natural birth
After enduring a difficult 56-hour labour with the birth of her first child, India Crotty wanted to do whatever possible to ensure the delivery of her second was less traumatic.
So when, towards the end of her pregnancy, routine checks revealed that her second baby, a boy, was going to be even larger than her 8lb 15oz daughter, India requested a caesarean.
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