This Mum Lost Nine Litres Of Blood Giving Birth To Her Daughter

Mum Heather lost nine litres during the birth of her daughter (Caters)

Posing with her new-born daughter, this brave mum has thanked doctors for saving her life – after losing nine litres of blood while giving birth.

Heather Fisher, 36, from Corby, Northants, lost twice the amount of blood in the average human body after going into labour 10 weeks early.

Complications arising from a caesarean-section resulted in what doctors say was some of the most extreme blood loss they had ever seen – with hospital staff and her husband, Dean, fearing the very worst.

However, after medics gave the mum-of-five several transfusions – and even used a special machine to filter her own blood back into her body – Heather and her daughter, Jasmine, pulled through.

Amazingly, mum and baby are now both doing well – and have finally been reunited less than three weeks after Heather was on the brink of death.

Heather said: “We are just so grateful to all the doctors and nurses at the hospital who saved us. We can’t thank them enough.

"The last thing I remember was being given the epidural by the doctors and lying on my back as they took Jasmine out and showed her to me.

"I was under sedation so don’t remember much, but I was told that the nurses had to make repeat tips to the blood bank.”

Heather united with her baby girl, Jasmine (Caters)

Heather and Dean knew that the pregnancy would be high risk after scarring from previous caesarean sections put her at risk of severe blood loss.

Heather was taken into surgery, which lasted almost four and a half hours and could only be completed days later.

Heather said: “My contractions were slowed for about 48 hours while the drugs were in effect.

"But once they wore off, it was clear within half an hour that Jasmine was coming [then].

"Jasmine cried and after that I was taken to surgery where they operated on me. I was then under sedation for several days while my body healed.

"Mostly, I can only recall how lovely the hospital staff was to me and my family.

"I was told afterwards that there was a point they thought they would lose me.”

Dean, who watched anxiously as doctors worked tirelessly to save Heather, said: "I knew it was a very dangerous situation.

"Heather lost nine litres of blood during the birth, even though the human body only holds five.

"But using a special cell saver machine, the team were able to filter her blood back to her.

"The doctors saved the lives of my wife and baby, but also the mother of our four other children.”

Sunil Doshi, 49, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Kettering General Hospital, confirmed that Heather’s case was very rare and that it was lucky that she was survived.

“I have been at Kettering General Hopsital for 11 years and this is one of the most extreme cases of blood loss I’ve ever seen,” said Doshi.