What should have been a simple C-section nearly killed me

Mum claims medical delays left her fighting for her life | Heather uses a stoma bag and has 16in abdominal holé

- BY RUTH SUTER

A MUM was left fighting for her life and placed into two induced comas after giving birth by caesarean section.

Heather Boyd, 38, said she nearly died following the procedure at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock in January this year.

The mum of five was admitted to the maternity unit after she suddenly fell unwell at 35 weeks pregnant with her son, Charlie.

She reported "excruciating" stomach pains, however, she claims medics put her symptoms down to constipation and told her to go for a bath.

It wasn't until Heather started throwing up that they rushed her into theatre to perform an emergency C-section.

Recalling the ordeal, Heather, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, said: "I've had four other children so when I started experiencing these pains, I knew they weren't normal.

"I was screaming in agony they told me to go for a bath.

"I started throwing up when they realised Charlie wasn't coping well, so that's when they decided to do an emergency C-section.