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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Bagot

Mum saved by six pints of blood after nearly bleeding to death during horror birth

Mum-of-three Lucy Tanner required a lifesaving blood transfusion after complications during an emergency C-section.

The 33-year-old was rushed to hospital after a low-lying placenta caused her to have a severe bleed at home, 36 weeks into the pregnancy.

To perform the operation, surgeons had no choice but to cut into the placenta, which caused massive haemorrhaging.

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