Beth Rees said she felt a huge sense of relief when her healthy looking baby daughter Florence was put safely into her arms following a straightforward delivery.
But only a few hours later the newborn needed to be rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit with severe breathing problems and blood oxygen levels at dangerously low levels.
She remained stable for the first 24 hours on the unit until she began having a seizure in her dad Stuart's arms, followed by a series of more violent seizures which hospital staff struggled to control.