A mum who has been left in counselling after a traumatic birth has warned other expectant mums to be aware of the "realities of labour."
Gemma Snipe, 32, living in Cambridge, gave birth to her son Oisin 10 months ago.
Although she and her husband John were over the moon when she fell pregnant, the pair also felt incredibly anxious following a heartbreaking miscarriage a few months earlier.