"I lost more blood than is in my body during twins' birth"

For Laura, a routine test at hospital turned into a terrifying ordeal that ended up with her losing more blood than she had in her body during the emergency delivery of her twins. The 37-year-old attended Doncaster Royal Infirmary when she was 32 weeks pregnant, after noticing reduced movement from her babies. She was in the bathroom to prepare a urine sample when she suddenly felt unwell, and was rushed straight for surgery after doctors realised her placenta had ruptured. After her daughters were born by Caesarean section, it took seven hours to stabilise Laura, who had lost 10 pints of blood. "I was told that if I hadn't already been in hospital next to the emergency alarm when my placenta ruptured, we probably wouldn't have made it." The twins, Sophia and Rosalia, were treated in a special care baby unit but are now nine months old and thriving back home in Doncaster with Laura and her husband Reece. Their mother also spent seven weeks recovering in hospital, and after being discharged had to return again when she fell ill with an infection. Laura said she was taken for the emergency surgery just six minutes after arriving on the triage ward. "As soon as I got into the bathroom

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