I will always wonder about what ifs. What if my baby boy could have been saved?
Siobhan Heanue suffered the loss of her baby boy Oliver, just a week after she was sent home from Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
“My blood pressure rose at 34 weeks which meant going into hospital and I was prepared for a caesarean section delivery, but was sent home,” said Siobhan, 29, from Falkirk. “At one point my blood pressure was 188 over 120, which is seriously high.
“I had pain in my abdomen but was assured that I was well enough to leave hospital.
“When I was sent home the week before they had said it was really high but they could manage it with medication and my baby seemed happy.
“When I went into labour a week later I went straight back into hospital to be told my baby boy had died that day. I remember him moving the night before. It was devastating. I will always wonder if he would have survived if I had been kept in hospital and he had been delivered early.
“He could have had a chance. Any test that flags up pre-eclampsia has to be given to mums in Scotland.
“I don’t want anyone else to lose their baby.
“Surely this test would flag up any warnings early enough for doctors to act quickly.
“The Scottish Government should waste no time in making it available to expectant mums. It does not seem too much to ask for mums here to get the same protection as those in England.”
Siobhan is still recovering emotionally from losing her baby boy in October 2017.
“I doesn’t get any easier. I left hospital and went to stay with my mum.
“She and my sister then went to my house to put away all the baby equipment waiting for him to come home from hospital.
“We had to have a funeral, too. My partner, Blair, was so strong but we were both crushed by losing Oliver. It was very difficult.”
While always remembering Oliver, the couple have gone on to have another baby boy, Noah.
“It was a joy to hear him cry shortly after he was delivered. The most beautiful sound in the world.”