“I was out Saturday and Sunday and came round late Monday afternoon. “Mark got to see her two and a half hours after she was born. “She was then referred to a neonatal unit and I was put on a ventilator,” Jasmine recalls. Twenty minutes later on 24 July 2021, Jasmine gave birth to baby girl Grace at three pounds, three ounces. “They were so strong but I was so upset.” “I also had to say bye before the C-section to my parents on Facetime. “Mark was allowed to accompany me in full PPE to the operating theatre and then we had to say our goodbyes. “I asked if Mark could witness the birth but because of Covid, that was completely taken away from us,” she says. “They told me I was having a baby girl, which was a real surprise as I was convinced I was having a boy!”įeeling alone and vulnerable, Jasmine was then forced to say her goodbyes to her family.
“I hadn’t wanted to because we wanted a surprise but the reality was I might not wake up. “It was then that I wanted to find out what we were having.
“They kept reassuring me but I was fearing for her too. Then more panic set in and I can remember asking if my baby would be ok. “100 per cent I thought I would go on the ventilator and never wake up. “Panic really set in and I feared I was never going to meet my baby. “The consultant told me I wouldn’t get better and that the only option was to have a C-section and then be put on a ventilator. “I was so frightened, scared and I burst into tears,” she says today. Jasmine admits it was at that point she feared she was going to die. “I am only five foot two and the bump was pushing up so high, my lungs couldn’t cope.īut rather than getting better, Jasmine began to rapidly deteriorate further and worried doctors told her she would need to have an emergency C-section and then be put on a ventilator to help her breathe properly. “But the chest pains got so bad and tests revealed I had pneumonia on my lungs. She exclusively told The Sun: “I was in so much pain but all I was thinking was I didn’t want to give birth this early because you hear of so many horror stories. Not long after arriving, Jasmine’s oxygen levels dramatically fell and she was placed in intensive care, where a scan revealed the Covid had led to pneumonia.
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