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A mum was left fighting for her life and placed into two induced comas after giving birth by cesarean section . ‌

Heather Boyd, 38, has told how she nearly died following the procedure at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock in January this year. The mum-of-five was admitted to the hospital's maternity unit after she suddenly fell unwell at 35 weeks pregnant with her son, Charlie. ‌

She reported experiencing "excruciating" stomach pains, however, medics put her symptoms down to constipation and told her to go for a bath. It wasn't until Heather started throwing up that they rushed her into theatre to perform an emergency C-section. ‌

Recalling the horror ordeal, Heather, from Saltcoats, said: "I've had four other children so when I started experienc

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