An Ayrshire mum was left fighting for her life and placed into two induced comas following a cesarean section.

Heather Boyd has spoken of how she nearly died following the procedure at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock in January this year.

The 38-year-old mum-of-five was admitted to the Ayrshire hospital's maternity unit after suddenly falling ill at 35 weeks pregnant with her son, Charlie.

She faced "excruciating" stomach pains, but medics put her symptoms down to constipation and told her to go for a bath. It was until Heather started vomiting that they rushed her into theatre for an emergency C-section, reports the Daily Record .

Recalling the ordeal, Heather from Saltcoats said: "I've had four other children so when I started experiencing these pains, I knew they weren't nor

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