Rare lung condition left young Scots mum scared she wouldn't see newborn daughter grow up
dailyrecord.co.ukA young Scots mum was diagnosed with a rare lung condition after being left so breathless she was unable to carry her newborn daughter.
Ella Mercer discovered she was expecting in May 2020 just as the country had been thrown into a national lockdown. The 27-year-old, from Edinburgh, told how she had a perfectly normal pregnancy and had planned for a home birth to ensure partner Rob could be there.
But after going into labour on January 5, 2021, the PHD researcher’s labour failed to progress and she was admitted to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
At 5am, the baby's heart rate was reducing in speed and Ella became breathless and unwell, losing lots of blood, Edinburgh Live reports.Newborn Rosie was taken away for oxygen while the hero nurse team worked on the new mum who medics feared was suffering from sepsis.After eventually returning home, Ella continued to feel breathless and after numerous tests was eventually diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis - inflammation of the lungs.She explained: “So the first few weeks I was totally in that newborn bubble.
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