- Rebecca Meldrum, 28, has experienced problems throughout her pregnancy
- She had high blood pressure, extreme morning sickness and placenta problems
- Today the mother-of-two was induced at 36 weeks as a medical emergency
- Doctors made the decision out of fear of the baby’s small size and lack of growth
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A pregnant woman is live vlogging her birth on Facebook to 26,000 strangers – despite being induced as a medical emergency.
Rebecca Meldrum, 28, has experienced endless problems throughout her pregnancy – including a terrifying Zika-virus scare.
She endured high blood pressure, extreme morning sickness and placenta problems and has had to have 19 scans instead of the usual two.
This morning she was induced at 36 weeks as a medical emergency due to fears of her unborn daughter’s small size and lack of growth.
But the mother-of-two decided to share her ‘non-sugarcoated’ birth to inspire women experiencing difficult pregnancies and births.
The first video to the ChannelMum.com Facebook page shows her being driven to hospital by husband Lee, 32, to be induced at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.
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Rebecca Meldrum, 28, has experienced endless problems throughout her pregnancy – including a terrifying Zika-virus scare
She endured high blood pressure, extreme morning sickness and placenta problems and has had to have 19 scans instead of the usual two
Talking to the camera, she said: ‘I’m not one for getting nervous but goodness me I am feeling all the nerves.
‘I’m sweaty and I’m flushed and I’m freaking out just a little bit. We really don’t know how all this is going to pan out.
‘We know we are having a baby. We’re not sure how her health is going to be. It’s all a completely new experience for us.
‘I’m a very honest person and think it helps to share real life stories that aren’t sugarcoated – be it good or bad, sharing my life is what I do so I didn’t want to stop just because things got hard and difficult.’
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Nervous wreck
She added: ‘We’ve had two healthy and beautiful children – a five-year-old and a two-year-old – with relatively straight forward pregnancies and relatively straight forward births.
‘This is all very nervous and pretty nerve racking really to get my head around everything that is getting on.’
Doctors said there was ‘no point’ in dragging the pregnancy on further and chancing luck, insisting it was ‘time to get the baby out’.
The mother-of-two decided to share her ‘non-sugarcoated’ birth to inspire other women experiencing difficult pregnancies and births (pictured with Safiyah, five, and Florence, two)
This morning she was induced at 36 weeks as medical emergency due to fears of her unborn daughter’s small size and lack of growth
They warned there was little growth from the baby in weeks, leading to their decision to induce her at 36 weeks.
A re-scan a couple of days ago said the baby had almost doubled in size, going from 3lbs 4oz to nearly 5lbs.
Desperate to help others
WHAT ARE INDUCED LABOURS?
An induced labour is one that is started artificially.
It’s fairly common for labour to be induced. Every year, one in five labours are induced in the UK.
Sometimes labour can be induced if your baby is overdue or if there is any sort of risk to you or your baby’s health.
This risk could be if you have a health condition such as high blood pressure, for example, or if your baby is failing to grow.
Most women go into labour spontaneously by the time they are 42 weeks pregnant.
If your pregnancy lasts longer than 42 weeks and you decide not to have your labour induced, you should be offered increased monitoring to check your baby’s wellbeing.
Induced labour is usually more painful than labour that starts on its own, and women who are induced are more likely to ask for an epidural.
Source: NHS Choices
Speaking from hospital, she said: ‘We’ll hopefully have a happy, healthy baby but we’ll face anything else as and when it arises.
‘The online community that surrounds mums is just incredible. I’ve been absolutely blown away by how amazing everyone has been.
‘If I could help anyone who is going through something similar, that’s having a different out of their comport zone experience, pregnancy, labour or birth, then that’s what I wanted to do.’
When did the problems begin?
The couple already have two daughters, Safiyah, five, and Florence, two, and she became pregnant with their third girl earlier this year.
She endured 16 weeks of extreme sickness before doctors picked up her head was smaller than expected at the 20 week scan.
The baby was conceived weeks after a visit to Florida – a Zika-infected destination – prompting endless tests and checks for the disease.
But Mrs Meldrum went on to suffer with high blood pressure and was admitted to hospital with dehydration.
She also had to have steroid injections due to the baby’s delayed growth – a condition called intrauterine growth restriction.
To watch the live blogs, visit: www.channelmum.com/parenting/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/live-labour-and-birth/
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