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Georgie: First Birth, NHS Hospital Induction, Coarctation of the Aorta Diagnosed at 12 Week Scan, High Risk Pregnancy, CVS Test, One Sided Epidural, NICU, Open Heart Surgery at 7 Days Old
At her twelve week scan, Georgie was told there was a problem with her baby's heart. The tests that followed gave her daughter a one to two percent chance of surviving the pregnancy.
Georgie is a mum of two from London who shares her first birth story. Her pregnancy started with severe nausea that kept her housebound for weeks. Then at her twelve week scan, everything changed when the sonographer found signs of a heart condition. What followed was months of uncertainty, scans and waiting.
The turning point came when specialists confirmed her daughter had a rare heart condition with a…
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