Sophie: First Birth, NHS Hospital C Section at 30+5 for Preeclampsia, Premature Baby, NICU

British Birthing Stories · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 12m

In this episode I chat with Sophie, a wedding planner and first time mum, about how her son Cooper was born by C section at 30+5 after preeclampsia was picked up at a routine 28 week appointment. Her only sign had been swollen ankles.

She had been told PCOS meant she'd probably need IVF, so finding out she was 13 weeks pregnant, only because she'd gone off coffee, was a huge shock. After her blood pressure came back high at 28 weeks, she spent a week and a half being admitted and sent home, with protein levels so high she's still known as the record holder at her hospital. By 30 weeks she was…