I lost my beautiful first born son Freddie Anthony Matthew Hood on 24th of November 2010.
I awoke at 11.02am to a strange feeling; thinking this was my waters breaking I braced myself for pain and tried to stop them going all over the floor - as I moved my hand it contained a huge blood clot the size of my palm. I ran to the bathroom and stood in the bath screaming for my partner to call an ambulance. 10 minutes later one arrived to a very concerned paramedic who called labour ward straight away and I was rushed in.
I arrived at 11.30am at Singleton hospital and was soon seen by an obstetrition who told me I had suffered a placental haemorrhage but had stopped bleeding by the time an ultrasound was carried out - my baby still had a heartbeat and was well.
20 minutes later that all changed. I was moved from triage to an examination room where it was decided instead of a c-section they would try to break my waters, however before this could happen another rupture occurred and my baby's heartbeat was gone.
I was then rushed to theatre.
I awoke at 2.35pm - I was told my baby hadn't made it.
Freddie was born sleeping at 1.22pm weighing 7pounds 7ounces.
He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen but he would never see me.

He died due to a rare condition called Vasa Previa where the veins and arteries between the baby and the placenta are inserted differently and cut across the birth canal and once labour begins these can sever and cause the death of an otherwise healthly baby.
If a diagnosis occurs however there is a 100% survival rate, if it is not, as in my case there is an up to 95% mortality rate