There was something different about this pregnancy. The exhaustion and shortness of breath was greater than I could remember with my first pregnancy. I would sometimes be standing and find I couldn’t catch my breath.
One day I was in the kitchen and I had one of these moments where I struggled to breath. My 6 year old son was worried and asked for my phone. I gave it to him and he called my husband.
I went to the doctors surgery and saw a paramedic practitioner. They stated it was just pregnancy related. I accepted this and carried on. Little did I know that this was a sign of an underlying problem.
Psychologist and Patient 