I got married to Matthew on Sat 30th march 2013 and we went on honeymoon to Egypt on Tues 2nd April 2013. The following month I missed my period and a pregnancy test confirmed we were having a baby, myself and Matthew were over the moon to be having a honeymoon baby. On Weds 19th June I had my first scan and I was 11 weeks exactly, we then went down to see the midwife. She took my history of previous pregnancies and other details and it came up that I was high risk of blood clots and I would need clexane injections from 16 weeks until 6 weeks after birth. I was a little shocked about the thought of giving myself injections daily but if that’s what I need to do so be it. I then went into see the Dr who after looking at my notes said I wouldn’t need the clexane injections until after the birth which I questioned but was given the same answer. I suffered severe morning sickness and had to be hospitalised on 1 occasion due to severe vomiting and keytones. The next few weeks were great with plenty of movements and then on the 21st August I had a scan and found we were having a little boy. My pregnancy carried on fine for the next few weeks until I started with some twinges. On 13th September 2013 I went to the delivery suite at royal Preston hospital after feeling few twinges and was found to be in premature labour at 23 weeks + 3 days. I was put onto a drip to try and stop my labour but after several hours I developed chest pains and so the drip was stopped. I was constantly monitored and that evening I went into full labour and our son was born at 00.40 on 14th September 2013, the neonatel consultant registrar and nurses were there to attempt and intubate our son but all we kept hearing was he's not viable, this went on for 13 minutes and eventually the Dr and her team stopped trying. The midwife wrapped our son up and passed him to me, I could see his chest rising and falling and shouted out that he was breathing and the Dr said no he's not. The Dr and team then left the delivery room, myself and my husband was angry that nothing more could be done and we expressed our anger to the midwife. The midwife left us to have some private time with our son and we had to wait and watch our son die which took 50 minutes. Dr came back into the room and told us "you are very lucky that the neonatel team came to try and save your baby because at 23 weeks we usually dont bother" then left the room. We were both in complete shock that a Dr would even say to anyone what we had just heard. When the midwife came back into the room we told her what had been said and even she was astonished what was said. We left that afternoon after taking our son to the chapel. The midwifes could not have done any more for us than they did they were very competent and professional but also sympathetic. On the following Monday the lady from the Bereavement team came to see us and talked to us in great detail about what will now happen and services available to us. We talked to her about our experience in the delivery suite and even she was ashamed that that was how we had been spoken to. We wanted to put a complaint in into the way our son had been treated or not as we feel but we were told that if we wanted to do that then the death certificate couldn't be signed and our son would have to have a post mortem, which was something I didnt want to happen. Our son was perfect and we didnt want him cut into, we had consented to umbilical testing and my placenta tested and felt that that was enough. In the eyes of myself and my husband we dont think that the Dr in question had done all she could to save our son because all she kept saying was he's not viable he's not viable over and over again. We have been back to see my consultant and got the results of the tests carried out on the umbilical cord and placenta, the results were they found a large blood clot in the placenta and they feel that could have started my labour off prematurely. My husband then asked if I had received the clexane injections would it have prevented the blood clots and was told possibly. We expressed our feelings of future pregnancies and how I would be treated and a care plan has been put in place. I haven't been able to do this before now has I have really struggled to come to terms with our loss and only recently after a complete meltdown felt I needed to do this to help me move forward. After thinking back to the beginning of my pregnancy and my first appointment with the midwife then Dr at Chorley Hospital and doing research about clexane I believe that if I had the clexane injections my story might have been so different. I am absolutely terrified now of future pregnancies and having to go to Preston Hospital for the birth. I will be asking to go to a different hospital for my treatment and birth as I couldnt risk having a premature baby and them being under the care of the same Dr. 

What I want to happen is that every pregnant woman who is high risk of blood clots to be given clexane injections no matter how much it costs the nhs has im sure the price of losing a baby greatly outweighs the cost of the injections. I am going to start a government petition to get justice for Archie and also going to see my MP to see what they can do to help us. 

Deborah Hart

Archie’s mummy