"When my son was finally born he was blue and floppy"

A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2007:

My Son was born in 2007 at 41 weeks. Since 37 week my GP was sending me to JR daily with very high blood pressure & 3+++ of protein in my urine, severe headaches & swelling. Every time the JR sent me home.

I was in slow labour for 4 days before the JR panicked and started me in an oxytocin drip. I was given a sweep, which was agony and my waters broke, prompting the doctor to accuse me of urinating on his hand.

When my son was finally born he was blue and floppy, with a very low apgar score. I was kept in for a week with liver problems due to the preeclampsia and my Son, now 18 has Autism & ADHD - I believe due to failure in care