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0:00:35 > 0:00:40- # Lord, I come - to your awesome presence
0:00:40 > 0:00:44- # From the shadows - into your radiance #
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- I could have lost both of them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- I'd have no baby or girlfriend.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- So I feel very lucky.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- # Shine on me
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- # Shine on me #
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- How lucky are they all - to be here today?
0:01:08 > 0:01:09- Really lucky.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- Mr Banfield listened to Suzanne - and a mother's intuition.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- She said something - didn't feel right.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- If he hadn't taken her - to have a section then...
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- ..maybe Eliza wouldn't be here, - or would be really ill.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- # Flood the nations - with grace and mercy #
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Ysbyty Glan Clwyd - is a fantastic place...
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- ..full of amazing, - very professional people.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- I can't help thinking if it wasn't - for that place and that doctor...
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- ..on that day, that Eliza - and me wouldn't be here.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49- # Let there be light #
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- I'm Kevin Rickard - and I'm a HGV driver in Denbigh.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08- My name's Suzanne Bradley and I'm - a midwife at BCUHB in North Wales.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- I've been a single mum - for seven years.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Kind of allergic to men at the time!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- But then my best friend - who I trust completely...
0:02:19 > 0:02:25- ..she's the one who introduced, or - suggested that I should meet Kevin.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- I met Suzanne's friend.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- I said I wanted - to find someone who makes me happy.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- She arranged a blind date for us.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- We hit it off!
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- My first impression, I thought - he was ace. He was really good.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- He made me laugh. He was - just really nice, just a gentleman.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- He said all the right things. I - didn't know if he was being polite.
0:02:56 > 0:02:56- No.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57- No.- - It continued.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- He's still the same.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- I was more nervous about telling - Kevin about the fact I had children.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- I had a sleepless night before I - plucked up the courage to tell him.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15- Before, I told him...
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- "..Please don't run for the hills. - I have something to tell you..."
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- ..I think were the words.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- The children are amazing. - I fitted in amazingly.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Nothing changed after I came in.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Everyone is happy. I'm happy.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- It didn't make me change.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- I didn't think - it would happen so soon.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- I thought we'd try. - Obviously, we were trying.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- We went on holiday.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- That was it. We came back - with a little stowaway.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- It was really nice.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Suzanne was really ill - for a very long time.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15- She had a lot of pain.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Eliza didn't move a lot.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- So she went to hospital.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- They thought she was having - a placental abruption.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- Eliza might have had to be born - at 29 weeks, which is really early.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- I think we can make - the presumption...
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- ..that the irregularity - of the heartbeat...
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- ..as we were talking about before...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- ..which reflects the immaturity.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- It was still moving yesterday.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- What you do is you throw - in to atrial beats.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- You missed a ventricular one...
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- ..so it looks as if - you're getting this odd rhythm.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- We've come for Suzanne's - baby to be monitored.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Her heart rate - is skipping a beat sometimes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- She's being monitored twice a day...
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- ..to check it out.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- Unless you've got a very fast - or very slow pulse with the baby....
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- ..most people are chilled about it.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- I know you're never chilled about...
0:05:27 > 0:05:28- I feel like...
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Even though I am reassured by how it - sounds today, it's very different.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- I've read the bits - in the literature.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- But it doesn't make me feel better. - I just want to know she's alright.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- It's kind of until you have - a baby and take it home...
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- If there's a problem - with her, then fine.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- But there's that grey area with her - in my tummy still, is she alright?
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- At 35 weeks, if I do an elective - caesarean section on you...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- ..there is a reasonable chance...
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- ..that I'm going to cause - some form of respiratory problem.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- You've had steroids in this - pregnancy, so that should help.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- That is a known figure - that you can put on.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- You've got to balance that against - what is the chance at this point...
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- ..of us being in a situation - where we couldn't deliver you...
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- ..before something went wrong.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- Then I would suggest to you it's - much lower at this point in time.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- I want her to stay in - for as long as she needs to be in.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- But I'm just worried with all - that's happened in this pregnancy.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- I just want to know - that she's alright now.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- For the first six weeks, - she was sick.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- I held her hair back - when she was in the toilet.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- Recently, the baby's heart - has been skipping beats.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- It's being monitored - twice a day this week.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- It has improved...
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- ..as the week has gone on.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Sometimes, it's every third beat...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- ..that it skips a beat.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Or it's every minute.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- But it's better now, I hope.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- I'm Kevin's sister.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- I'm a student midwife in Bangor.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- I live in Denbigh.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- Because Kev works away - with the driving...
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- ..sometimes I go with Suzanne - to her appointments.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50- I work all day.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- I only know when she phones me - to say if everything's fine...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- ..or if there's a problem.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- It's a bit of a strain...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- ..if I'm in London...
0:08:02 > 0:08:07- ..and she phones me to say - something's wrong with the baby.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- There's nothing I can do really...
0:08:11 > 0:08:12- ..except worry.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- There's nothing more I can do.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- But you can't help it.
0:08:34 > 0:08:34- How are you doing? You alright?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- How are you doing? You alright?- - Yes, thank you. How are you?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38- Very good.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- Head's still quite high, isn't it?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- It's sore. Just tender.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- You're back to back. - Are you getting backache now?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- She is direct on me today.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- My right hip joint - has been dodgy for a few weeks.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- It's horrendous just lately.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- But I've been tender over here.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- She's not LOA at the moment.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03- She's not LOA at the moment.- - Is she not?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- She was, downstairs a minute ago. - She's flipped round.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- That's her chin there.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- Really? Her movements have - been off all weekend though.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- I haven't been up - because I felt her.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- But it's been very different, - really different.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Since Friday night, it started.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Have you had a CTG today?
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- No, I came in, had a scan - and came straight to see you.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- We'll get them to CTG you now.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- OK.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- The date that we've got - in the diary for your section...
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- ..I brought it forward.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42- To the sixth.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43- Yes. You've had steroids.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44- Yes. You've had steroids.- - Yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- Let's get the CTG. - We'll take it from there.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Suzanne will be monitored - to check the baby's heartbeat...
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- ..before the consultant - says he's happy...
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- ..for the baby to be born - on the sixth of next month.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- What has the consultant - just told her?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- He's happy with how much she's - grown over the last fortnight.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- They just want to check - the heartbeat again, really.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Look at this trace here.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- I've got the advantage...
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- ..of a computer analysis - of Suzanne's trace.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- If we go back to the start of it...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- ..the heart rate was quite high.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- These look like decelerations. - It looks like it's slowing.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- The computer thought - the baseline was here.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- As it settles down, you can see it - fits in more neatly with our idea...
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- ..that baseline - was around 116 or 120.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- These are actually accelerations.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- This is great. Looking at this, - there's lots of variability here.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- It's irritability - along the bottom line.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- It's the bit looking at pressure - in the womb, if she's contracting.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07- She's not really, but the muscle - is doing that kind of tightening.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- That's sometimes - a sign of an abruption...
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- ..where there's bleeding - behind the placenta.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- If you have lots - of bleeding, you see it.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- But sometimes you get a situation - in which it's concealed.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- The patient doesn't have many - symptoms until it's too late.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- This is what we thought - was wrong with her at 29 weeks.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- So we know that something - like this is a possibility.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Hello. Are you OK?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36- Yes, thanks.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- The doctor wants you to come in.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- The doctor wants you to come in.- - OK.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- They don't know if there - are dips in the baby's heart rate...
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- ..or whether - the baseline has changed.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- They want you to come in, - just in case.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- Suzanne told the doctor she - isn't happy. That changed the plan.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59- OK?
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Can you leave work?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- I'll leave now.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07- I'll leave now.- - OK, then.
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0:12:26 > 0:12:31- The monitoring shows that Suzanne - is having contractions.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- Mr Banfield thinks - she's bleeding again.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- The placenta provides - nutrients and oxygen for the baby.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- If she has a placental abruption...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- ..the baby doesn't - get food or oxygen.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- If they don't get her out, - it could be really bad news.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- She had the cannula - and they took a blood sample.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- They need to insert the epidural.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- When are they doing that?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- They have to wait - for the blood to come back.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- The consultant thinks...
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- ..there's bleed to the placenta - again.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- So, yes! - It's better that she comes out.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18- I hope she's OK.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Well excited.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- Yes! And nervous, too.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- You're going to be a Dad in, - I don't know how long...
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- ..before six tonight.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- ..before six tonight.- - Within the next 24 hours.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34- Less.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- Less.- - Well.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- In the next hour.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- By five o'clock tonight, - you'll be a Dad!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- I'm not leaving. - I'll wait to hear outside.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Maisie has a driving lesson.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Maisie has a driving lesson.- - Bless her.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- She's bound to be worried.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- It won't be a good driving lesson!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Stalled! Bless her.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- Suzanne is scared of the epidural.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07- I'm so excited.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Does it go in the spine?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Yes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- I'll try to relax.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- I'll get you a tissue - for your forehead.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- I was in the yard.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Becky called.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31- I told them I had to go - because we're having a baby.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Mad rush.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- But I'm here and on time!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- How do you feel?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Excited and nervous.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- I'm more excited than nervous.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Can't wait.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- I'm really scared now.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- We anticipated this in two weeks.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- I had two weeks to be scared, - not a day.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00- You didn't come in for this today.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- You didn't come in for this today.- - I came for a meeting.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05- Oh, well.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Oh, well.- - At least I've revalidated.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- The baby is going to be fine. - You had your steroids, didn't you?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- You've got a lot longer - than you expected.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- What are you having again?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- What are you having again?- - A girl.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Got a name, or is that a surprise?
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- We know her name. - She's going to be called Eliza.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Lovely. Are you OK there?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- I'm hot.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- He rushed here, - put a woolly jumper on.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- We'll have you - looking like me in no time.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36- It might be a bit cooler then.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- It might be a bit cooler then.- - Thank god for that.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Look how pale he is!
0:15:40 > 0:15:41- I've never seen you look so white.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- I've never seen you look so white.- - I'll get a fan for you!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- You're really white.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- It's like seeing a ghost.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- Can I have that? - You can have another one.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Are you decent in there, Suzanne?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Are you OK if we come in, Suzanne?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- Thank you very much. - Pop those there, Suzanne.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Can I just put the height of - this up? It's just a little bit low.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Sorry, Suzanne.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54- Are you alright, Suzanne?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Are you alright, Suzanne?- - I'm just nervous.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Oh, yes. Oh, my gosh.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Kevin is going to be outside now, - Suzanne.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- The injection is big.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35- We'll see you shortly, Dad.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36- We'll see you shortly, Dad.- - Yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- We'll see you soon.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Suzanne is in theatre. - A lot of people are with her.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- She's having the epidural. - She's a bit nervous.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- She knows the procedure - as a midwife.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- She's nervous. I have to wait here.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- I'll get called in.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- And then the delivery commences.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- If Mr Banfield is right, and - there is a placental abruption...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- ..there's not much time - to get her out.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- The heavy bleeding could be really - serious for Eliza and Suzanne.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- SURGEON SPEAKS
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- The baby is coming in a moment, - Kevin.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- Wee all over the surgeon again!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- What time was she born, 17.28pm?
0:19:31 > 0:19:32- Suzanne.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- We'll just take her to - the paediatrician, OK? Here we go.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- I'll just lift her - for you to move it.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Make way for this.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Thank you.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Hello.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18- Are you going to go to - Mummy and Daddy? Hello, darling.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Can I pass here a moment?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- You can have a little hello - to your daughter.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- She's so cute.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- She's gorgeous.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- Look at that little nose, - just like we thought.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- # Lord, I come - to your awesome presence
0:21:15 > 0:21:20- # From the shadows - into your radiance
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- # By the blood - I may enter your brightness #
0:21:25 > 0:21:26- Exhausted.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32- I'm not stressed, relieved we've - made it on time. That's how I feel.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Eliza Beaux Balmford Rickard.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- I baptize you - in the name of the Father...
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- ..and of the Son...
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- ..and of the Holy Spirit.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- # Flood the nations
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- # With grace and glory #
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Eliza!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- We went to theatre - just at the right time.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- The baby was born in perfect timing, - for her to arrive safely.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- If we'd have waited - for very much longer...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- ..we might not be here - to have this programme.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- The baby is healthy.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- I looked down...
0:22:21 > 0:22:26- ..and thought how lucky I am - to have the family that I've got.
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