Mum loses 44 PINTS of blood while giving birth after placenta bursts through her uterus

A brave mum and her baby boy are lucky to be alive after she lost a staggering 44 pints of blood during a traumatic labour . Natasha Pollock is believed to have been given the biggest ever blood transfusion in the UK after she began to bleed heavily during an emergency caesarean.

The 34-year-old had been told she needed the c-section eight weeks early after a difficult pregnancy.
But she bled so much that medics were forced to pump her with an astonishing 39 pints of blood in a single nine-hour operation - before the hospital ran out of supplie

 It was the next day before they were able to ship in more blood supplies - where Natasha received a further five pints of blood to keep her alive - making a staggering 44 pints.



And despite doctors telling her husband, Dai, 38, that she was unlikely to survive Natasha and baby Oliver both pulled through - and 12 weeks on are both finally back home in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warks.
 

Lucky: Natasha Pollock showing how many pints of blood she lost during labour

Healthy: Little Oliver was born after his mum Natasha Pollock experienced a difficult labor