Mum, 37, left in coma and unable to hold newborn baby three weeks after giving birth

Charlotte Coulbert, 37 had a changeable astatine location and was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital wherever she was placed successful a coma for 10 days, and erstwhile she woke was incapable to clasp small Verity

A mum was near successful a coma weeks aft she gave birth, which near her paralysed connected 1 broadside and incapable to hold her baby daughter.

Charlotte Coulbert, 37, abruptly collapsed portion watching tv with her household and, connected the mode to hospital, had a changeable owing to a blood clot blocking her brain's humor supply. When she arrived astatine the Royal Stoke University Hospital, she was enactment successful an induced coma and woke up 10 days later.

Charlotte had paralysis connected her close broadside and aphasia, a connection upset which impacts memory. It besides meant she was incapable to enactment her babe daughter, Verity.

She said: “It was heartbreaking, really, arsenic a mother, not being capable to enactment your newborn. When I woke up and could conscionable spot Verity, it was surreal, she'd grown adjacent successful that time.

“I attempted to provender her with a bottle, but I was truthful anemic I couldn't truly bash it. It was precise hard for me, unusual - I couldn't judge it truly happened; I was inactive successful shock.'

“I consciousness similar I was a burden, my hubby had to bash everything. He had to root a nanny due to the fact that helium couldn't look aft each 3 kids and work, and wage for that, truthful it's been precise tough. Now I tin assistance a small bit, I tin navigator basal meals, load the dishwasher, and bash immoderate washing.

“I'm dilatory getting backmost into household life, but it's truthful hard due to the fact that I went from being a mummy doing the schoolhouse tally to not being capable to bash it each of a sudden.”

Charlotte spent six weeks successful the acute changeable ward astatine Royal Stoke University Hospital aft her changeable successful June 2022, and different six successful a rehabilitation unit, wherever she focused connected rebuilding spot done limb exercises and play code therapy sessions. She besides struggled with swallowing and was tube-fed until she could gradually beryllium reintroduced to coagulated foods nether supervision.

By September 2022, Charlotte returned home, though she had to slumber downstairs and could hardly walk. Over time, her mobility has improved and present does aqua therapy, goes to the gym aggregate times a week, and uses a walking stick.

In February this twelvemonth she had a patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure to adjacent the spread successful her bosom and trim the hazard of her having different stroke. Throughout her recovery, Charlotte has remained employed arsenic a income typical and is anxious to instrumentality to enactment to enactment her family.

Charlotte is precise grateful for her husband's enactment passim her betterment - arsenic an ex-Royal Marine who mislaid his close limb successful Afghanistan successful 2012, helium understood what it was similar to spell done a traumatic experience.

She added: “He stood connected a detonation instrumentality and mislaid his leg, helium has helped maine flooded these challenges and reassured maine that it does get better. I person bully and atrocious days.

“Looking back, erstwhile I was successful hospital, I was depressed and didn't attraction who came to spot me, it was truthful hard mentally. I deliberation successful beingness you conscionable person to bash what makes you happy.

“I deliberation radical besides request to beryllium much alert of the signs of a changeable and recognize it does not conscionable hap to aged people.''