I watched myself flatline during labour after two cardiac arrests - and now have crippling PTSD

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I watched myself flatline during labour after two cardiac arrests - and now have crippling PTSD
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Keeley Wilson, 36, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, suffers from PTSD after she had two cardiac arrests and had to be given CPR to restart her heart while she was giving birth.

Keeley Wilson, 36, from Rochdale, suffers from PTSD after two cardiac arrests. Read More:A mother has revealed how she's been left with PTSD after she had two cardiac arrests and had to be given CPR to restart her heart while she was giving birth.

Despite tests, doctors were never able to say exactly why she had two cardiac arrests but the ordeal left her with PTSD, anxiety, flashbacks and nightmares. 'Then I remember the anaesthetist standing over me saying my name over and over. I saw her face in my sleep for about six months because I had nightmares about this.'

Keeley was given an ECG and a chest x-ray and told she had fractured ribs from being given chest compressions 'I just wanted to cuddle her and couldn't - that made me feel like a failure - and I worried in case we didn't bond. The first time I could pick her up and hug her felt amazing.She said she met with medics weeks after her birth but no one could explain why her heart had stopped beating.

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