I had about ten different doctors, nurses and midwives, just surrounding me at various points, staring at my vagina; it was very uncomfortable... She'd seen me on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and came back on Boxing Day asking why are you still here?'. Having checked my notes, she said this is disgraceful; if we don't get this child out very soon, I don't know what could happen'.
Meconium aspiration is a dangerous lung infection which babies can suffer if they defecate in the mother's womb and ingest it; this may occur when labour is particularly traumatic, as Gabrielle experienced.
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