Ladies... if you don't feel well, say something to your doctor! Our little girl was born Monday 1 month early 💖

I had a very normal pregnancy: I was keeping fit, my blood tests were fantastic and I've always had good blood pressure.

2 weeks ago I started not feeling great. She was 34 weeks and I could barely walk with SPD pain and I had a lot of discharge. She was also not growing very well, she was about 2 weeks behind and the doctor decided to do a planned c section at 37 weeks to get her out.

At 35 weeks my blood tests showed abnormal liver function, high blood pressure and her placenta wasn't doing very well. She was measuring a week behind and was 2.5 kg.

On Sunday she was 36+1 and I was feeling dizzy, heart palpatations, swelling, pain in my liver and shortness of breath. Went to the emergency room at 3 am and they held me for monitoring. The next day they said it was mild preclampsia but likely to get worse so they did the c section.

She was born on the 17th September at 10.05 am with 2.58 kg and she was 42 cm. The doctors were shocked, there was only a teaspoon of amniotic fluid left!

She is right now on oxygen but she is stable and feeding well. I hope it'll be a few days in the NICU and then we get to take her home! Wish me luck ladies 💖

As for anyone worrying about a c section: DON'T! It was completely seemless and I'm in day 3 of recovery and already walking around and feeling better.

UPDATE: Yesterday she turned 1 week old and she's off the oxygen! We went to visit her in the NICU and her incubator wasnt there. We panicked and then the nurse smiled and pointed to one of the cots. She did it!!! I finally got to hold her and we're taking her home tomorrow.

UPDATE 2: Clara has been home with us for 3 days and it's as if she has always been here! She has gained weight and has changed so much! I'm so happy that she is here and I love being her mum 💖