MP Theo Clarke breaks down in tears in the Commons as she talks for the first time about her 'terrifying' childbirth ordeal that nearly killed her, in a debate about post-natal care.
Stafford MP, 38, began to bleed heavily after a difficult 40-hour labour last yearAn MP broke down in the Commons today as she told how she thought she was going to die after giving birth to her daughter.
Launching a debate about 'birth trauma' she said it was 'probably the most personal speech' she will make in Parliament. She received a rare round of applause from the public gallery in the House of Commons from mothers and campaigners who had come to watch the debate. Ms Clarke was opening what she described as the first debate on birth trauma in the history of the Commons.At one point, while in recovery, she said she was lying next to her baby, who was screaming, and unable to pick her up she pressed a call button for help, only for the person to respond by saying 'not my baby, not my problem', before leaving.
The consequences of an obstetric anal sphincter injury, she said, can include urinary and faecal incontinence, chronic pain, sexual dysfunction and other mental and physical effects, adding: 'It is very clear, we must do more to help women.Outlining her requests to the Government, she said: 'It is so clear to me that so much more needs to be done to support women who experience traumatic births.
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