Episode 19: A Fast-Tracked Family, with Victoria Sanguinetti

KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriage, natural deliveries, puerperal haematoma, premature, postnatal depression, anaemia, Christmas

Let’s welcome our youngest mother to the podcast so far: Victoria Sanguinetti born in 1999. She’s packed in a rollercoaster few years since the pandemic - getting married, moving house and giving birth to her daughter in 2022, then son in 2023 (prematurely)… all while working and supporting her husband through an organ transplant!

Victoria describes both pregnancies as healthy but very different. She experienced a frightening haematoma complication after the rapid birth of her daughter that almost led to a blood transfusion. Victoria had postnatal depression after the traumatic event, but physically healed well and established breastfeeding. The following year she and her partner conceived their second child faster than planned... and he arrived sooner than expected too, at 34 weeks on Boxing Day! The birth and recovery was a positive experience, and the couple were fortunate not have to transfer care to Spain as is often the case for premature arrivals. 

All of this happened just a few months before the couple’s wedding – and Victoria describes how much harder things could have been if her son was born later, while she supported her husband undergoing months of medical treatment in England. It’s an incredibly busy set of events, and she describes her story so calmly, showing true strength and resilience. I’m so grateful to Victoria for sharing her Gibraltar Birth Stories… and wish her family a very quiet and settled few years ahead! (Recorded February 2025).

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