I had an uneventful first pregnancy with Low Lying Placenta diagnosed at 20 weeks during a routine scan.  A further ultrasound was booked for 36 weeks to determine whether this had improved but during such scan the sonographers were baffled as the placenta had moved but there were numerous blood vessels floating around, under our baby's head. I then had an internal scan and numerous Consultants were puzzled by what they saw.  A senior Consultant diagnosed vasa previa and booked an elective Caesarean, to be carried out at 37 weeks but I was instructed to get complete bed rest as to labour early would almost certainly have devastating consequences.

     However, just two days later my membranes ruptured in spectacular style and it was a terrifying dash to the hospital.  Luckily we made it and an emergency C-Section was carried out at 12:50am on Thursday 15th June 2006 when our gorgeous son Matthew Thomas Rowe was born weighing 6lb 9.5oz.  We were so lucky that he was a healthy baby, he even scored an amazing 9 and 10 on his APGAR.  All the surgeons, midwives, consultants etc agreed that we had been incredibly lucky and Matthew truly was a Miracle Baby.