A Scots chip shop owner has told of how she almost died giving birth to her daughter - but was saved with multiple blood transfusions.
Martine Curran, 40, experienced multiple organ failure after giving birth to Mara four years ago. Mum of two Martine owns the Silvery Tay on Charleston Drive, Dundee, with husband JP - who had to make the painful call to her mum to warn that her daughter could be about to die.
Recalling the experience, Martine said: "You think you’re just going in to have a baby, you’ll go in, go out, it’s all a happy experience."I lost around four litres of blood, the consultant said that it was nearly all the blood in my body."My organs started to fail and I was put on a ventilator, I was moved from the labour suite to
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