A new mother was forced to catch her own bowel and intestines after her surgical scar reopened following a caesarean.
Sam Bell, gave birth to daughter Chloe and was released three days later after being given the all clear by doctors.
A few day later the 28-year-old was visited at her home in Liphook, Hampshire, by a midwife who routinely removed the bead stitch.
But shortly after Ms Bell swung her legs off the bed to stand up and felt like her trousers were sticking to her.
She opened her trousers and was horrified to see her wound had reopened and her bowel and intestines fell out of her body.
It took 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive before the mother-of-two was taken to hospital where she underwent surgery.
It was quite tough because I was crying but trying not to cry because I didn't know how much else could come out of me.
I just didn't know what to do, so I just thought lay and breathe deeply.
Obviously I did cry because my newborn baby, because I breast feed, was starting to cry so she was just screaming her head off and it was really tough to be honest.
Something inside me just said you have to keep it together and stay strong.
– MOTHER SAM BELL
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