One mum nearly bled to death on a coffee table, another's baby died after 'being fed only sugar and water': SARAH VINE reveals women's heartbreaking real-life stories from maternity wards that will make you weep
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Childbirth is never easy and rarely straightforward. Throughout human history, giving birth has been at best painful, at worst fatal.