Mum was told by NHS staff that her baby had died before she was brought to her alive – then died hours later

Alisha was forced to give birth to her second child 22-weeks prematurely at home after medical staff ignored her concerns.

She revealed: “I hadn’t felt Grace move in a couple of days, I was doubled over in pain and being sick.

“When I phoned the hospital they assumed I had a water infection but I went to get checked due to not feeling her move. 

“On arrival a midwife asked what the pain felt like. 

“The first word that came out of my mouth was labour.”

“One doctor did a bedside scan for one minute. 

“A heartbeat was seen but no movement.

“I said I wasn’t happy and my body felt like it needed to push. 

“I was told to go home and no follow up or advice was given.”

The traumatising experience happened in February last year and Alisha has finally found the courage to speak out.

Back home on February 28, 2021, she was vomiting and sweating while the room spun around her.

At 2:30am she realised something was seriously wrong and dialled 999.

By 2:45am, she had given birth on her bathroom floor.

Alisha added: “I can’t fault 999 or the paramedics – they were amazing. 

“When they had calmed me down, I phoned my mum and all I heard was a scream I’ll never forget.”

Things got significantly worse for Alisha at the hospital when she was separated from baby Grace for an hour upon arrival.

Doctors mistakenly told her the newborn hadn’t made it, leaving Alisha distraught.

Grace was then brought to her mum 45 minutes later and alive, leaving Alisha in a whirlwind of emotions with no support.

But with zero further medical intervention, Grace tragically passed away at 6:30am the same day she was born.

Alisha has bravely revealed how medical staff dismissed her before and during the most traumatic time of her life.

She said: “In one review, a consultant told my mum and I that I ‘wasn’t forced to go home’. 

“Although Grace was very premature, she survived four hours by herself with no medical intervention.

“If she was born in hospital and received appropriate care straight away her chance of survival would have gone up by at least 30 per cent. 

“We were massively neglected and are still yet to receive an apology.

“The hardest part was having to tell my other daughter Ava why her baby sister never came home, how she grew her wings and turned into a butterfly.”

Grace’s comes during an inquiry into maternity services at East Kent Hospitals.

Due to be published in autumn this year, it is looking at up to 200 damning incidents involving mothers and babies at the trusts hospitals.

East Kent Hospitals Trust has been approached for comment.