Melbourne mum lost 10 litres of blood following C-section delivery

When baby Chelsea arrived into the world last month, her mother Amy Rajpal almost died.

Following a caesarean delivery, the 37-year-old haemorrhaged 10 litres of blood and spent five days in intensive care.

“I didn’t know where I was. I couldn’t talk, I was in shock,” she told 9News.  

Ms Rajpal and her husband Tiger credit her survival to the rapid response of the Monash Health clinical team.

“They acted so fast, amazing. I just can’t thank them enough,” she said.

Victorian Management Insurance Authority said the hospital’s expertise is due in part to a new training and insurance scheme. 

The Incentivising Better Patient Safety program requires a minimum 80 per cent of birth suite staff undergo advanced emergency training for a range of complications.

“Breech birth, so that’s when the baby is coming out feet first… sometimes we see scenarios where the baby is getting a little bit stuck on the way out,” Victorian Managed Insurance Authority’s Shevaun O’Loghlen told 9News.

The simulated scenarios involve real staff and patient actors and are extremely realistic.

Participating hospitals receive a refund on obstetric premiums - saving hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Despite the Rajpal’s ordeal are coping well with parenthood.

“I feel like life is complete and I don’t need anything, I just want to spend every single second of my life with them,” Mr Rajpal said.