A new mum says she was told by a midwife at Wycombe Hospital that her baby would have died if she had been taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital and she has now vowed not to have any more children.

Laura Barton, of Hawks-moor Close, High Wycombe, says she will not get pregnant again because of the dangers she would face in getting to hospital in an emergency.

Soon all mums in High Wycombe will have their children in Stoke Mandeville, as women and children services moves out of Wycombe Hospital.

Mrs Barton said: "I was told that if it had been another ten minutes then we would have lost him and possibly myself as well.

"If I had gone to Stoke then we would not have made it."

Mrs Barton was at home when she suffered a massive haemorrhage, endangering both her life and her unborn child's.

She was rushed to Wycombe Hospital where staff safely delivered Ethan.

Mrs Barton said: "I had a haemorrhage.

"I was taken straight down to Wycombe hospital.

"If I had gone to Aylesbury there would have been no time, they got the little one out and I had to have a transfusion."

Mrs Barton, a mum-of-two, has a condition which makes her more likely to haemorrhage in child birth and has been advised that pregnancy is risky for her.

Mrs Barton says not having facilities close by has put a stop to any future pregnancies.

She said: "It has definitely had an affect on me, I am not prepared to take the risk."

Celina Eves, head of midwifery at Wycombe Hospital, said the safety of mothers and babies is absolutely paramount.

She said: "In this patient's instance, it is likely the mother would have been taken directly to Stoke Mandeville Hospital by ambulance, supported by trained medical staff.

"The Trust is confident that Wycombe Hospital offers the safest, most low risk, midwifery service possible.

"We will look at the circumstances of this patient's delivery to see if improvements can be made to the service we offer at Wy-combe Hospital."

She added: "Under the new model of midwife-led care to be introduced next year, mothers who are expecting a complicated delivery would have their baby at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

"However, at both hospitals, treatment for complications during labour, including haemorrhaging, is currently provided."