When i was pregnant i was constantly sick even from a teaspoon of water i did not get enough nutrients/folic acid or iron supplements due to the constant sickness, i had extrely bad keytones during pregnancy and a water infection 38/39 weeks i was pregnant i was constantly on antibiotics and had severe thrush in which i had canestan treatment all the way through. I also had a water infection, thrush and taking these at the time of birth. I was hospitalised twice with dehydration and had an emergency scan as they could not locate baby the week before she was born. Her head was engaged but scrunched up at the bottom. I could not advise when my waters had broken and was in agony, constantly sick, fainted, grey and weak for 5 days before she was born but told these were normal my body was getting prepared and dismissed with no checks. It was my midwife who advised that i was in labour i went into hospital and they advised me that baby kept falling asleep and couldnt locate her heartbeat this would happen regulary for 30 mins at a time. I was given an inducing drip to speed it up. Again this kept happening but i struggled, when she was born her left leg was bent and her foot touched her face and the other did the splits. she was only 5lb 9oz, we were advised she would be 8lb 5oz. we were discharged a day later and ever since that day we were told her fontenal was extremly full, she had digestive problems and has been on 4 different formulas since. We have had her in hospital since she was 3 weeks old with vomitting, suspected meningitis, a viral infection, anemia, allergy to cows milk. she has had folic and iron supplements multivitamins a blood transfusion and multiple antibiotics, we informed the doctor that her head swelled after her transfusion we requested a ct scan as there has never really been a diagnosis of what is wrong with her to find she had water on the brain, we were transferred to a childrens hospital to find she had several fractured ribs and a subdural haematoma after two taps she is getting collections of fluid still and they dont know why we were told at first after the first tap there was a smear of blood which was a popped membrane they then said it was full blood and again on the 2nd tap we were then told that it was not blood on the 2nd tap but a straw like fluid NOT blood! There has been a record in mine (the mum) side of the family of water on the brain, spina bifida hydrocephalis which unfortunatly caused death. I desperatly need to know what is wrong with her and if any of this could be avoided if we have recieved the correct care etc. Please help.