A former teacher who became an author after her son's traumatic birth left her fighting for life has published a book of poetry on the experience.

What they don’t tell you about being a mum - out on August 31 - features "humorous yet poignant poems" inspired by Jayne Salisbury-Jones' experience in 2018.

That year Jayne and husband Richard found out they were expecting their first baby.

Very early on in the pregnancy she got bilateral inguinal hernias and didn’t return to school for the rest of her pregnancy. She had a tough time carrying the baby, ending up in hospital to be treated with severe sickness several times.

At 34 weeks Jayne, from Arrowe Park, was rushed to hospital from a midwife appointment and admitted with severe pre eclampsia.

After a week trying to control her blood pressure, she was induced and ended up having an emergency c-section.

Within 24 hours of George's birth, Jayne became very ill. She was exceptionally swollen with the pre-eclampsia and got pulmonary oedema (water in her lungs).

On top of that she also got sepsis. She was being rushed to Intensive care away from her husband and her son. It was a very scary time for her and her husband.

Thankfully, after several weeks in hospital Jayne was able to return home with Richard and baby George.

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Jayne and Richard with their son George in 2018

She was still very poorly and still to this day is feeling the affects of her birth and all the complications. She has had several operations since having to leave her baby again.

Jayne has always been known for her humour and trying to see the bright side of things.

After sometime went by Jayne was struggling with her mental health around being sick and being away from her baby in the first week of his life.

Also having to be helped at home by friends and family look after baby George whilst she wasn't well.

To cheer her up, she turned to writing poetry about her pregnancy and delivery adding humour to the awful situation.

After several weeks of writing she decided to upload one of her poems to Facebook.

To her utter amazement it was huge success.

She decided to set up a Facebook page calling it What they don't tell you about being a mum and added humorous yet poignant poems each day.

To her astonishment the page attracted people first locally and then globally. She has followers in America, china, south africa, New Zealand and Fiji (just to mention a few).

She added a poem everyday and was by approached by a publisher for the book.

Still not well she declined the opportunity as she had so much on with her health and trying to raise a baby.

Jayne approached the publishers when she was well again and decided to submit a manuscript.

The publishers loved the writing and the story and she signed a contract to make a book.

Due to her continuing health issues Jayne unfortunately had to leave teaching.

In early July Jayne's book went to print. It is expected to be on sale on Amazon and in all major bookstores.

The book's message is "becoming a new parent is hard, here's what they don't tell you, and it's OK not to be OK".

Jayne told the Globe: "I have always been someone who tries to make light of things, but was very upset about my health and what happened to me.

"As a child, I loved writing poetry, so I decided to document my experience through poetry. It wasn't just about that, but also the challenges of being a mum.

"My husband suggested I upload some of my work onto my Facebook page one day and it just took off; everybody loved it.

"It helped me express how I was feeling, but through humour, so made me feel better about what had gone on.

"A lot of people have contacted me saying 'we've had a similar situation'.

"People messaged me from all over the world - America, Canada, Australia, you name it - and I had a good following.

"Then during Covid I put the book together, sent the publisher a manuscript and it went from there ...

"I've been told that my health won't be the same again, but I'm OK with that because my life's changed.

"It's a new chapter in my life.

"This is something I did for my own mental health to make me laugh, but I feel like it has helped other people."