A MUM who had a "horrific" experience that saw two of her triplets dying says she was "thrilled" by the birth of her fourth child at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

Her praise for the hospital comes after six women contacted the Evening News this week to tell how their babies died or suffered at the hands of workers at the Royal and coincided with a damning report into maternity services in Worcestershire.

Jeanette Young said her horrendous experience five years ago at Cheltenham General Hospital is a "radical" contrast to the "fantastic" treatment she received when she gave birth to her daughter Bella at the Royal 13 days ago.

In August 1999, when Jeanette was 22 weeks pregnant with her triplets, she started bleeding and went to Cheltenham General, where her nightmare unfolded.

"My treatment at the hospital was horrendous," said the 42-year-old, of Station Road, Ripple, near Malvern.

"My first triplet was stuck in the birth canal for 36 hours until they could surgically remove him."

Sadly, Barry died within 10 minutes of his delivery.

Midwives suggested inducing the births of her other triplets, but Jeanette and her husband, also called Barry, aged 59, insisted they wait to give them a better chance of growing and surviving.

Because the babies were the products of fertility treatment, it meant they were in individual embryonic sacks and did not need to be born all at the same time.

Three weeks later Jeanette started bleeding and returned to the hospital to be told that she had kidney stones - but in fact she was in labour.

"I was left on the maternity unit by myself and gave birth to my second triplet Millie all alone. It was a complete nightmare."

Millie died five days later. Three hours after Millie was born, Jeanette's third triplet, Helena, arrived and has survived against all odds.

"The whole experience left me raw with emotion regarding the NHS," she said.

"Five years later, after much careful consideration, we decided to have another child.

"Our GP recommended the team at the Royal.

"We were very concerned about entering the NHS system again and were more than prepared to pay for private treatment.

"But the care that I received from the whole team from consultant to cleaner was fantastic.

"The hospital had a very modern approach to care of pregnant women and I would recommend it to anyone.

"At the age of 42, it was a high risk pregnancy, but with the team's help I gave birth to a beautiful 8lb 11oz healthy baby girl."

The BBC has now filmed Helena, aged five, meeting her new sister at the hospital for the Child of Our Time programme.

"As a parent who has lost two babies I understand the pain that this causes, but I hope that my story might just add a bit of balance to the situation," Jeanette said.

A spokeswoman for Cheltenham General said: "For reasons of confidentiality we are not able to comment on individual patients' treatment.

"A formal complaint was made at the time by this lady, which we responded to in full."

We received brilliant care at Royal, too

Clare Billington was also overjoyed by the care she received at the Royal when she gave birth to Mollie Baker in June two years ago.

"I had a rare disease that meant my liver didn't work properly and that could have caused the baby to be stillborn," said the 24-year-old, of Farriers Corner, in Droitwich.

"I had the most fantastic care. I was in and out of hospital all the time and they did loads of tests and really looked after me.

"If it wasn't for the brilliant staff I'm positive my daughter would not be alive today."

n Kerry Goodwin also says she had "brilliant" treatment from staff at the Royal throughout her pregnancy, the birth and afterwards.

"I was poorly throughout my pregnancy with high blood pressure and the midwives were fantastic," she said.

"They'd regularly come to my home to save me the trauma of having to go into the hospital and the surgeons and doctors would even call me at home to check that I was okay."

Kerry, aged 33, of Barry Street, in the Arboretum, Worcester, became ill and was rushed into the Royal.

She stayed there almost a week, then had her labour induced and finally gave birth to a healthy son, Flynn, on Friday, August 6.

"Everything about it was brilliant and the aftercare when I was still suffering high blood pressure was second to none," said Kerry, who has two other children, Sophy, aged eight, and Morgan, five.

"The other two weren't born at the Royal but the hospital was by far the best one, I would recommend it to all my friends.

"You never hear the good experiences as people are quicker to complain than praise, but the staff work really hard and deserve recognition."