After waking from a coma at Royal Stoke University Hospital, Mrs Coulbert said she was “devastated” to have missed ten days of her newborn’s life.

“When I woke up and could see Verity it was surreal, she had grown up even in that time. I tried to feed her with a bottle but I was so weak I couldn’t do it,” she added.

“It was very difficult for me; strange – I couldn’t believe it actually happened, I was still in shock.”

She has since regained much of her strength and says she has been able to perform tasks such as cooking basic meals, loading the dishwasher and doing some washing, and hopes to return to her sales career with a cane and improved speech.

Ms Coulbert said she wanted people to be more aware of the signs of a stroke and to understand that they “don’t just happen to older people”.