I was admitted to hospital at 38 weeks to be induced. Late in the pregnancy I had developed pre-eclampsia, cholestasis of pregnancy, HELLP syndrome and on the last scan I had redused amniotic fluid. I went into hospital early Friday morning but it wasn't until...
My husband and I were done having children. I had returned to work and worked my way back to being successful after staying home raising my two boys and one little girl. Our children were 16, 11, and 7. We were more than shocked that our new little one was about to...
On January 20, 2016 I was admitted to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana for the scheduled induction of my fourth child. I was 40 weeks and 1 day pregnant. My three previous pregnancies were healthy and labor started spontaneously with each. This pregnancy...
After going through a miscarriage in August of 2014, I spent this last pregnancy very nervous. So when I went in the hospital to deliver my daughter, I figured I was home free. On Thursday, November 5th, I went to the hospital to be induced. My husband and I went...
When my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first child, we were over-the-moon excited. Although I was considered “at advanced maternal age” for having a child, I was fortunate enough to have had a generally smooth and uneventful pregnancy. I planned...
Veteran mom loses her baby, suffers an AFE and survives, and now requires a kidney transplant.
-When did you first experience an AFE? I experienced my AFE with our first child, which involved a high-risk pregnancy due to a complete placenta previa. I had been on bed rest at the antepartum department from week 25 to week 32 due to complications with the...
Our journey to parenthood has proven to be arduous to say the least with the "rare" circumstances seeming to be our forte. Some may think we should have just given up on our quest but the encouragement of our physicians made us feel like we could have the family we...
I vaguely remember hearing about AFE from a movie when I was young and didn't think something so devastating could ever happen to me. Fast forward to 2016. I was 40 weeks, 4 days pregnant, when it was discovered that my first child, had flipped and that I would...
September 29th, 2011, the day we welcomed our 2nd daughter Audrey into the world, should have been one of the best days of my life. It should have been a day full of visitors and laughter, flowers and pictures, and maybe even a little rest (though more than likely...
