Hi, my name is Denise Jons and I experienced my AFE in 2008 at age 41 with the birth of my 2nd son. I was diagnosed with Placenta Previa and had a date set for my C-section. I started bleeding three days before my schedule time so I was told to go to the hospital....
My name is Cynthia from Melborne Australia. I was a 31 year old mother of 2 beautiful boys aged 4 and 5 and pregnant with our 3rd. On the 31st of May 2016 I was very unfortunate to have had an AFE myself! We had a pretty rough pregnancy, the last few months of the...
I had a very normal, albeit, anxious pregnancy as I had miscarried a few years prior. I had no reason to believe that anything could or would go wrong during delivery. However, for the last month of pregnancy, I was very vocal about my fear that something was going...
AFE survivor from the U.K. shares her touching story as she draws near to her daughter's first birthday.
First time pregnancy - I had just turned 40 years old on 8/24/2012, about a month before due date. Had a great pregnancy, no issues with the baby or myself considering my "advanced maternal age" (haha). On my due date, my doc said I wasn't very dilated but...
Our journey began on a weekend in late March, 2008, when I traveled home to Austin, Texas from Atlanta, Georgia for my baby shower. The morning of the shower I began feeling contractions and headed to the local hospital to get checked out. Later that day, I was...
On Sept 9, at 11:52 pm my water broke while I was in my bed. I knew I better get to the hospital. They admitted me and began a pitocin drip to induce my labor since I was not have any contractions and was only dilated 2 cm. After 12 hours of labor, I realized I...
This is my AFE story that I would like to share with you. On November 29th 2004 my husband Nick and I packed our bags to head to the hospital to be induced the following morning. When we arrived there were no beds available. They told us to go eat and come back. So...
My name is Allison and I live in the U.K. My AFEi happened during the birth of our daughter in 2010. I was already in hospital at 37 weeks needing to be monitored carefully due to of pulmonary emboli that occurred while coming down with pneumonia while I was...
March 20, is the first day of spring. A time when we are reminded of rebirth and new beginnings. This day, six years ago, was certainly a new beginning for our family, in a way we didn't expect. Jonathan's labor was a normal one. But something unexpected happened...
