Our daughter, Shelbe, was the most kindhearted, loving person. She was outgoing and never knew a stranger. She was so proud that she was going to be a mom for the first time. Shelbe had a excellent and healthy pregnancy. Her labor and delivery went smoothly....
Husband and father of 3 becomes a caregiver to his wife after she suffered an AFE and is left in a coma.
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...
Alison and her husband were expecting their first child. She was overdue and admitted to the hospital where she was given medicine to prepare the cervix for delivery the next morning. After a few hours, Alison's water broke and she went into hard labor. When the...
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...
