In this birth story podcast interview, mom Jan tells how she developed eclampsia at 32 weeks pregnant with her daughter Alice and delivered her via emergency C-section. Because Alice was premature, she was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and died 55 days later due to complications of NEC.
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In this episode, Jan tells us:
- A little bit about herself and her husband, Scott
- How her pregnancy was rather uneventful up to 32 weeks
- That at 32 weeks, her vision started tunneling, which was a sign of eclampsia, and went to the hospital, where she started seizing and delivered Alice via emergency C-section
- How Alice did in the NICU
- When they got to bring Alice home and her personality
- When Alice was brought back to the hospital due complications of necrotizing enterocolitis and died within 24 hours
- About Alice’s funeral
