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| Stephanie Arnold |
the risk
It was a given
fact that giving birth by a woman puts her more to risk than safety. Not only because birth pains and maternity
labor are sometimes so unbearable where passing out unconscious was almost
inevitable.
amniotic fluid embolism
Those were the fears
Stephanie Arnold feels as she was seconds of giving birth to her second child
via a C-section delivery. Her heart has
become erratic in beating that she coded and was already on a life threatening
situation on the operating table. Her
heart stops for 37 seconds. She recalled
all signal and electrical machines stopped and goes null to zero. Her ob-gyn Dr Julie Levitt and the
anesthesiologist called the condition amniotic fluid embolism (AFE). AFE was a maternity delivery condition where
the amniotic fluid enters the mother’s bloodstream and can trigger respiratory
failure and cardiac arrest. While the
incidence was likely to happen, it is however the second leading cause of
maternal death in the United States and the United Kingdom. A recent study revealed that 40% of mothers
who have it dies from such condition.
a gut feeling about her death
“It was so
raw. It was the feeling that I had was I
was going to die. There was no question”, Stephanie mentioned. Talking to her
anesthesiologist before her surgery she ordered more blood and monitors making
sure she did all precautions to keep her self-assured. And after taking deep breaths and savored
every moment with her family she goes on with the operation.
rise from the dead
Stephanie
and her son Jacob survived the ordeal without permanent damage after six days
in coma and weeks for recovery. It was such an experience she lived to tell
after her being dead for a while. She
now enjoys the bliss of living and experience again the motherhood to her son
Jacob who was with her when she encountered death for a moment. Child
bearing nowadays are a lot safer, however some mothers still face
complications.
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| Stephanie and baby Jacob |
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