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Marisa, from the United States, suffered from a rare condition in which amniotic fluid enters the bloodstream; understand
The birth of triplets Charlotte, Kendall and Collins on August 21, 2024, was supposed to be a moment of joy for Marisa Christie and her family. However, the planned birth in The Woodlands, Texas (USA), had an unexpected complication that almost cost the mother her life. Marisa went into a medically induced coma shortly after the babies were born, and when she woke up six days later, she had no memory of the birth. “It was scary,” the mother recalls.
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When Marisa woke up she thought she was still pregnant. “I remember waking up and Dylan [marido] telling me that the girls were fine, that they were here. I thought I was in a car accident or something. That was the only reasonable explanation why I wasn’t pregnant anymore. For a while I thought I was dreaming,” he told the magazine People.
The cause of the coma was a rare event known as amniotic embolism, in which some of the amniotic fluid enters the mother’s bloodstream. According to the Cleveland Clinic, this condition affects only 1 in 40,000 births and can be fatal. “Marisa also held the triplets in her womb after giving birth, but soon after she started feeling sick,” explained Dr. Amber Samuel, a maternal-fetal doctor who followed the case. “He raised his arms, made a strange sound, and suddenly his vital signs were profoundly abnormal. He wasn’t breathing and had no heartbeat. That’s when we identified it as an amniotic embolism, because nothing’ anything else resembles It.”
The medical team fought for 45 minutes to resuscitate her, during which Marisa suffered multiple cardiac arrests. She had to be hooked up to a machine to stabilize her vital signs and underwent a hysterectomy to stop severe bleeding. “It was the scariest moment of my life,” confessed Dylan, Marisa’s husband. “We didn’t know if there was brain damage, but every prayer was answered as she slowly recovered.”
Today Marisa is at home with the triplets and her eldest son, who is 4 years old. Despite the trauma, she remains grateful to be alive. “I used to ignore the risks. Now not a day goes by without me thinking about the time I spent in hospital or the amniotic fluid embolism. Some days are hard, but I’m fine,” he concluded.
Second DWin 2019 it was found that every year 700 women die in the United States during pregnancy, childbirth or in the following months. No other industrial nation has such a high maternal mortality rate.
Source: Terra
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