Pregnancy and Childbirth Stories

HELLP Syndrome in first pregnancy. What to do this time?

HELLP Syndrome in first pregnancy. What to do this time?

Cassandra and her husband saw me at 13 weeks gestation in her second pregnancy. Cassandra was anxious about continuing the unplanned, but now wanted, pregnancy because of what she had been told after her previous pregnancy in 2013. That pregnancy was complicated by...

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Proud parent baby photos

Proud parent baby photos

Patients frequently send me photos and sometime videos of their newborn baby that they have taken. Sometimes they share photos of themselves while pregnant and sometimes photos of their baby at it get older as an infant or child. I am very grateful and it gives me...

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Determination

Determination

I was pleased to see Marelle again for pregnancy care. She was understandably nervous at her initial visit for this pregnancy because of her obstetric history. She had first trimester miscarriages in 2018 and 2019. Later in 2019 she had another unsuccessful pregnancy....

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Wonderful outcomes after tragedy in the first pregnancy

Wonderful outcomes after tragedy in the first pregnancy

I first met Annie for management of her second pregnancy. Her first pregnancy had an incredibly sad outcome. She delivered at 25 weeks a little boy named Aiden who died soon after birth. I asked Annie to provide me with details of what had happened in her first...

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Was it cervical incompetence?

Was it cervical incompetence?

Trish saw me with her husband for the management of her second pregnancy. Sadly, her first pregnancy ended at 20 weeks gestation (pregnancy). She said she had spontaneous rupture of membranes and light contractions before delivering a stillborn little girl. I had not...

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Preeclampsia presenting as liver pain and tenderness

Preeclampsia presenting as liver pain and tenderness

Carolyn had an uncomplicated first pregnancy until she was 35 weeks 6 days gestation (pregnancy). She phoned the Birth Unit as she had pain in her right upper abdomen.  She was asked to come in to be assessed. I attended to see her. She was slightly tender in the...

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