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"Grace* was just over 40 weeks pregnant when she arrived at a public hospital
in regional New South Wales. The Gamilaraay woman had been excited for the
pending birth of her first child, a son called Koa.
Her husband’s job meant he was often away for long stretches of time, but on
this day, by chance, he was by her side attending her ultrasound for the first
time.
They were both waiting for the reassuring sounds of a heartbeat, a kick to the
ribs to let her know her baby was OK. It didn’t come.
“This was his first time seeing our baby on the ultrasound, but it was not a
good one. That’s when they told us that it was no heartbeat,” Grace says.
“He was gone.”
It was Grace’s ninth trip to the hospital after a flurry of presentations
between her GP, local hospital and a larger major hospital where she had sought
help with worrying symptoms. Her hands and feet became puffy at 39 weeks
gestation; she was unable to wear her jewellery or watch. She’d had pains in
her abdomen from undiagnosed gallstones earlier in her pregnancy but they were
dismissed as indigestion.
She visited her GP several times before being advised to go to the small local
hospital. Each time her blood pressure was checked, she had given a urine
sample and had been advised to go home.
At 39 weeks gestation, she was advised against having her baby induced. One
week later, her baby was confirmed to have died of complications from
preeclampsia."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
