Preeclampsia – My HELLP Syndrome Story

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300,000 women each year will be diagnosed with Preeclampsia or HELLP Syndrome. Knowing the signs and symptoms is the single most important thing you can do to increase you and your baby's chance of survival. Unfortunately, you can't always trust the medical community to make an early diagnosis. Preeclampsia, and especially HELLP, are finicky diseases in the beginning stages and often go undiagnosed until the situation becomes severe. Preeclampsia affects between 5-10% of all pregnancies. … [Read more...]

Happy Birthday Aram!

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Happy Fourth Birthday Aram! You are so so loved. On this day, you had your (very scary) early start at life: But look at you now! NOW THAT is worth celebrating!   … [Read more...]

The First Time I Saw My Children

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I didn't get to see Aram for three days after he was born. Someone took a picture and brought it to me. I also saw Samuel for the first time through a photograph. These are the first images I saw of my children: Both extremely depressing photos. In Aram's photo he is supposed to still be gestating inside of me, but there he is, attached to many tubes and wires (unnecessary, but still)  alone. In Samuel's he has just lost everything he's even known, he looks extremely sad, his … [Read more...]