{"id":126470,"date":"2024-11-16T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126470"},"modified":"2024-11-16T10:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:25:17","slug":"mom-with-amniotic-fluid-embolism-wakes-surprised-she-had-triplets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126470","title":{"rendered":"Mom With Amniotic Fluid Embolism Wakes Surprised She Had Triplets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">When Marisa Christie arrived at the hospital for a planned cesarean section to deliver her triplets, everything seemed to be going smoothly. But soon after giving birth, something unusual happened. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe doctors had pulled all three (babies) out. Actually, they were resting them on my stomach to do a delayed cord clamping,\u201d Christie, 30, of Tomball, Texas, tells TODAY.com. \u201cMy arms flew up, and that was when my heart stopped.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Christie had experienced an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE), a rare, but often deadly birth complication. Luckily, doctors immediately realized what was happening, and they started stabilizing Christie. Still, she spent a week unconscious. When she woke, she learned some shocking news. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMy husband was like, \u2018Hey, so we had the babies. They\u2019re healthy and great,\u2019\u201d Christie recalls. \u201cI was absolutely terrified. \u2026 How could I not remember having my babies?\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">Unexpected triplets and pregnancy complication<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">Marisa<strong> <\/strong>and Dillon Christie have a 4-year-old son and had been trying to have another baby for about two years. Eventually, Christie spoke with her doctors and started an ovulation trigger shot, which encourages egg maturation to assist pregnancy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She was thrilled when she became pregnant, but she received some unexpected news after her first ultrasound. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey were like, \u2018We\u2019re pretty sure it\u2019s twins. There might be a third one hiding,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cI was in complete shock.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She \u201ccried most of that month\u201d as the couple considered life with four children. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI was like, \u2018There\u2019s no way we could physically do this,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Soon, their worry turned to excitement, even though being pregnant with multiples was tough at times. Christie felt exhausted all the time and she felt \u201cvery sick\u201d for the first five months. By the end of her pregnancy, it was tiring to stand for too long. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Then, they learned one of the three babies had its own separate twin that never developed, and needed to undergo a procedure while in the womb. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOur baby C was sharing a sack with a twin but that twin never got a heartbeat,\u201d Christie explains. \u201cThat (twin) was still getting blood flow.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x styles_portrait__NRWbO\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-2-te-241114-24433a.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-2-te-241114-24433a.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-2-te-241114-24433a.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-2-te-241114-24433a.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-2-te-241114-24433a.jpg\" alt=\"Marisa Christie pregnant belly\" height=\"2500\" width=\"1823\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Marisa Christie&#8217;s second pregnancy felt slightly harder than her first. Carrying triplets made her feel ill for the first five months and she recalls being very tired. <\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Courtesy Marisa Christie <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Doctors had to remove the remains because the lessened blood flow \u201cwas putting too much stress on baby C\u2019s heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThat was a little scary,\u201d  Christie says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Aug. 21, at 33 weeks pregnant, Marisa and Dillion Christie arrived at Memorial Hermann Medical Center in Houston for a planned C-section. Her OB-GYN, Dr. Amber Samuel, delivered the three babies successfully. As they rested on Christie, though, Dr. Ricardo Mora, the anesthesiologist, noticed she was seizing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cShe (was) essentially gray,\u201d Mora, an anesthesiologist affiliated with Memorial Hermann the Woodlands Medical Center, tells TODAY.com. \u201cI knew something terrible just occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">About 15 years ago, Mora was the anesthesiologist during a delivery where a mom experienced an amniotic fluid embolism, basically an intense allergic reaction to amniotic fluid after delivery. Immediately, he knew Christie was experiencing that same emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty catastrophic. When it occurs, it\u2019s about 80%, 85% fatal,\u201d Mora says. \u201cI asked Dr. Samuel what she had done. She related to me that she had just started pulling the placenta out and that\u2019s usually the time when this occurs \u2014 the separation of the placenta and uterus.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mora called a code blue because he knew they needed help and medical staff flooded into the room. The situation was dire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cShe wasn\u2019t breathing,\u201d Mora says. \u201cWe started CPR because she had no pulse.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mora and his colleagues performed CPR while she hemorrhaged. Doctors kept replacing her blood, while Samuel tried to stop the bleeding by closing the uterus. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, Dr. Stephen Maniscalco,\u00a0a cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, prepared to place Christie on ECMO, a machine that works for the heart and lungs to help the body recover. Almost an hour after her heart stopped, ECMO was pumping blood for Christie. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cShe essentially lost what we consider her whole blood volume,\u201d Mora says. \u201cWe replaced her blood volume. So, for 45 minutes, she was clinically dead.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">While Christie was in the intensive care unit after she stabilized on ECMO, she began bleeding again, and Samuel brought Christie back to the operating room. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAnything that can bleed will because you don\u2019t have the normal clotting factors,\u201d Samuel, who&#8217;s also a maternal fetal medicine physician at Memorial Hermann the Woodlands Medical Center, tells TODAY.com. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Samuel tried medications and devices to encourage the uterus to \u201cclamp down\u201d and stop bleeding. But nothing worked and Christie experienced uncontrolled hemorrhaging from her uterus. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe tried to resuscitate her and prevent her from having a hysterectomy,\u201d Samuel says. \u201cCutting into (her) was very very dangerous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Still, they eventually needed to remove the uterus. To help her heal, doctors left the incision open so they wouldn\u2019t have to perform subsequent surgeries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere are lots of little, tiny blood vessels that in normal circumstances will just clot up and stop bleeding on their own,\u201d Samuel says. But in patients with an amniotic fluid embolism, \u201cif you close that up, what happens inevitably is that (blood vessels) dump a bunch of blood in that space, and it causes it to re-open.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">Amniotic fluid embolisms<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">Amniotic fluid embolisms are \u201cvery rare occurrences.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe likelihood of it happening to any individual mom who might be reading this is incredibly low,\u201d Samuel says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Still, doctors remain uncertain what causes it, though being pregnant with multiples is a risk factor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit like getting struck by lightning,\u201d Samuel. \u201cUnfortunately, it happens sometimes to some people. Almost never again to the same people if they survive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Despite how uncommon they are, doctors know they\u2019re a potentially fatal medical emergency and many hospitals prepare to address them if they should occur, she adds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">An amniotic fluid embolism occurs when some fetal substance crosses from the baby\u2019s circulation to the mom\u2019s circulation, Samuel says. In the past, doctors once thought that tissue moved into the mother\u2019s lungs, causing an embolism or a blockage that impacts normal heart and lung function by blocking circulation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMore recent studies show that actually what\u2019s happening is some sort of anaphylactoid \u2014 which means like an allergic reaction but not \u2014 to some protein that moms are exposed to which basically causes a bunch of different problems,\u201d Samuel says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The body reacts by shutting down blood flow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s something called DIC, or disseminated intravascular coagulation,\u201d Samuel says. \u201cYou immediately make a bunch of blood clots, but you also start bleeding from everywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This makes treating it challenging for doctors. Clots can cause more blockages, making it hard for the organs to work properly, and blood loss means patients constantly need to undergo transfusions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEvery organ system is failing immediately, so you need people to take care of every organ system,\u201d Samuel says. \u201cHaving access to blood products, having access to ECMO, which is what Marisa went on, those things are vital to surviving.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">\u2018Stronger and stronger\u2019 <\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">For a week, Christie remained unconscious while she was sedated and on ECMO. Mora visited her often, hoping to see signs of improvement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cYou can do the best CPR in the world, but if you don\u2019t get enough blood to the brain, essentially they are alive but with brain damage,\u201d he says. \u201cI needed her to live to raise her kids. So, it was a personal thing for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x styles_portrait__NRWbO\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-3-te-241114-fc305e.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-3-te-241114-fc305e.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-3-te-241114-fc305e.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-3-te-241114-fc305e.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-11\/mother-triplets-3-te-241114-fc305e.jpg\" alt=\"Marisa Christie in hospital\" height=\"2500\" width=\"1406\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">While Marisa Christie was sedated on ECMO, staff placed her newborn triplet daughters on her so they could have skin-to-skin contact. She remembers this but at the time she believed it was a dream.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Courtesy Marisa Christie <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">After a few days, Mora noticed Christie fluttered her eyes and seemed as if she heard people talking around her. These signs gave him hope. After she was weaned off the breathing machine and ECMO, he talked to her, relieved by how she was doing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEssentially, she got stronger and stronger,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Christie felt confused and thought she was experiencing the vivid dreams she had throughout pregnancy when she first woke. After realizing she delivered her triplets, she felt the pain from the open wound, which made her realize that being in the hospital was real. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe pain that I felt, I\u2019m like there\u2019s no way this is not real,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s the first very coherent thought I remember having.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The triplet girls were \u201ccompletely healthy\u201d but stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit to gain weight and learn how to eat. When Christine first met the babies Charlotte, Kendall and Collins, it felt \u201cvery surreal.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI remember thinking, \u2018I don\u2019t know these babies. This is very strange. They feel like they\u2019re not real. They feel like they\u2019re not mine,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cThey were already over a week old by the time I had met them. \u2026 It took a little bit to get that connection with them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But the babies knew her. Staff placed baby blankets on Christie while she was in the ICU, and they swaddled the babies in them so they knew how their mom smelled. Christie also did skin-to-skin with them while she was unconscious. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey could tell that I was their mom,\u201d she says. \u201cThey respond to me when I talk to them as opposed to other people.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When Christie returned home, she still had an open wound. Fortunately, she was able to rest at home for a week before the oldest baby, Charlotte, came home \u2014\u00a0the first of the three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI basically lived in a recliner in our living room because I couldn\u2019t really get up and move. I was attached to a wound vac,\u201d she says. \u201cMy core is completely obliterated. So, it was really really hard for me to move.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kendall and Collins followed Charlotte, who already exhibits big -oldest-daughter energy and is the \u201cringleader\u201d at home. Having the babies leave the hospital in staggered order helped Christie adjust to life with a toddler and multiple infants. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThat was a blessing in disguise,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nine weeks after her delivery, her wound finally healed. Grappling with a health crisis has been tough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI feel very disconnected to whoever (I) was before,\u201d Christie says. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten stronger, but I\u2019ve also changed so much because going through a traumatic experience like that changes the way you view things.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Christie is sharing her story to raise awareness of amniotic fluid embolism and offer others hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">\u201cIt\u2019s rare, but it does happen,\u201d she says. \u201cThere were so many miracles that led up to me living instead of dying and we\u2019re grateful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/womens-health\/mom-amniotic-fluid-embolism-triplets-rcna180126\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Marisa Christie arrived at the hospital for a planned cesarean section to deliver her triplets, everything seemed to be going smoothly. 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