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My daughter, Emily Kathryn, was stillborn at 31 weeks because my liver ruptured. We now |
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My daughter, Emily Kathryn, was stillborn at 31 weeks because my liver ruptured. We now believe the cause of the rupture to be HELLP Syndrome, a severe form of pre-eclampsia. My story began August 21st, 2000. I was having severe pain in my upper back, straight through to the front of my chest. I was about 30 weeks along. I also had nausea and other flu-like symptoms. Everything got progressively worse as the week went on. I went to the doctor's office on the 23rd and gave a urine sample, but didn't see the doctor. I went to the hospital at 3 am on the 24th, gave another urine sample and was put on the baby monitor for a few hours, then was sent home with no explanation. (I've since found out that my protein was significantly high at that point.) I went to the doctor's office on the 24th and was seen by the nurse practitioner who felt my back and diagnosed it as a pulled muscle, once again ignoring my vomiting, etc |
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