By Autumn’s mother, Nancy:
A mother’s personal account
“My husband, Chuck, and I had been trying to have a child for some time. I was 38, so we were thrilled when we learned I was pregnant. All during my pregnancy my doctor kept telling me everything was going fine.
“But then about a week before my due date, I started leaking amniotic fluid. When I called the hospital, they told me to come in immediately. I got there at 5:20 a.m. The nurse gave me an exam and attached a fetal heart monitor. I was having contractions about five minutes apart, but my cervix was only slightly dilated.
“My obstetrician arrived about 7:30 a.m. She told the nurses to watch me carefully. I learned later she was concerned about what she’d read on the fetal heart monitor – that the baby was under a lot of stress. But then she left. I could tell the nurses were worried. I was scared, Chuck was nervous. But nobody was telling us anything.
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