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A change of course

Robbie and Susan Goodrich had been married three years when she died of an amniotic fluid embolism during the birth of her son Charles Moses last year. The couple had been full of plans. Robbie would...

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Amniotic fluid embolism

Amniotic fluid embolism was first identified in 1926, but it still isn't fully understood today. AFE is rare, unpredictable and unpreventable, accounting for between 5 and 10 percent of maternal...

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Two months, 25 blog posts!

Bring on the party hats! I started my blog on Jan 3, full of trepidation about whether I would be able to keep up with posting three times a week about pregnancy, childbirth, medical history, maternal...

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Being there

There is more than one way of looking at this, I know, but I believe I cheated death when I survived an amniotic fluid embolism during my younger daughter's birth in 1997. These extra 13 years, and...

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Fascinated with blood

I'm embarking on a series of posts about blood. I can't help it. I'm fascinated with blood. The final classic symptom of amniotic fluid embolism is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). When I...

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