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Ep. 155: When an ICU Nurse has an AFE feat. Jenna
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast, I sit down with Jenna, an ICU nurse and fellow Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) survivor. Jenna shares her harrowing birth experience, the life-saving interventions she received, and the long road to recovery.
We discuss:
💔 The shocking moment Jenna realized something was very wrong after birth
🚨 Her rapid decline & emergency medical response
🩸 Being diagnosed with AFE, intubated, and placed on ECMO
🦵 The unexpected vascular complications & multiple surgeries that followed
💜 How Jenna navigated postpartum, physical…
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