Morgan Cantrell was counting down the days until she could meet her son. At 36 weeks pregnant, everything looked good. An ultrasound showed her baby was healthy, and she left her appointment with reassurance that all was well. But just one day later, everything changed.
After dinner, Morgan felt a sudden pain and rushed to the bathroom.
“I knew immediately something was wrong,” she said. “My pants were full of blood. When I bent down, I felt something.”
Morgan experienced a placental abruption, a serious complication in which the placenta separates from the uterus before delivery, cutting off the baby’s supply of nutrients and oxygen. In an instant, an ordinary evening became a fight to save both her life and the life of her baby.
At the hospital, doctors moved quickly. Morgan was rushed into an emergency C-section and Baby Callum was born. She needed two units of blood during delivery, and although Callum was healthy, her recovery was far from over.
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