Doctors deal with paranoid patients who scare themselves into thinking the worst so frequently that they often downplay symptoms and ignore a patient’s gut feeling, which is what happened when a pregnant mom visited the doctor complaining that something wasn’t right.
Jamie-Lee Graves was told she’d never have any more kids after a car accident crushed her pelvis seven years ago, which is why it was such a miracle when she found out she was pregnant with a baby girl. “Finding out I was pregnant had been a dream come true,” she said.
The entire pregnancy had been going smoothly, but then at 26 weeks, Graves started to feel like something was very wrong. She visited her doctor, but they assumed she was being paranoid, told her everything was fine, and sent her home. “I knew something was wrong, but they wouldn’t listen,” Graves said.
As soon as she got home, however, Graves’ water broke. She rushed back to the hospital, and tests finally revealed she had a urinary tract infection (UTI), which is common for pregnant women and can often have no symptoms.
Doctors were forced to perform an emergency delivery, but baby Amelia Rose stopped breathing before being born. “My first words were, is she dead… They put her on my chest and I looked at my beautiful girl. She wasn’t breathing but she was perfect.”
Now Graves is sharing her devastating story in hopes that it will warn other mothers about how serious UTIs can be for a pregnant woman, and also show moms how important it is to make doctors listen when something doesn’t feel right. “If you feel like something is wrong, insist that your doctors listen to you. If I can save one other parent going through what I did with losing Amelia, then at least that’s something,” she said.
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