Mom-To-Be Caught Everyday Illness That Quickly Turned Life-Threatening

25 Week Update

After two weeks of silence, Tess opened up to her followers with a scary update. She shared an ultrasound picture of her unborn son with a scary message attached. At 18 weeks, they found out that she had velamentous cord insertion, which meant that the baby’s umbilical cord was attached to the placenta in the wrong place. This diagnosis usually ends in a stillbirth...

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