Mom Tiffany shares birth story and death of daughter Khyana, born at 26 weeks

Still A Part of Us: A podcast about pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and infant loss

English - August 08, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 100 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
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Previous Episode: Lori Ann talks about riding the waves of grief after son Owen is born and dies at 26-weeks

Next Episode: Mom Tiffany shares how she celebrates her daughter Khyana, born at 26 weeks and died 4 days later

Mom Tiffany tells the birth story and death of her daughter Khyana, of how she got pregnant with her boyfriend at the time, but she found out that she had an incompetent cervix. She was 1-2 cm dilated around 24 weeks, so they admitted her to the hospital. Tiffany's water broke a few days later and she developed an infection a week later. She was induced and gave birth to her daughter Khyana, who needed to go to the NICU because her lungs were not developed and needed assistance breathing.

The doctors discovered an infection, likely due to a hole in Khyana's bowel, and were prepping her for a procedure to fix it, but her heart stopped before the surgery and she died 4 days after she was born.

Listen to Tiffany's grief journey and advice to other loss parents here: https://youtu.be/tnAzQFjcijo

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Welcome 02:43 Pregnancy 05:51 Problems with pregnancy 07:13 Admit to hospital 10:47 Giving birth to Khyana 20:03 Khyana in the NICU 23:49 Khyana has an infection 26:45 Her heart stops 31:49 After she Khyana dies

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