186: Moving Forward: Jade Welegala's Journey Through Loss and Recovery

In this week’s episode, Jade Welegala shares her heart-wrenching yet inspiring story of navigating severe medical complications and the loss of her baby at 23 weeks and 6 days due to a series of life-threatening conditions. Jade's experience brings to light the struggles of dealing with pre-eclampsia, HELLP Syndrome, and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC), alongside the profound grief of losing a child. 

Episode Overview:

·       Jade’s Health Crisis: Discussion of Jade's initial symptoms and the rapid escalation into severe conditions for both her and the baby.

·       Critical Decisions: Moments in the hospital where Jade was faced with the life-altering decision to deliver prematurely to save her own life.

·       The Delivery: The traumatic delivery process, complications such as the ruptured placenta, and the subsequent medical interventions including multiple blood transfusions and acute kidney failure.

·       Post-Delivery Challenges: Jade discusses the aftermath of her delivery, including her battle with acute kidney disease, and the emotional impact of her lengthy ICU stay on her grief.

·       The Journey of Grief and Healing: Insights into how Jade coped with her grief, including the importance of not being hard on herself and the therapeutic effect she found in helping others.

 Jade emphasized to our listeners a profound insight that was shared with her: It's not about moving on after a loss, but about moving forward. She said I have literally lived by this and any time a feel down or hyper focused on losing my child I have to remind myself that I am not moving on, I am moving forward which does not dismiss how much I love him.

"Listen to your body, you know when something is not right. In your grief, you have guilt, and I thought, how am I supposed to live now without my baby? You don’t move on, you move forward." ~~ Jade Welegala

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