Mother Loses Pregnancy To A Common Urinary Tract Infection

A woman from Gold Coast, Australia, was on top of the world when she was told that she was pregnant – especially because she was earlier given the bad news that she wouldn’t be able to have children again.

Jaime-Lee Groves, 27 and mother of an eight-year-old daughter, had a car accident that crushed her pelvis and doctors broke the news to her that she would never be able to conceive again.

However, in July she was shocked and elated to know that she was pregnant, seven years after that accident. But her joy was snapped at once when her baby died in the utero because of a common urinary tract infection that went undiagnosed in time.

Groves was quite emotional at the new addition to the family that would have been. She even named her yet-to-be-born daughter Amelia-Rose.

When she was 26 weeks pregnant, Groves said that she had begun to feel the contractions and rushed to the hospital where she was told that her condition was just fine and was advised to go home.

As soon as she returned home, Groves’ water broke and she headed back to the hospital. It turned out that she had contracted a common urinary tract infection that had made her waters break leaving very little fluid around the fetus.

They discussed whether her labor must be induced and her daughter be resuscitated if there was a need. They agreed that they would. But unfortunately, her baby had stopped breathing even before Groves gave her last push.

When she asked her hospital staff if her baby had died, the staff looked a bit perplexed. As they looked at each other with sad expressions, they placed their stillborn daughter on her chest. It was as if her dream had come crashing upon her. To know that she was pregnant was a dream come true, but it was ripped away in no time.

While UTI or urinary tract infections are extremely common in women and men alike, pregnant women can be more vulnerable to the condition. As with Groves, she never had an idea that she had the condition because she barely felt any symptoms – neither was there a burning sensation as she passed urine nor was there anything that made her feel that something was wrong.

Morevoer, Groves was not warned about the risks of UTI that could strike her at the time of pregnancy. But she is definitely warning other expecting mothers to be aware of the dangers of UTI during pregnancy.

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