It was also sad to feel like if something goes wrong during it…What will happen to me and my baby?

April 29, 2025 | 17m 20s

This first-time mother shares the challenges they had getting health care to take her pain seriously as a first-time parent, leading up to the birth which ended with emergency surgery due to ovarian torsion and the removal of a fallopian tube.

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STORYTELLER ATTRIBUTES
20 - 29
Female
College graduate
Black, African American, African, or Afro-Caribbean
2xxxx
Patient
STORY TYPE
Female Reproductive System
Pregnancy and Reproduction
Experiencing symptoms; Being treated; Communicating with doctors and nurses; Making decisions about the right health care or treatment for you; Describing how easy or hard it has been for you to get the health care you need; Getting health care that is right for your gender identity
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