Santiago Villa Tonatiuh ~ Laura Herrera and Eddie Cervantes
18 June 2007


On June 18, 2007 I was induced to have my second child.  Since my first one was 13 weeks premature, we decided to induce the second one since he was 38 weeks and I was already dilating.  All was going well until at 5 centimeters my water was ruptured.  The water gushed out.  However, along with it came a stream of never-ending blood.  An emergency c-section was performed and at 1:31 am my son was born.  THANK GOD he survived and was in the NICU for just a week.  He is strong and healthy.  The doctor later gave me the diagnosis of vasa previa and since then, I have been educating myself and others.

~ Laura and Santiago Villa Tonatiuh

 

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