Send us a text Kimberlee Williams shares her emotional journey from planning a home birth after three easy deliveries to facing a life-threatening medical emergency and a 6-week NICU stay with her premature son Houston. • Mother of four who moved to Utah shortly before unexpectedly becoming pregnant with her fourth child • Planned a home birth with a midwife after three previous uncomplicated hospital births • Experienced a severe migraine at six months pregnant that she suspected was preeclampsia • Midwife dismissed her high blood pressure, attributing symptoms to food she had eaten • 20-week ultrasound showed baby was measuring two weeks behind with an empty stomach • Noticed significantly decreased fetal movement and followed her instinct to get it checked • Ultrasound technician found baby wasn't moving or swallowing properly • Hospital discovered her blood pressure was dangerously high, in the 200s • Emergency C-section at 33 weeks resulted in baby born at only 2 pounds 10 ounces • Community rallied around the family while baby spent six weeks in NICU • Discovered toxic heavy metals in prescribed formula were causing developmental delays • Switching formulas led to immediate improvements in baby's development and weight gain • Learning to trust maternal instincts and advocate for yourself and your baby Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker
