Treating High-Risk Pregnancies

" That's -- There was a lot of fun. Crying and there was a lot of hoping that you know -- get better."

" 36 year old in the keys faith on Rick couldn't carry a pregnancy to term or different time she got pregnant but then this carried at about six months into each pregnancy."

" You can get your hopes up what you hear that you know we're pregnant and went. The group's board who would make a class today. It was a miscarriage early this morning."

" Several different doctors struggled to figure out what was going on it wasn't until they made a visit to shady grove Adventist hospital in Rockville. That doctors were able to diagnose the the problem. They thought Rick that would suffering from an inherited disorder called anti Iran and 3-D efficiency. When the blood clots too much it can cause pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis but it can also cause major problems in pregnancy. There's a risk that the baby could be mall in -- the -- world that's called guard restriction. The blood vessel the umbilical cord. They can develop small cloth and so what is determined to have this disorder then. He placed on an anti clotting medication. Blood -- will keep mother and baby safe during the pregnancy but the medication must be stopped just before and after the -- that's because that the patient -- need secondary infection she could risk hemorrhaging which could lead to death but being without those drugs put the mother in danger. And during the 72 hour period in a very high risk of developing a blood -- I think it's got to cross our fingers and hope that everything was okay because the risk of hemorrhage is greater than there is good -- on. Doctors Michelle Specter and Sherri -- were working with 800 hoping to give the child she wanted so badly. But they also wanted to keep her safe during this critical time period the answer to their prayer is a new drug therapy called the -- date it. Absolutely content. As long as -- medications administered properly and it -- this is it adequate. There's virtually no chance of these patients happening o'clock you Africa to put it was like a gleam of hope. Six months ago Specter delivered Christopher -- healthy -- people. It was an uneventful delivery and that's the exciting part in the political."

" It was. And that the people moment."