"I Died Giving Birth": What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Hear Before Giving Birth

Huda Altamimi died during the birth of her first daughter after an amniotic fluid embolism sent her into cardiac arrest. She was airlifted, given 40 blood transfusions, and woke up days later not knowing her own husband or that she'd had a baby. Everything she knows about that day, she pieced together years later from records she was too afraid to open. This is her story of surviving it, and the harder work of healing after. In this episode: The emergency C-section and the six minutes she was gone Waking up with no memory of her husband, her family, or her daughter Being told to "just be grateful you're alive" The goodbye letter she wrote before her second pregnancy Why she now tells every mom to question their care and bring an advocate How she turned the worst day of her life into a mission Sponsors: 🏠Venture Title Agency: https://vtclosings.com/ ☕️ Detroit Perk Coffee: https://detroitperk.com/ Download the app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/detroit... ⚖️ Hall Makled: https://www.hallmakled.com/ +1 (313) 788-8888 Connect with Huda:   / hudaltamimii   Connect with Jaafar:   / podnotfromhere     / jaafarrissa     / v   00:00 Intro 03:53 The motherhood she pictured, and the last thing she remembers 07:22 The emergency C-section, and the moment she died 12:25 What an amniotic fluid embolism actually is 16:38 Ads 17:59 Meeting her daughter for the first time 24:53 40 transfusions, and waking up to no memory 28:06 Relearning how to walk, talk, and be a mom 37:17 Healing by talking, and why it's still called "rare" 44:10 Husbands, pressure, and giving moms grace 50:13 The goodbye letter, and advocating for herself 56:32 Ads 57:30 Doctors don't always know better 1:01:51 Rising rates of C-sections 1:10:46 The doctor who walked out 1:16:28 What it did to her marriage 1:21:18 Purpose