What is an amniocentesis? Amniocentesis (sometimes called "amnio") is a test in which your doctor takes a small sample of ...

“It's such a fatal thing that could happen to anyone,” Matthew Okula told “GMA.” A California husband and father is speaking out and raising awareness about a serious pregnancy ...

Mom suffers near-fatal stroke just hours after giving birth Okula said doctors performed CPR on his wife and rushed her to the intensive care unit, where he said he was told she died of an amniotic ...

She went for a scan at 24 weeks due to her unborn baby’s reduced movements and was told she had an excess amount of amniotic fluid in her uterus. Lauren was then diagnosed with polyhydramnios ...

Matthew later told Fox News 11 that his wife suffered cardiac arrest from amniotic fluid embolism just minutes after giving birth to the couple’s son, Crew, via C-section. “She was able to see ...

“The doctors say it was from a very, very rare complication known as amniotic fluid embolism,” he said about Hailey, who got pregnant through IVF. “There’s no treatment, there’s no way ...

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On March 29, just minutes after delivering her son Crew, Okula experienced a rare pregnancy complication called amniotic fluid embolism (AFE), according to KTLA. “We hear the baby cry and we ...

Matt Okula also identified the cause of his wife’s cardiac arrest as an amniotic fluid embolism. An amniotic fluid embolism is “a rare and life-threatening complication that occurs when a pregnant ...

She suffered an amniotic fluid embolism, leading to cardiac arrest. Her husband Matthew shared their long, challenging IVF journey and the joy they felt expecting their baby, Crew. In a recent ...

Matt Okula also identified the cause of his wife’s cardiac arrest as an amniotic fluid embolism. An amniotic fluid embolism is “a rare and life-threatening complication that occurs when a ...