After meeting seven years ago, tying the knot and getting pregnant, Justin and Alyssa Young were beyond excited to welcome their first child into the world.
According to Alyssa’s doctors, their daughter who they’d already named Scarlett, was checking in perfectly fine at 19-weeks. Growing as planned and healthy as a button, Alyssa was relieved to know that her high-risk pregnancy was serving little Scarlett well, and that her cerebral palsy and type 2 diabetes were not causing any threat to her little angel.
“On September 28th I had routine ultrasound,” Alyssa says. “Scarlett was perfect. Weighing in at 14 ounces and heart rate of 131, she was so chunky and so perfect. I was 19 weeks 6 days and she was just my pride and joy.”
But shortly after leaving that doctor’s appointment, the mommy-to-be started experiencing unfamiliar pregnancy pains. Having just left the doctor who told her everything was perfect, Alyssa initially chalked the pains up to just simply “being pregnant.”
“Being pregnant, it is very hard to diagnose pains with everything physically changing.”
On Sunday, October 2, Alyssa was taken to the emergency room for the pain and some minor bleeding.
After running some tests, doctors told Alyssa that Scarlett was still perfect and they sent her and Justin home.
“My husband and I were so relieved. We thanked God our girl was fine.”
Perplexed as to why she was still experiencing these unbearable pregnancy pains, Alyssa called her Obstetrician again on Monday.