In part 2 of this series, Alexa Pasco details her story just four months after her birth. Her experience reminds us that what happened to her could happen to anyone. The last play we have with preventing heart failure and preeclampsia in the first week after delivery is educating enough people to stay alert and stay involved.

The worst that could happen is for people to not offer a hand when they are needed the most and let our moms slip through the cracks.