Continuing from last episode, Bethany and Molly listen to Rose Murage’s story. As Rose navigates the final few steps to the United States, she discovers that both the lack of quality care in Kenya and the trauma of her previous pregnancies will follow her to America. But tears of sorrow become tears of joy when she is finally in the hands of a provider who can offer empathetic, quality care, and the world and the podcast welcomes baby Lucas. 

Episode themes: 

• Traveling to another country to receive care for alloimmunization/HDFN
• Severe HDFN 
• MCA Doppler ultrasound to monitor for fetal anemia 
• Intrauterine blood transfusion (IUT) 
• Emergency c-section
• NICU experience with HDFN baby
• Welcoming a miracle while coping with the grief of previous loss
• Hope

What can you do as a listener?

• Please donate to the AHF Africa program. An antibody screen in Kenya costs $5, but most families cannot afford this additional expense. We need $12,000 a year to sustain this program. Learn more about what we do with your donations and make a donation here. Anyone who contributes a $50/month recurring donation will receive quarterly e-mail updates directly from Rose, AHF’s Ambassador to Kenya.
• Join O Negative Foundation Kenya if you live in Kenya and have a negative blood type.
• Follow or donate to Rhesus Solution Initiative, a Nigerian NGO dedicated to educating women about their blood type and providing access to Rh immune globulin to prevent alloimmunization.

Research for this episode provided by Bethany Weathersby and Molly Sherwood of the Allo Hope Foundation. Find more information at https://allohopefoundation.org

The Allo Podcast is produced and edited by https://www.mediaclub.co.