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Allyson Felixis opening up about her experience visiting her daughter in the neonatal intensive care unit after giving birth.
At 32 weeks pregnant, Felix was admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with severe preeclampsia at a routine doctor’s appointment. Felix says what followed were the “scariest two days of her life,” which included an emergency cesarean section.
“She was itty-bitty and she had all the tubes and there was an IV. And when they’re that small it had to go through her head,” she explains. “And so, obviously she’s hooked up to all these different things. And I would soon learn what all of that meant.”
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“I was learning that the NICU is just such a heavy place,” Felix shares. “And we’re in a pod and we have our own room, but there’s also all these other families that are in this situation. And you’re seeing the severity of some people’s situation. There are some good days and there are some days where parents are losing children.”
Allyson Felix and her daughter.Steph Chambers/Getty
Elsewhere in the episode, Felix recounts the"traumatic" momentshe and her daughter were separated after the birth.
“They did the surgery. And I remember breaking down shortly after because they had to take Camryn away right away. I barely got to see her face,” she says. “I remember there was this quick moment where they put her on my shoulder and I remember we had made the decision that my husband would go with her. And so I was talking with him for a second, I was like, ‘I didn’t get to see her face. I didn’t really get to see it. ' "
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source: people.com
