What if your greatest tragedy turned into your greatest blessing? This mom experienced a medical miracle after dying during childbirth—and woke up to find out she’d become a mother to triplets. Prepare to be inspired!
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00:00Imagine waking up in a hospital, only to discover you've given birth to triplets, but you don't remember any of it.
00:06This is the incredible story of Marisa Christie, a mother from Texas, who was clinically dead for 45 minutes during childbirth.
00:14It all started as Marisa welcomed her three beautiful daughters via cesarean section.
00:20But moments after delivery, tragedy struck.
00:23Marisa suffered a rare and life-threatening condition known as amniotic fluid embolism.
00:29Her heart stopped, and for the next 45 minutes, she had no pulse.
00:33An amniotic fluid embolism happens when amniotic fluid enters the mother's bloodstream, triggering a catastrophic allergic reaction.
00:42It's so rare that it occurs in just one in 40,000 births, and it's usually fatal.
00:47Doctors acted fast.
00:49Marisa's anesthesiologist, Dr. Ricardo Mora, recognized the signs and initiated life-saving measures,
00:56including CPR and an ECMO machine to keep her heart and lungs working.
01:00Miraculously, Marisa's heart started beating again, but she remained unconscious for an entire week.
01:07When she finally woke up, she was met with the stunning news that she had given birth to triplets, Kendall, Collins, and Charlotte.
01:15Marisa was overwhelmed.
01:17She said she didn't remember giving birth and described meeting her babies days later as surreal.
01:22Doctors made sure the triplets stayed close to her, even while she was unconscious, to help build that mother-child bond.
01:29Today, Marisa is home with her healthy triplets and her husband by her side.
01:34She calls her survival a miracle, saying there were so many moments where she could have died but didn't.
01:40Now, she gets to raise her three girls.
01:43Marisa's story reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of modern medicine.