S3 EP 2 | Ebony | Severe Preeclampsia and Reign's NICU Journey

On this week’s episode, we have the honor of chatting with Ebony Ford! Ebony Ford is a native of the Washington D.C. area, a wife, and a preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome survivor. She is also the proud mother of 26-weeker micropreemie Reign Victoria who was born weighing 1lb 15 oz, spent 80 days in the NICU, and is currently REIGNING over her battle with Pulmonary Fibromatosis.

Both Ebony and Reign are ambassadors for March of Dimes and were featured in their "It's Not Fine' campaign, a national commercial and print ad campaign aiming to improve awareness of the racial disparities as well as the maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States. Her sole mission in sharing her story is to ensure that no other NICU parent feels alone knows that they too can turn tragedy into triumph.

In this episode, Ebony shares about pregnancy after loss, her near death experience with preeclampsia and HELLP, her journey in the NICU with Reign and what it taught her, what she learned about advocating for not only her health and care but also Reign’s health and care, and an honest look into medically complex motherhood.

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