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Meet Jennie and Lisa
Jennie and Lisa, sisters-in-law, have many things in common. They share the same last name, have the same mother-in-law, and each has two children. The women also traveled the same road to motherhood.
Both Jennie and Lisa lost their babies (Isabella and Joseph) halfway through their first pregnancies and then sought help from the Maternal-Fetal Medicine (M-FM) Center at the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) when planning their subsequent pregnancies.
“Losing Joseph was the most devastating event of my life,” says Lisa. “My physician at the time could not tell me exactly what had happened and did not seem compassionate about my situation.” Lisa says having a family was too important to her and her husband, so she met with several doctors and searched several Web sites in a quest for answers about what went wrong.” Lisa’s efforts led her to Dan Landers, M.D., a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at UMMC.
Lisa says that immediately after meeting Dr. Landers, she knew that she was in the right place. “Dr. Landers’ approach and demeanor was different,” Lisa muses. “I knew that he and his team were going to help make my dream of becoming a mom come true.” A few months later, Lisa’s son, James, was born at 32 weeks and is now a healthy 3 year old. Less than two years later when Lisa became pregnant with James’ sister, Claire, she became a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center patient again.
Lisa’s positive experience with the Maternal-Fetal Medicine team, prompted her to share her experience with other women in similar situations. Her sister-in-law, Jennie, was one of those women.
At 18 weeks pregnant, Jennie lost her first baby, Isabella. Like Lisa, Jennie was dissatisfied with her physician’s explanation about the reason for the loss and the doctor’s lack of empathy. Lovingly, Lisa prompted Jennie to visit Landers and the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center. Jennie wasn’t disappointed. “Like Lisa, I felt an instant connection to Dr. Landers and to Dr. Tracy Prosen,” says Jennie. “I could tell that they really cared about me and my desire to become a mom.”
Jennie says that the care she received from the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center staff exceeded her expectations. “When I went into preterm labor at 19 weeks with my second child, Dr. Landers met me at the door — unbelievable,” she notes. Such above and beyond care led Jennie back to the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center for her third pregnancy. Jennie is happily mom to Olivia, age 3 and Cooper, age 1.
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