Woman Thought She Was Having Normal Pregnancies—Then She Discovers Truth
After years of unexplained symptoms, Tangi Ford realized she may have been dismissing signs something was wrong.
A Texas mother who had multiple early labor scares during her pregnancies has finally learned the reason behind her experiences. Tangi Ford, 29, shares two daughters with her husband Sam. Her first pregnancy ended with her daughter being born prematurely at 36 weeks. A similar situation repeated itself during her second pregnancy, with doctors finding she had already dilated at 20 weeks.
Ford was eventually diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a group of inherited connective tissue disorders. Although she is not certain if EDS directly caused her pregnancy complications, learning that connective tissue disorders can be linked to cervical insufficiency, a condition where the cervix begins opening too early during pregnancy, gave her a new perspective on her experiences.
Ford emphasized that receiving a diagnosis helped her understand her health history as a whole rather than treating each issue as isolated. The pregnancies were emotionally challenging, leading to her eldest daughter spending time in the neonatal intensive care unit. Ford and her husband also decided not to have more children due to the difficulties they faced.
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