Around two months into Avery Davis Bell’s pregnancy with her second son last year, she started bleeding.
“We remained optimistic,” she said.
But over the coming weeks, Bell’s bleeding worsened. Eventually, doctors gave her an iron infusion and ordered bed rest. But her condition continued to deteriorate.
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