Listen To Your Doctor Or Your Spirit? New Memoir Chronicles A Mother’s Near Fatal First Pregnancy [EXCERPT] #BDOBookshelf

When Angela Burgin Logan and husband Samson Logan welcomed their first child into the world, it was a miracle in more ways than one. After Angela began to experience mysterious and unusual symptoms during her pregnancy, the people closest to her – including her doctor – said it was all in her head. Don’t worry.

But in her case, mother really did know best.

Angela’s doctor failed to diagnose her with preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication that occurs in 5-8 percent of all pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal deaths. The wife, mother, writer and health advocate chronicled and executive produced her traumatic story in a film, “Breathe,” which was featured on Netflix.

Now, she’s telling her story in an inspiring memoir,

Please read original article Listen To Your Doctor Or Your Spirit? New Memoir Chronicles A Mother’s Near Fatal First Pregnancy [EXCERPT] #BDOBookshelf posted on Healthy Black Girls on 14 March 2017 | 8:05 pm —