{"id":216486,"date":"2018-04-18T05:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T05:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/woman-dies-from-ruptured-brain-aneurysm-one-hour-after-giving-birth\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T05:50:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T05:50:56","slug":"woman-dies-from-ruptured-brain-aneurysm-one-hour-after-giving-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/woman-dies-from-ruptured-brain-aneurysm-one-hour-after-giving-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies from ruptured brain aneurysm one hour after giving birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Amanda Sawyer, 37, died from a ruptured brain aneurysm shortly after giving birth to twins in Fresno, California\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Her husband Nick is now adjusting to life as a single father to the twin girls and the newlyweds&#8217; other three children<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The US has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world with five to 12 percent of deaths caused by ruptured aneurysms\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com<\/a> <span class=\"follow-author\"><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> 18:36 EDT, 17 April 2018 <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> 18:41 EDT, 17 April 2018 <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\"> <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"> <a><\/a> <\/span> <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">  <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\"> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\"> 39<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A newlywed mother died from a brain aneurysm just an hour after giving birth to twins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amanda Sawyer, 37, and firefighter Nick Reeder welcomed twin girls Kelce and Kaia on April 9 in Fresno, California<\/a>, five months after their wedding in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The joyous moment quickly turned into a nightmare when Amanda began to feel ill minutes after giving birth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her condition rapidly deteriorated and within an hour she died from what doctors later learned was a ruptured brain aneurysm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nick is now mourning the loss of his &#8216;rock&#8217; while adjusting to his new life as a single father to the newborn twins and the couple&#8217;s other three children.<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91853f7ab47fa25f\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"376\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Amanda Sawyer, 37, died from a ruptured brain aneurysm shortly after giving birth to twins in Fresno, California on April 9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91853f7ab47fa25f\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/04\/17\/22\/4B42CD4100000578-5627325-image-a-46_1524000538112.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Amanda Sawyer, 37, died from a ruptured brain aneurysm shortly after giving birth to twins in Fresno, California on April 9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-aa0d837b52b0474a\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"376\" width=\"306\" alt=\"She was the proud mother of five children\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-aa0d837b52b0474a\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/04\/17\/22\/4B42B49800000578-5627325-image-m-45_1524000530596.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"306\" alt=\"She was the proud mother of five children\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amanda Sawyer, 37, died from a ruptured brain aneurysm shortly after giving birth to twins in Fresno, California on April 9. She was the proud mother of five children<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ede173a52337aee0\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"514\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amanda's husband Nick Reeder is adjusting to life as a single father to twins Kelce and Kaia and the couple's other children\u00a0Caleb, 11, Anistyn, six, and Layla, three\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ede173a52337aee0\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/04\/17\/22\/4B42B47D00000578-5627325-image-a-34_1524000098547.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amanda's husband Nick Reeder is adjusting to life as a single father to twins Kelce and Kaia and the couple's other children\u00a0Caleb, 11, Anistyn, six, and Layla, three\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amanda&#8217;s husband Nick Reeder is adjusting to life as a single father to twins Kelce and Kaia and the couple&#8217;s other children\u00a0Caleb, 11, Anistyn, six, and Layla, three<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nick and Amanda were thrilled to learn that they would be welcoming not one but two new additions to their family during an ultrasound appointment last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The newlyweds, who had been together for four years, were already parents to three children, two from a previous relationship, Caleb, 11, and Anistyn, six, and one that they had together, daughter Layla, three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Throughout the healthy pregnancy, Amanda developed a bond with the unborn twins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She knew their personalities and their names,&#8217; Nick, a fire captain, told the Sacremento Bee<\/a>. &#8216;Now that I&#8217;ve met them, she was spot on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>  <span>Why light at night has long term risks for children &#8211; and&#8230;<\/span> <\/a>  <span>Healed by love: Mother, 44, left looking &#8216;like Freddy&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The babies were scheduled to be delivered by cesarean section earlier this month at Clovis Community Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After a smooth delivery the new mom was bonding with the newborns when she began to feel ill and suddenly passed out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The doctors did everything they could but were unable to save Amanda&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was later revealed that she had suffered from a brain aneurysm, which occurs when a a blood vessel in the brain weakens and swells.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amanda&#8217;s aneurysm had ruptured during childbirth, causing bleeding that led to a stroke.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The US has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world with five to 12 percent of deaths caused by ruptured aneurysms, according to the American Journal of Obstetric Gynecology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Only 20 percent of aneurysms can be detected with scans, and pregnancy has been found to increase the risk of rupture.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-67729a021d8a9bc\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The couple met four years ago and got married in November, just months after learning they were expecting twin girls\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-67729a021d8a9bc\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/04\/17\/22\/4B42B48300000578-5627325-image-a-44_1524000230574.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The couple met four years ago and got married in November, just months after learning they were expecting twin girls\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The couple met four years ago and got married in November, just months after learning they were expecting twin girls<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5af6d171db25b37\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"758\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amanda and Nick are pictured with daughters Anistyn and Layla at the fire station in Fresno where Nick is a captain\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5af6d171db25b37\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/04\/17\/22\/4B42B46C00000578-5627325-image-m-56_1524000940291.jpg\" height=\"758\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amanda and Nick are pictured with daughters Anistyn and Layla at the fire station in Fresno where Nick is a captain\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amanda and Nick are pictured with daughters Anistyn and Layla at the fire station in Fresno where Nick is a captain<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now the family is adjusting to life without the devoted mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I can get through it. I can do it. I&#8217;m a fireman. I fix things. That&#8217;s what I do. So I&#8217;m going to be able to make this happen. I&#8217;m going to make this work, but it&#8217;s not going to be by myself,&#8217; Nick told\u00a0ABC 7<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since her death, the community has rallied around Nick and his family, raising more than $38,000\u00a0through a Go Fund Me<\/a> page and planning meals for them through the month of May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;What should have been a beautiful moment in Nick and Amanda&#8217;s life turned bittersweet in a matter of moments,&#8217; said Katherine Justice-Straps, who set up the Go Fund Me page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nick is sharing his story in an effort to raise awareness for maternal mortality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This could happen to anybody,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">Why the US has such a high rate of mortality during childbirth\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The US has the highest rates of maternal mortality in the developed world despite spending $50 billion on childbirth annually, more than any other country in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2015, 25 mothers per 100,000 live births died from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">By comparison, in that same year the United Kingdom recorded nine deaths per 100,000 births and Canada recorded fewer than seven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A November study by the University of Michigan revealed that the majority of the deaths are caused by pre-existing conditions such as obesity and drug addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Below are some of the other factors commonly cited:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\">Midwives are present at just eight percent of births in the US, compared to nearly 100 percent of those in Canada and the UK<\/li>\n<li>There is no national board to reviews maternal deaths and suggest guidelines based on those findings &#8211; everything is done as a local or state level\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Only 60 percent of maternal deaths in the US are autopsied compared with 85 percent in the UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v4\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"share-facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Comments <span class=\"readerCommentsCount\">39<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\n\t    Share what you think\n          <\/p>\n<ul id=\"rc-tabs\" class=\"js-links dm-tabs cnr5 cleared\">\n<li class=\"dm-tab dm-tab-on bdrgr5 cnr-bdr wogr5 link-wox js-active\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Newest<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Oldest<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Best rated<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox last\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Worst rated<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The comments below have not been moderated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bold pad5 wogr5 rc-info\">\n      The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.\n    <\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"newcomment\" name=\"newcomment\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <span>Close<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-title\">Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?<\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-subtitle\">Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <span>Close<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-title\">Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?<\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-subtitle\">Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual<\/p>\n<p>  We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. 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