Jeanee Rose Andrewartha

My heart Sisters has been redeveloped. Founded in 2012 by Jeanee Andrewartha, it became at the time the leading source of information relating to peripartum/postpartum cardiomyopathy with stories used in medical research papers, flyers developed and distributed in Californian maternity hospitals and ranking on top in search engines. The website at the time was integrated with Facebook, that allowed seamless login and integration but unfortunately, Facebook discontinued this ability to developers

I have a hard time finding another story quite like mine no matter how hard I look. I was 26 and pregnant with my second child. It was a planned C section due to my first child's failure to progress and the complications I had faced. I was overweight and my doctor and I closely monitored my weight gain. I had only gained 15lbs. My entire pregnancy was normal. I had no chest

My story starts on Sunday, May 21st, 2017. I was 39 weeks pregnant with my first child and the current measurements at the time were estimating our child would be around 10.5 lbs if the baby went full term. Due to concerns about the size and potential issues during and after labor, I was scheduled for a cesarean (C) section on May 22nd as a precaution. I was 36 years old and over the

We received a lovely email from Lindsey Rosman, Ph.D. Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Department of Medicine Yale School of Medicine New Haven. The two research papers she completed with the help of heart sisters was Contraception and reproductive counseling in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28578148 and Depression and health behaviors in women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147956

It’s been one year since my experience with peripartum cardiomyopathy, and in that one year, I’ve realized several things. I should have been more assertive. I should have been that patient that raises hell. I should have called my mom. But let’s go back. Everything with my pregnancy was going spectacular. Yeah, I couldn’t sleep, but who can while pregnant? While my belly was big, I had only gained about ten

I'm 27 years old and was just diagnosed with PPCM yesterday. I gave birth to my third child, Adelaide, on October 16, 2016. I'm almost positive that I had PPCM after my second child, Dawson, but I was never diagnosed. Right after I had my son I ended up in the ER with high blood pressure, which I never had before. They ruled out pre-clampsia, did a chest X-ray and sent

I had always wanted to be a surrogate mom. Knowing I could give someone the ultimate gift of life meant so much to me. That dream finally came true in 2016. I absolutely fell in love with the intended parents and we still have a special bond. Both embryos took and all of us were excited for the twins to arrive. The entire pregnancy was rough. I was 40 years old, been on all types

I'm 22 years old, when I was 18 I found out I was pregnant with my son. My pregnancy went pretty well. No complications. Toward the end of my pregnancy I started feeling short of breath, had a lot of swelling. When I went to my last appointment they just assumed it was regular pregnancy symptoms. I had my son in September 2013. Every thing went well, we went home. I few weeks

Found out i had this when I went into labor at 33 weeks with my twins i have a icd placed aug 15 2016. Still being treated My Details * Date Diagnosed: 24/04/2016 * Child: 1 * Initial EF: 10 * Current EF: 10 Story By Kristin Mau

I was never, ever, never going to have another baby. My first son came out perfect after 3 hours of pushing, tearing and epidural wearing off during the episiotomy. Two hours later I was in the bathroom with a nurse, watching more and more blood spread all over the place. I was sent home with iron pills, half my blood, a baby, and PTSD. I don't remember anything about my baby the first

Hi My name is Tara. In the last trimester of my first pregnancy I began to feel out of breath more often, I couldn’t lay flat in bed and had to prop myself up at night with multiple pillows, I was going to the bathroom a lot, and I had excessive swelling and by the last weekend it started to swell above my knee…but this was all normal pregnancy symptoms, right? I started

I was recently informed that I had a 'silent heart attack'. Thinking back on the symptoms I was asked about by the cardiologist I realized this was during prodromal labor in July. I experienced very intense contractions, one after another after another but they didnt settle into a regular rhythm. Instead they felt like they were working against something or trying too hard to make things work. Looking back the symptoms I experienced

My pregnancy was healthy and uneventful.  My BP, which is usually low, started to go up in the final 2-3 weeks of pregnancy, but it was still well within the normal range and urine tests showed no proteins or other signs of preeclampsia so my doctors weren't concerned.  I delivered a big and healthy baby boy via c-section after a long labor (he just wouldn't fit!) and went home after the

Hello. My name is Lacey. I live near Portland Oregon. I am a wife and a mother. I have a 3 (soon to be 4) year old son and a 4 month old daughter. I was diagnosed with PPCM on July 5th 2016. I have had no prior heart complications nor have I had any inclination that I had a heart problem. I have been a pretty healthy person my entire life. I love to

Hello! My name is Trina and I was diagnosed with PPCM in April 2015. I was 33 years old and 9 months pregnant. In the mid of my pregnancy, I was diagnosed with bronchitis and pnemonia. I was given an antibiotic and an inhaler. I got better rather quickly and continued my pregnancy. By 7 months, I was always told how swollen I was, more than I should be but my doctor kept dismissing my