THEIR STORY AND WITH IT A
MESSAGE OF HOPE AND PESEVERENCE.
AT 8 MONTHS OLD,ING MONTGOMERY
IS THRIVING.
LOOKING AT THE SMILE, YOU NEVER
KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET
HERE.
WHEN CAROL AND RYAN GOT MARRIED
THREE YEARS AGO, THEY KNEW THEY
WANTED TO GROW THEIR FAMILY.
CAROL, WHO WAS THEN 42 AND
ALREADY A MOM TO HUDSON, LIKE
MANY, TURNED TO IVF TO GET
PREGNANT.
FINALLY, THE FOURTH TRY WORKED.
>> WE WERE SHOCKED AND OVERJOYED
AND RELIEVED.
FINALLY.
SOMETHING IN THIS PROCESS WENT
RIGHT.
>> CAROL AND RYAN THOUGHT THEY
SHED THEIR LAST TEARS.
IN THE FOUR-MONTH CHECK,
SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY P WRONG.
>> I GOT THE FEELING SOMETHING
WAS NOT RIGHT BASED ON WHAT THEY
SAW, THEY THOUGHT MONTY HAD
TRANSPOSITION OF THE ARTERIES.
>> TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT
ARTERY OR TGA HAPPENS WHEN THE
TWO MAIN ARTERIES OF THE HEART
ARE REVERSED.
IT IS RARE. CO- KUR
CO- KUR
OCCURRING IN ONE OF 830 BIRTHS.
>> WERE YOUUYOU SKAIRDCARED?
>> VERY.
>> WHEN THEY DID THE EPIDURAL, I
REMEMBER LAYING BACK AND SAID
THIS FEELS WEIRD.
>> YOU LOST CONSCIOUSNESS?
>> YES.
>> WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU
REMEMBER?
>> THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER IS
DOCTORS YELLING HE'S NOT
BREATHING.
I WENT INTO A PANIC ATTACK.
SO THEY HAD OXYGEN ON ME.
I THOUGHT THE WORST.
>> MONTY WAS WHISKED AWAY AND
DOCTORS GAVE CAROL THE BLOOD SHE
NEEDED.
IT WOULD BE NINE HOURS BEFORE
CAROL WOULD MEET HER SON.
TUBES AND WIRES ALL OVER HIS
BODY. >> IT WAS HARD TO SEE.
>> IT WAS HARD TO SEE.
>> MONTY'S PLANNED SURGERY AN
ACKNOWLEDGE
ACKNOWLEDGE NICING TEN HOURS.
HE HAD TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL
OCCASIONALLY, TODAY, HE IS HAPPY
AND HEALTHY.
PLAYING WITH HIS BIG BROTHER,
HIS PARENTS CHERISHING EVERY
MOMENT.
>> THIS IS AWESOME.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
>> CAROL IS SHARING THE UGLY
STUFF.
SHE LIKE MANY OTHERS STRUGGLED
THROUGH THE FIRST MONTHS.
HER MESSAGE?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE.
>> I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN
THROUGH THIS WITHOUT FRIENDS
LIKE YOU AND COLLEAGUES AT WORK
AND MY FAMILY AND RYAN'S FAMILY.
JUST LIKE A BIG HUG.
>> TODAY SHE IS BACK AT WORK
AFTER SIX MONTHS OF MATERNITY
LEAVE.
SHE ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO TAKE
LEAVE FOR THEMSELVES AND BABIES.
>> TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED.
YOUR BUDGET AND YOUR EMPLOYER
AND MENTAL HEALTH WILL ALLOW
YOU.
WHATEVER YOU NEED.
>> A FAMILY STILL MAELG ANDHEALI
HELPING OTHERS WITH THEIR STORY.
>> KEEP GOING.
KEEP TRYING.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU
HOPED OR DREAMED, BUT IT WILL BE
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO BE WHEN
YOU GET THERE.
>> SHE IS JUST SO BRAVE FOR
SPEAKING OUT AND SHARING HER
STORY.
I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT SHE
WANTS OTHER MOMS TO KNOW, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO SMILE THROUGH
EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN ASK FOR HELP.
>> THAT IS ONE LITTLE HOT SHOT.
THAT MONTY.
I HEARD HIS LUNGS.
HE'S GOT GOOD LUNGS.
I SPOKE TO HER THIS WEEK.
MONTY SOURNDSNDS GOOD.
WE ARE GLAD HE IS HERE AND
HEALTHY AND SAFE.
>> IT IS INCREDIBLE SEEING HIM
THRIVING AND WITH HIS BROTHER
HUDSON.
IT IS A BLESSING.
WE ARE PROUD OF HER FOR SPEAKING
OUT.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE OF
CAROL'S STORY AND HER MESSAGE TO
OTHER MOMS AND WANT TO READ