Vanessa Kass
freelance writer
Vanessa Kass is a former 5th grade teacher and current writer. She clicked publish on her blog two years ago where she has been chronicling her painful but hopeful journey through infidelity and reconciliation. Her greatest hope is that her writing empowers people to feel less alone, more loved, and completely capable of getting whatever the hell they want.
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Articles
My third child was born five weeks early. I was induced due to IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction). This impacts between 3-10% of pregnancies and means that the baby is failing to grow in-utero. While the causes are numerous, mine was a result of placental abnormalities. Basically, my placenta shit the bed. I wasn’t giving our little girl the nutrients she needed to grow which was causing her distress. My midwife explained it like running a marathon but only breathing out of one nostril.
