I was taken to IRMC by ambulance while 37 weeks pregnant. This was the result of hemorrhaging while in labor. I was supposed to deliver at a different Hospital but never made it due to the severity of the complications. When I arrived at IRMC, I was terrified. I didn’t know any doctors and I was just about to deliver my first baby knowing I was having serious complications. Brenda, my nurse, called for an emergency C-section, as I was hemorrhaging again. She was clear with me that they would not let anything happen to me or my baby on her watch. She meant it. The emergency C-section saved my life and my daughter's. It turns out I had a rare complication that was undiagnosed prior to delivery called placenta accrete. After the C-section, I hemorrhaged again. Doctors were planning for an emergency hysterectomy, but Brenda explored the idea of conservative treatment. The doctor listened to her and for that very reason, I am alive today and I still have the opportunity to have other children in the future because of her. She is the reason that I get to experience life as a mother. She is the true definition of an advocate. I know she makes every mother in labor & delivery heard and cared for the way they deserve during some of the most vulnerable times. Brenda is truly a God send and I am thankful for her!