Home Edition (Kristianne & Ingrid)

This is another home edition episode. Ingrid is 31-years-old third-time mom. She has dangerously high blood pressure and Dr. Park explains the risks to her. Some of the complications of severe pre-eclampsia are seizures and strokes in the mom and for the baby it can cause growth retardation or restriction. Dr. Park was on her way to the hospital with her 19-month old when she got a call so she turned around and brought her son back home to go see Ingrid about alarming test results in danger of liver failure, possibly even a fatal seizure. She'll have to have the baby early and Dr. Park describes it as "saying happy birthday a little early." They bring Dr. Bong in to assist Dr. Park with the surgery. "When we operate together it's almost like dancing. You don't even have to say anything the other person knows what you need to see and what you need to do." The baby will be almost 6 weeks pre-mature. "Happy birthday, honey!" the doctors exlcaim as they take baby Siria out. Now at 11 months, she's a very healthy baby. They've decided now that she won't be able to have any more kids because of risks to her health and the baby's health.

Kristianne is a 22-year-old third-time mom. Strangely enough, for each of her pregnancies she has been on some form of birth control--the pills for the first two and the patch for the third. "I don't think that my age has anything to do with my mothering skills. I think it's who you are as a person and how you take things and how you handle them," Kristianne says. "I'm always in awe of my patients who are quite young and having children," says Dr. Park. Kristianne had wanted to be induced on Friday the 13th because she thinks it'll be good luck, but Dr. Park is a little more traditionally superstitious and says she doesn't induce people for those days. In the past she's had very quick labors and delivers and the same goes here. She is in very good spirits. Even as she's pushing, Kristianne is laughing with the nurses. Baby Lucas is born! Kristianne says she never planned on having three kids at her age, but says she wouldn't change it for the world. The father thinks it's easier being young parents because he can be active with the kids. They want 2 or 3 more in the future! "We love kids and I love being pregnant!" she says.