Raiya – the silver lighting in dark clouds of miscarriage
A true miracle an act of bravery was displayed by Angie Baker. She stood all the odds against the 18 miscarriages she had, finally to deliver a healthy child named Raiya.
A lengthy period of thirteen years for which Angie Baker bore her multiple miscarriages and was in a hope, to adopt a child if things didn't fall in her favor. A string of hope came from the news of a pioneering treatment offered by Dr Hassan Shehata at the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. Dr. Shehta is a specialist in recurrent miscarriages and took the special case of Baker.
She further explained how Baker's body acted. It composed of high content subtype white blood cells known as Natural Killer (NK) cells. These cells function to protect the body against foreign attacks and in case of Baker the NK cells treated the foetus as foreign particle or a virus and culminated it every time.
Dr. Shehata's treatment involved usage of higher than normal doses of steroids which started before conception. After carefully undergoing the tests on December 9 last year a girl child was born.
After the procedure was done Doctor's comment were stated as, "You're more likely to win the lottery than have 18 miscarriages. Therefore there must be an underlying cause."
Dr. Hassan Shehata is hoping that the treatment will become more widely available and accessible for those who suffer from recurrent miscarriages.