From the delivery room to the ICU: Higareda’s unexpected turn
It seems that life decided that giving birth to twins was not enough of a challenge for Martha Higareda. After the happy event, the actress would think that the hardest part was over. How innocent! The universe, in its infinite sense of humor, had a bonus track in store: an express walk through the intensive care unit thanks to postpartum preeclampsia. Because, of course, what better way to celebrate motherhood than with a blood pressure that decides to emulate lottery numbers, reaching the glorious 215?
The protagonist of “Amarte Duele” demonstrated that the title of her film can also be applied to self-love in extreme situations. She shared on social media the story of how, after arriving home with her newborns, her husband Lewis Howes had to act as an ambulance driver back to the hospital. Six hours of trying to convince his body that it was not the time to star in a dramatic ending. Quite an episode of severe hypertension that put his life in check.
A spiritual (and quite compelling) experience to stay in
In the classic “do I stay or go?” moment, Martha experienced what she describes as a revealing spiritual experience. Imagine the scene: between the beeping of monitors and medical desperation, you are presented with the menu of the afterlife. And, with the pragmatism of a grown-up Mexican, after evaluating the options, she decided that her place was still here, holding her husband’s hand and, in her words, with her heart in the hands of Jesus. A fervent prayer and a rosary were his tools for negotiating with destiny. And, apparently, they worked: his pressure began to drop. Who says that faith moves mountains; in this case, he moved a sphygmomanometer.
The pregnancy complication, which can manifest even after delivery, kept her in suspense for a month and a half, with a couple of extra unplanned visits to the emergency department. A postpartum plan, without a doubt, much less relaxing than expected. In his message, he thanked not only divinity, but also the medical team and his family, who were his “strength to continue fighting.” Lewis, for his part, crowned her “a hero,” probably thinking that sharing life with a superheroine is more exciting than he had anticipated.
The close circle of showbiz was not far behind. Carlos Rivera and Anahí sent him words of support, confirming that in the world of entertainment one also suffers and prays for one’s colleagues. A sign that, behind the shine of the spotlight, there are real dramas that do not appear in the scripts.
Maternal health is a serious matter, and Higareda’s story underlines it with a fluorescent marker. Her case is a stark reminder that risks like high blood pressure don’t always end in the delivery room. Sometimes, they are waiting around the corner, in your own home, ready to ruin your peaceful breastfeeding plan. Fortunately, the actress is stable today, enjoying her daughters and, surely, monitoring her blood pressure with the devotion of a trader following the stock market.
Does your testimony serve as a warning to other mothers? Absolutely. But it is also a story loaded with supreme irony: sometimes, the fiercest fight for life begins just when you think you have won the biggest battle.
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