Juana is 40 years old and the mother of two children from Guatemala. She is extremely excited to be pregnant again, since she didn’t think she was able to have children anymore. Her husband works as a day laborer, harvesting crops on a local corn plantation, barely making enough money to afford to buy corn tortillas and beans for the family.
Juana is 33 weeks pregnant and has been experiencing abdominal pain, headaches, dizziness, and fainting. When she went to the local government-run health outpost, they told her that her baby wasn’t normal, which scared her and made her feel helpless. Her midwife referred her to Hospital de Chimeltenango, a Watsi care center, for prenatal care. Since she has a history of miscarriage and pre-eclampsia, her doctors think it is best that she has develops a birth plan at the hospital to avoid any life-threatening complications that she would have if she were to give birth at home.
Juana will receive medications and have regular evaluations with doctors and an obstetrician at the local hospital. A medical team will work with her to develop a birth plan, so she can easily and quickly travel to the hospital. $281 will cover the costs of the treatment Juana needs to safely deliver her baby.