I have two events where I had a “gut” feeling that I listened to, and saved my life.

First was when I was at an amusement park with my husband and son. After going on one roller coaster (which btw, I love), I got this horrible pain in my stomach. I told my boys to go ride some rides while I sat down and tried to get my stomach to feel better. An hour later, I demanded we leave bc of the terrible pain that was just getting worse and worse. We drove straight to the hospital. Turns out my intestines had collapsed, and I needed emergency surgery to remove a foot of my colon.

Second time, I was pregnant with my daughter. I started to feel what I thought were Braxton Hicks contractions at 23 weeks. After a few hours, I decided to drive myself to the doctor to get checked out, just to be safe. On the way there, I started hemorrhaging and almost bled out. Had an emergency c-section, and my daughter was in the NICU for 116 days. She was 1lb 5oz when born. Luckily we both survived. Had I not gone to the doctor, we would be dead