WHEN Greta's Bryanna Budge found out she was pregnant she was bursting to tell her loved ones about her bundle of joy. Login or signup to continue reading As soon as she reached 18 weeks, she took to social media to announce her good news with her friends and family. But then the unthinkable happened and Ms Budge went into early labour.
Sadly, she delivered a beautiful, stillborn baby who she called Olivia, in May 2022. "I had a stillbirth and there was no real reason for it," the 29-year-old said. Six weeks later Ms Budge met with Hunter Medical Research Institute's (HMRI) professor and Mother and Babies research program co-director, Craig Pennell.
"I met with Pennell to find out why it might've happened, the cause.. and if I do fall pregnant again, he said he would do everything in his power to make sure it was successful," she said.
Fortunately five months later Ms Budge found out she was pregnant again when she decided to take a pregnancy test on the day of Olivia's due date. It was a tumultuous time for Ms Budge and her partner who were filled with excitement, but also feared losing another child. "I ended up in hospital at nine weeks with a subchronic hematoma.
I called Pennell and he dropped everything to come and see me," she said. "He said the baby was fine, her heart beat was there and then the decision was made to put me through a clinical trial." Ms Budge was put on medications as part of a clinical trial that had never been done before, through HMRI's Mothers and.
