Escaping Polygamy: What It's Like to Be Pregnant In the Order (Season 3 Flashback) | Lifetime

♪♪ I wanted to go to Shanell's house. You<i> can</i> go to Shanell's house. Hey. Hey. Yeah. Eric's got the girls. We're going to go to the doctors, and we're going to look at the baby. But it's one you can't come to, so you're going to go to Shanell's house. Is that okay? I want to. I'm pregnant. I'm about 16 weeks, and I'm due the 1st of June. I have two little girls, and this is my third pregnancy. We're just going to the doctor. We're going to talk to the doctor about some of the concerns we have with all the problems in our family, some of the concerns we have with, like, Down Syndrome 'cause we have half-siblings with Down Syndrome and... Yeah, well, and a lot of them are having heart problems or stomach issues. And I don't know if it's because of their malnutrition or because it's a genetic factor, so I would rather just be prepared than anything else. With each pregnancy that I've had, I've chosen to get the genetic testing done so that I'm not left in the dark, because I come from such a big family, where my biological father has married many of his half-siblings and a couple other relatives, so when problems do exist with the babies, I don't know if it's because it's a genetic factor that I, too, could possibly pass on to my babies or if it's because the incest. What's that? Oh, I have to give myself a shot every day, but this is because I had a blood clot in the past. Being pregnant makes you at very high risk for blood clots and because I've had one in the past. And the thing is, is they've asked me so many times if I've had anybody in my family, a history of blood clots. I have no idea. And because I get the preeclampsia, then there's just... The doctors watch me really closely. I'm considered a high-risk pregnancy because my two girls were both born at 29 weeks premie because I got preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a disease that only affects pregnant women. I have an aunt, Andrea, in The Order who died at the age of 15 or 16 being pregnant and having preeclampsia. They didn't talk about what caused her to die, just that she died giving birth. It was later I found out that the cause of her death was preeclampsia. What happened to Andrea would have happened to me. I would've kept trying to be the good Order member and the good wife and the good mother that's not complaining about my pregnancy, and I would've died doing it. I remember my mom delivered a couple of her babies by herself 'cause Daniel didn't believe she was in labor, so she just delivered and then just held the baby and waited for somebody to come and take care of everything. Daniel didn't believe my mom multiple times when she was having babies, too, and, like, when I was born, he barely got there. In The Order, women aren't supposed to complain, even if they're pregnant. People don't hear it. If Jessica was pregnant in The Order, she wouldn't be allowed to express any complications that she's going through. She wouldn't be allowed to get any professional help. She would never have this opportunity. Jessica: Bye, sweetie. I'll see you later. [ Laughs ] Bye, Kyn. Love you. She'll see you later, too! [ Laughs ] Taking off. Here, this side. I left for a reason -- for my children. I need to stay on top of everything so that I can be prepared and that I don't risk my life and I don't risk the baby's life and that I can just make sure that I have all the information that I need to make educated decisions for this baby and for me.

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Length: 3min 49sec (229 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 29 2020