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Experiencing UAB from the Other Side: Crystal Odom's Family Story

Crystal and Alex Odom with daughter Everleigh (photos provided by the Odom family)

Written by: Kenia Hernandez

At 17 weeks pregnant, Crystal Odom and her family were packing to leave for Thanksgiving to Savannah, Georgia when she felt an intense amount of pressure and had to be rushed to UAB for an emergency cerclage due to an incompetent cervix, a condition that causes the cervix opens too soon during pregnancy.