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After Near-Death Experience, Minneapolis Mom Looks To Raise Awareness For Amniotic Fluid Embolism

About five years ago, in the thick of COVID, Tony and Annie Sterle went to the hospital eager to meet their son.

(CBS Minnesota)

April 14, 2025

The birth of a child is typically the happiest day in a parent's life. But for a Minneapolis family, it started a mother's fight for her life.

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About five years ago, in the thick of COVID, Tony and Annie Sterle went to the hospital eager to meet their son. But things didn't go as planned.

"There was a time when I wanted to be a vet, there was a time when I wanted to be an actress and all the things, but kind of underlying all of that, I always wanted to be a mom," Annie Sterle said. "I feel like I now get to have the motherhood that I always dreamed of, despite the very bumpy road it took to get here."

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