Successful pregnancy after amniotic fluid embolism: a case report

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) has a mortality rate of 60% to 80% and accounts for approximately 10% of all maternal deaths in the United States. Although AFE is thought to be an anaphylactoid reaction, there are few reports of subsequent pregnancy after AFE.

A healthy 29-year-old underwent an uncomplicated planned Caesarean section for her third pregnancy. She had a history of placental abruption with the first pregnancy and amniotic fluid embolism with the second pregnancy, for which she was treated with blood products and recovered fully.

This case of a 29-year-old woman with successful subsequent pregnancy after amniotic fluid embolism and a limited number of case reports in the literature suggest that AFE is a sporadic event.