
Musetta Blaauw, mother of three, woke up in the middle of the night, eight days after giving birth to her third child, bleeding. After being rushed to the hospital for a curettage, she woke up at the IC 15 hours later; finding out that her dream of having a large family was shattered. "Luckily, you have three children already!" they told her, after explaining that after a long and chaotic day of surgery and treatment the medical team finally managed to save her life by taking out her uterus. Recovering and grieving together with nurturing her newborn she made a decision. They might have taken out her uterus, but they would not take away the decision to try for a fourth child. In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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