The curling world is remembering a loving mother, fierce competitor and fast friend, after Aly Jenkins died from rare complications during the birth of her third child. Jenkins, a 30-year-old member of Sherry Anderson’s rink, died Sunday afternoon from rare complications during the delivery of daughter Sydney. According to the Canadian Press, amniotic fluid had entered Jenkins’ blood stream, resulting in an amniotic fluid embolism. The odds of an amniotic fluid embolism occurring in Saskatchewan, which sees around 15,000 births annually, are incredibly low. An amniotic fluid embolism, which Carson described as “an enormous catastrophe,” occurs when amniotic fluid gets into the mother’s bloodstream either during childbirth or within about half an hour after a baby has been delivered.

Source: National Post October 23, 2019 19:01 UTC