DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Postpartum heart failure is a rare condition that’s typically unexpected for expecting mothers - like one local woman who experienced heart failure after giving birth with no previous heart issues.

“That’s my baby, my little miracle baby,” said Danielle Boaze, local heart disease survivor. “So I was blessed, very blessed to have him.”

It was 2007 when Danielle Boaze gave birth to her son Holden.

Shortly after, she experienced trouble breathing and was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy - an uncommon form of heart failure that is brought on by pregnancy.

“It was very tough. I had a newborn at home and not being able to take care of him like I wanted to at the time was really difficult,” said Boaze.

She was given medication and made a full recovery but was

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