At 9 months — the medical incident of Liki Rosenberg: "I cried my eyes out"
The 41-year-old fitness trainer, who is moments away from giving birth, reveals the difficult days she is going through: collapse due to anemia, vomiting, fainting, and a women's emergency room where, according to her, she had to fight to receive an urgent iron infusion, until she turned to Instagram and received completely different treatment. "Suddenly four phone calls - 'we want to help'"
Celebrity fitness trainer Liki Rosenberg (41), who is in her ninth month of her third pregnancy, uploaded a series of stories revealing the medical drama she experienced this week. She expressed deep disappointment with her HMO, promising that she would not return there again.
"Yesterday I cried my eyes out, the first time that bureaucracy during pregnancy broke me. The night before last I returned from an event and felt so bad. We stopped four times, I vomited, I fainted, everything was bad," said Rosenberg, describing how she collapsed due to anemia.
She had to go to the women's emergency room to receive an urgent iron infusion but encountered red tape, long lines, and only one doctor for the entire ward. The attempts of her husband, Hadar Michaeli, to schedule an appointment through call centers and apps were met with disconnections. When she arrived at the branch, she was coldly directed to take a number, even though she was pale and on the verge of fainting.
The change came only when she decided to reach out through her platform:
"I sent a message on Instagram to my HMO. And how suddenly when they see who you are, or you have a blue checkmark or a lot of followers — suddenly four phone calls: 'we want to help'."
Later she added: "I asked Hadar, what do older people who are not tech-savvy do, who helps them? He told me: 'They just die'. Does it seem logical to you that our country is run this way? What is this?"
These posts followed earlier documentation where Rosenberg was seen lying on a street bench. She noted that pregnancy has been physically exhausting, marked by severe fatigue and side effects from medication. Regarding the approaching birth, Rosenberg has a firm position. She is expected to give birth via cesarean section and clarifies: "I am not looking for thrills and adventures. A normal birth is less for me. It bothers me that there is a feeling among women who give birth via C-section as if they 'failed'. What is this nonsense?"
