CaptHeather
10-19-2007, 12:27 PM
belle
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Posts: 52
Loc: South Carolina Jonah in Heaven.....
#426603 - 09/29/06 01:33 PM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply
Here is my story:
I was pregnant with me and dh first son togeather and everything was going great! I was getting bigger and we were counting down the days until we were to meet our new baby boy. We spent the evening laying in bed feeling kicks, talking to him, loving him and enjoying him in my 8 month belly. That night I woke with a strange feeling. Was it Braxton Hicks cintractions? I looked at the clock to I could time them - 3:30am - I felt him kick. Woke up again still feeling not quite right - 4:30 - went back to sleep. That morning my then 3 year old woke me up and I did my normal morning routine. I got him ready for daycare, me ready for work and headed out the door. I figured I was having braxton hicks. I dropped my DS off and told his babysitter that I may be back to get him because I wasnt feeling very good. I drove off to work feeling every bump in the road. It really started to feel bad. I started to worry that it may be more. But I continued on to work. As I started work, everything went downhill. I started to feel weak, have hot flashed and got real pale. My manager told me to go to the DR. I still thought it was braxton hicks, stupid me. I went to my DH work and waited for him to get off, went to the Dr office and waited in the lobby for what seemed to be an hour. They sent me to the other end of the hospital to be "checked out" on the monitors. So we walked. All of a sudden, I felt faint and sick. I ran into the bathroom and threw up. We got into the elavator and I was still standing...not sure how now. I went into the room and unclothed to put the robe on. That was when I saw blood. Oh my GOD. I thought! They hooked the monitor up to me and one nurse after another came in trying to find a hb. Finally the Dr on-call came in with the ultrasound machine. She only had it on a few min and she said "I'M SORRY". I will never forget those words.
Well, they gave me a choice to have a c-sec or try to deliver. I chose the delivery route. Not a wise choice I was soon to find out. I wanted some pain releif as they pumped me up with petocin. But, they came in and said there was a problem with my clotting and they could not give me anything. Within a few min I was being rushed off to the OR for an emergency C-Sec. The last thing I remember was handing my DH my wedding band.
I awoke and was so cold. I was scared. I remember my DH coming over to me with Jonah in his arms. Bittersweet. I was still very cold. My DH told me that there was a complication and that I had lost a lot of blood. They rushed me to the ICU. It was later that I learned that I had to be transfused with 5 units of blood. I was VERY close to loosing my uterus. I spent a week in the ICU waiting for my body to fix itself. My kidneys had stopped working and I was anemic. Finally, the urine bag filled up and filled up and filled up!
The hardest part was having the nurse from each shift ask me what I wanted to do with our son. Yes, I did get to hold him and say goodbye but I had no idea what to do next. This was not a normal thing to experience. Luckily my In-laws stepped in and helped make arrangements.
So when I was finally released, we had a graveside funeral. We buried him at the church within walking distance of our home.
Now 2 years 2 months later, I have a beautiful baby boy, Kegan. He is a reminder everyday that life does go on. Life does get better.
I look at him and see Jonah. I wonder what Jonah would look like today. I will see him again in heaven.
By the way, here is why it happened:
After a lot of testing we were told that I had an Abruption and it was caused by a blood clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden Mutation. They told me that my blood started to clot around the placenta which caused it to think that it was time to seperate (happens AFTER birth). The nutrients and oxygen were cut off from my ds and he he passed away in utero.
Because my body was working so hard to clot the internal bleeding, when they did the C-Sec, I had the opposite affect and bleed out. They told me that it was because I had used all of my clotting factors.
Anyway, for my next (unplanned) pregnancy I was TERRIFIED! They put me on blood thinners and I had to give myself a shot twice a day! AH! I was also monitored much closer this time.
All went well and I gave birth to a wonderful sweet baby boy.
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I hope that my story will touch someone today.
God Bless!
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Reged: 09/08/06
Posts: 52
Loc: South Carolina Jonah in Heaven.....
#426603 - 09/29/06 01:33 PM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply
Here is my story:
I was pregnant with me and dh first son togeather and everything was going great! I was getting bigger and we were counting down the days until we were to meet our new baby boy. We spent the evening laying in bed feeling kicks, talking to him, loving him and enjoying him in my 8 month belly. That night I woke with a strange feeling. Was it Braxton Hicks cintractions? I looked at the clock to I could time them - 3:30am - I felt him kick. Woke up again still feeling not quite right - 4:30 - went back to sleep. That morning my then 3 year old woke me up and I did my normal morning routine. I got him ready for daycare, me ready for work and headed out the door. I figured I was having braxton hicks. I dropped my DS off and told his babysitter that I may be back to get him because I wasnt feeling very good. I drove off to work feeling every bump in the road. It really started to feel bad. I started to worry that it may be more. But I continued on to work. As I started work, everything went downhill. I started to feel weak, have hot flashed and got real pale. My manager told me to go to the DR. I still thought it was braxton hicks, stupid me. I went to my DH work and waited for him to get off, went to the Dr office and waited in the lobby for what seemed to be an hour. They sent me to the other end of the hospital to be "checked out" on the monitors. So we walked. All of a sudden, I felt faint and sick. I ran into the bathroom and threw up. We got into the elavator and I was still standing...not sure how now. I went into the room and unclothed to put the robe on. That was when I saw blood. Oh my GOD. I thought! They hooked the monitor up to me and one nurse after another came in trying to find a hb. Finally the Dr on-call came in with the ultrasound machine. She only had it on a few min and she said "I'M SORRY". I will never forget those words.
Well, they gave me a choice to have a c-sec or try to deliver. I chose the delivery route. Not a wise choice I was soon to find out. I wanted some pain releif as they pumped me up with petocin. But, they came in and said there was a problem with my clotting and they could not give me anything. Within a few min I was being rushed off to the OR for an emergency C-Sec. The last thing I remember was handing my DH my wedding band.
I awoke and was so cold. I was scared. I remember my DH coming over to me with Jonah in his arms. Bittersweet. I was still very cold. My DH told me that there was a complication and that I had lost a lot of blood. They rushed me to the ICU. It was later that I learned that I had to be transfused with 5 units of blood. I was VERY close to loosing my uterus. I spent a week in the ICU waiting for my body to fix itself. My kidneys had stopped working and I was anemic. Finally, the urine bag filled up and filled up and filled up!
The hardest part was having the nurse from each shift ask me what I wanted to do with our son. Yes, I did get to hold him and say goodbye but I had no idea what to do next. This was not a normal thing to experience. Luckily my In-laws stepped in and helped make arrangements.
So when I was finally released, we had a graveside funeral. We buried him at the church within walking distance of our home.
Now 2 years 2 months later, I have a beautiful baby boy, Kegan. He is a reminder everyday that life does go on. Life does get better.
I look at him and see Jonah. I wonder what Jonah would look like today. I will see him again in heaven.
By the way, here is why it happened:
After a lot of testing we were told that I had an Abruption and it was caused by a blood clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden Mutation. They told me that my blood started to clot around the placenta which caused it to think that it was time to seperate (happens AFTER birth). The nutrients and oxygen were cut off from my ds and he he passed away in utero.
Because my body was working so hard to clot the internal bleeding, when they did the C-Sec, I had the opposite affect and bleed out. They told me that it was because I had used all of my clotting factors.
Anyway, for my next (unplanned) pregnancy I was TERRIFIED! They put me on blood thinners and I had to give myself a shot twice a day! AH! I was also monitored much closer this time.
All went well and I gave birth to a wonderful sweet baby boy.
__________________
I hope that my story will touch someone today.
God Bless!