My story is one I never thought in a
million years I would tell. Here I am
telling a story I wish I never knew
about.
I was at work and all morning in my pad
I had more white discharge then normal,
important to mention is that prior to
that I had a doctor's apt (Tuesday and
my PROM occurred on the Thursday) and I
asked the doctor about an increase in
discharge which I thought was leucorrhea
(I think that is how it is spelled). As
the morning went on it turned more
pinkish and then brownish after lunch I
went to the bathroom and went to have a
BM, and I pushed and my water went
everywhere it was awful. I then started
to bleed very bright red blood, we
called the ambulance and off I went to
the hospital (High Risk Level III).
I got through the first 48hours and
then was approaching the ever important
7 day mark. I went to the bathroom on
the 6th day in the evening and went to
wipe myself and I think I felt my dear
baby boy Kyle's Foot (the next day I
knew this was true), I wasn't sure
though and thought too at the time it
was the umbilical cord and possibly cord
prolapsed, so I went to my bed and
pulled the emergency notification.
Kyle’s heart rate went up to 190 and
went back down to between 170 and
180.The wonderful nurses came and looked
in my vaginal area, but not with a
speculum and saw nothing, but later that
night I went to the bathroom and wiped
and I had meconium, this lasted about 3
bathroom trips and by the end of the
evening disappeared, but Kyle’s heart
rate stayed high.
Looking back I think this might make me
a candidate for Incompetent Cervix. I
had no real severe cramping all week
other then gas like pains.
The Next Day the doctor came and I was
talking about the gas pains I felt all
week and she was just about to leave
when I told them about what happened
the previous evening, she got a look on
her face that concerned me, because her
face almost looked panicked.
She then informed me that she needed to
have a look with a sterile speculum to
check.
When she looked, the words out her mouth
will always stay with: “I’m so sorry, I
see his foot”. After that the plan was
to figure out how they would induce me,
after that the pain management team came
down to decide how they would control
the pain I was about to physically
endure. Well about an hour after that
the OB/Pernatalogist decided to induce
me by placing a pill (not sure of the
name), when he went to do this he said
the baby was far down and we would try
to push. Kyle was born shortly after,
his heart was beating for about an hour
and he died in my arms. He was so
beautiful and perfect. I will always
hold his precious little face in my
heart and soul.
We are hoping to get pregnant again, but
we are trying to make sure that we have
all possibilities covered (i.e. IC,
Infection, etc...) If this story sounds
familiar and someone has further
information, please email us@
Rachel@gotech.ca
Thank you,
Scott and Rachel
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