I had bled the first 7 weeks of this
pregnancy then passed a blood clot the
size of the palm of my hand and then
stopped bleeding. We also found a
4x5cm fibroid tumor on my uterus, the
baby and placenta were no where near
the tumor. I pprom'd at home on April
23, 2010. My sister took me to the
hospital where i spent 4 days. I was
told i should induce bc the baby would
have no chance of making it. Nobody
could understand why i wasnt going
into labor. The baby's heart beat was
strong and there were no contractions.
My husband asked the ob on call if he
had ever seen this before. He said no,
i told him he's never seen me before
either and that as long a there is a
heart beat there would be no
induction. I was sent home after 4
days. I was to be on strict bedrest. I
was also on oral antibiotics for 1
week. I immediately started searching
on the Internet for information. I
found this website along with other
and placed myself on a strict regimen
of vitamins, a healthy diet and trying
to stay infection free through
cleanliness, after i consulted my dr.
I wanted to see a specialist. I was
referred to a perinatologist. My first
appt with him went well. The baby
seemed to be doing well. There was
only 1.5cm AFI. At my next appt 4
weeks later my sac had appeared to of
healed bc i was holding a normal
amount of fluid. I hadnt leaked in a
couple of weeks. The peri had told us
he thought i had a high leak. We were
so happy, it was a miracle and we were
thankful to God. We found out we were
having a boy and that his feet were
turned in a little from the time he
had no fluid. We didnt care, we both
would have carried him around on our
back for the rest of our lives if we
had to. His growth was right on
target. Two days later on May 24th my
water broke again and we were back at
square one. This time it was harder on
me emotionally. He still continued to
do well. We had ordered a fetal heart
doppler from the internet and checked
his heart rate 2-3 times a day. It
always stayed in the 150's. He moved
all the time, it was comforting. On
sat June 5th i woke up at 5:30am in
pain. I thought it was the baby
kicking a fibroid tumor i have on my
uterus. The tumor had caused me some
pain from time to time. Then over the
next 15 min the pain became so severe
i started vomiting. I had my husband
call an ambulance. I started passing
out as well. We would later find out
that my son had fused to my uterus
after being in there for a time with
out fluid. So every time i would have
a contraction it would pull my uterus
down, too much pain for me to
tolerate. Once they got me to the
hospital they checked me and i was
dilated 3cm. They gave me some pain
med and did a bedside u/s and he had
no heartbeat. My husband fell apart.
It was all i could do to focus and
comfort him. A short time later my
water broke. There was a big gush so
apparently i had been holding fluid.
They then started pitocin and gave me
an epidural. I passed out during it
and then my blood pressure dropped to
60/36. The anest. gave me an
epinephrine shot and i woke up and he
told us that was a side effect and to
not worry. After awhile we started to
push. It was very painful despite the
epidural. Nothing happened so the dr
wanted to wait awhile and try again.
The dr had asked us of we wanted to
hold him, we did and we wanted our
family to have a chance to hold him as
well. When we tried again he just
wouldnt come. I could feel the dr
pulling him and he just wouldnt come.
The dr said that we were not going to
be able to hold him bc the labor was
putting to much stress on him. We had
to tell our family and they were
crushed. The dr then said that he was
going to do a d&c. I dont remember
anything after that, i cant remember
much before that either. It was 9pm
when they took me down. It was only
supposed to take 30-45 min. They didnt
get started til 10 bc they couldnt get
my blood pressure stable. They got
done and finally were taking me to my
room at midnight. As soon as they
rolled me into my room i crashed. They
pushed my family out, rolled in the
crash cart and called a code. Turns
out the dr had perforated the top of
my uterus, he accidentally had cut a 2
inch cut in it. I was internally
bleeding. It took about 20 min for
them to get me stable and they let my
family come in to see me. I was
unresponsive, white as the sheet, my
lips were blue, my skin was cold, and
my abdomen was distended. They all put
their hands on me said a prayer and
they took me down for emergency
surgery. Once they got me down there
they put me on life support and then
used a syringe and removed 2 two liter
bottles of blood from my abdomen. They
then cut open my belly button and
pumped me full of gas so they could
insert a camera to find the bleed.
They located it, cut me from the belly
button down. They ob sewed up the
perforation and then sewed me up and
they gave me 6 units of blood and
plasma. I had lost nearly all of my
blood. I woke up at 530am and i didnt
know what had happened. I thought i
was still in my room. I tried to talk
and realized i couldnt bc my throat
was sore. My dad and my husband
finally told me what happened bc i had
no idea. I was shocked but mostly felt
bad for my husband. Losing his son
then almost losing his wife. I spent 2
days in the critical care unit then
they moved me back to my room. I
stayed there for 2 more days and they
dismissed me. I didnt feel like i was
ready to go home. I got home and the
next morning i started running a fever
and vomiting. They admitted me back bc
my white blood cell count was high. I
was also having trouble breathing.
They started me on IV antibiotics.
They did a CT scan on my uterus and
there was a 5cm hematoma over the
injury. They didnt see any pockets of
fluid or infection anywhere. I still
kept running a fever and my red blood
cell count started dropping so i had
to have another blood transfusion. The
dr ordered a CT scan of my chest since
i was having trouble breathing. To
make sure that i didnt have a blood
clot from being on bedrest. I didnt
have a blood clot but i had pneumonia
in my right lung from being on life
support and on bedrest for 6 weeks.
They started me on 2 more IV
antibiotics and breathing treatments.
I was kind of relieved bc the
pneumonia was probably causing the
fever instead of an infection some
where. I continued to get better and
finally got to go home after 2 weeks.
We are thankful for the time we had
with our son. He brought so many
wonderful things to our lives and we
give God all the glory. He brought
some of my estranged family together.
He brought my husband and i closer and
closer to God. We named him Mason
Wiley Ross. This has been a beautiful
experience bc we have got to see great
displays of everyone's faith and love
in God. I experienced what it feels
like to be a mother to my hero, and
feel the presence of God. We looked
forward to holding Mason in our laps
and telling him about God. Now God
holds him in his lap and tells him
about us.
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