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My trip to L&D (VERY LONG)
(incredibly long, includes some talk of God, medical terms and is sad in parts)
These past two weeks have been a little rough on me. Two weeks ago I was admitted to L&D for a kidney stone on my right side. Well, last Tuesday night I woke up DH to take me back to L&D for what I thought was a kidney stone on the left side. After more than 12 hours of testing, narcotics, and no answers I was able to lay still long enough for an MRI. The doctor's had been monitoring a demroid cyst in my left ovary since about 16 weeks, and this time it had grown. My entire ovary was measuring over 8 centimeters and they couldn't see blood flow into or out of it. Our OB gently let us know that it looked like I might have an ovarian torsion, and the only way to treat/correct it was to remove the ovary. Being in my third trimester the biggest risk was PTL, and bleeding out due to increased blood volume. DH and I prayed that God not give us something we couldn't handle, we prayed that he watch over our litltle girl and agreed to the surgery (there wasn't really a decision to be made). An hour later I was being wheeled into an OR already set up with a team ready to deliver a 27 week premie, this was by far the scariest moment in my life. After I woke up from surgery I immediately asked about the baby, and we both made it through surgery without distress. They hooked us back up in L&D and monitored us for the next 48 hours, ensuring PTL did not occur. By the grace of God our daughter never once showed a single sign of distress. During the procedure they had one person gently hold the uterus out of the way, and monitor the baby (who apparently kept moving around like nothing was happening). When they got to my left ovary it had twisted three times around itself becoming nercrotic and strangled the fallopian tube. The doctors discussed trying to salvage the tube so they wouldn't have to get too close to the uterus, but it was unsalvagable.
I'm still dealing with the tramua of losing half my reproductive system, the full weight of it hasn't finished setting in. I've been put on a moderate rest schedule (I refuse to admit to bed-rest) and there is talk of me delivering in the next 8-10 weeks instead of waiting the full 12. This kind of surgery/problem is so rare, I was like a rockstar in L&D; apparently, they hadn't seen one ever at Seton NW. It's also not common on pregnancy, and my OB is researching to see if there's ever been a case reported in the third trimester. She's also already asked our permission to write it up, and asked if it was alright if she published pictures from the surgery (which she showed us).
Thanks for reading this far - you deserve a gold star! I may not be making it to any more GTG's, but I'm so happy to say I still get to be a mommy, to the toughest little girl I may ever know.
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Re: My trip to L&D (VERY LONG)
So glad that you and baby are doing okay after all that!
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OMGosh, I'm so, so sorry you've had to go through this. What a rockstar you BOTH are! I hope your healing is swift and you're back on your feet in no time.
This scares me to death. I get HUGE cysts too and they always put me on torsion watch and I get put on strict pelvic rest. Ugh.
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DH deserves rockstar status also - that baby shower I was hosting this weekend still managed to get pulled off, only because he got everything together, delivered and set up for people. He even drove me over there for about half an hour on Saturday!
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Wow! What a scary experience! I'm glad -- and thankful! -- that you made it through OK, although I'm sorry it meant the loss of your ovary and fallopian tube.
Surely the rest of your pregnancy will be less exciting. And what a story you'll have to share with your beautiful little girl!
I'm so glad you and the baby are doing so good!
If it makes you feel any better, the resulting pregnancy chances are NOT 50/50 with one ovary (or even one fallopian tube after an ectopic). It rises to 70-80% over time. Your body is pretty smart, it figures out you only have one ovary to release eggs from and begins to use it every month
Wow--so glad you and your baby made it out okay. Thoughts and prayers headed your way!
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Wow, that is so so scary! So glad to hear that both you and Baby Girl are doing ok!!
Lots of hugs and sorry that you had to go through all that.
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