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Late Term and Child Loss
Cincy/Toronto
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Fellow Placental Abruptions & C-section having Mama's...
Cincy/Toronto
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My placenta abrupted during delivery, while I was at 4 cm, so I had an emergency C-section and I have a few questions now that I am 15 wks. out.
C-Section stuff
Does it hurt you to exercise? the skin on my scar is sensitive to the touch still, almost like a burning sensation. I know it's nerve regeneration, but in my old life I was a runner and now it hurts.
Abruption Stuff
My OB wanted to do Thrombophilia testing no earlier than 12 wks. after Lillian was born, to make sure I didn't have any pregnancy hormones still in my blood work, to see if I had any clotting issues. He said while I don't have any genetic blood disorders, there has been talk of them developing with long-term BC use. And prior to being pregnant I was on Yaz and then switched to BYaz due to PMDD (which if you look up in Wikipedia, sounds just like a grieving Mother!) which I later quit b.c I was having leg cramp issues and we now know it's had a higher link to blood clots than most other pills. Has anyone else's OB tested them? My tests were done one the 21st and the results show I'm normal, I'm not prone to blood clots...YAY, so now we REALLY have no idea how Lillian died...thanks for nothing you piece of *** body of mine.
We've been talking about TTC, which is a really foreign concept to me because I've never 'planned' to do it...Lillian was a surprise, and my BF has been poking around and let me know that once you've had one abruption, you are at higher risk of it happening again. I was already the 1% of pregnant woman to have a catastrophic abruption and now I have a higher chance of it happening again. I just checked March of Dimes and they say 10% more likely, which is normal life, isn't much, but in my new life, it's a whole hellava lot. Has anyone had a rainbow baby on here after a spontaneous abruption? I need hope and the negative tests have really made my BF put on the brakes and not want to TTC because he doesn't want to go thru this again. He already has a 10 yr. old.
I'm sure I'll have more to say or questions to ask, but this is really just to get the ball rolling because I've been stewing about whether to ask these on here or not for the past 2 mths.
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Re: Fellow Placental Abruptions & C-section having Mama's...
I don't know anything about abruptions, but I do know that after my c-section, it took a very long time for the skin right around the scar to feel normal. In fact, even 15 months after my c-section, I still have some numbness around the scar. My OB said it was normal, that the nerves there may never regnenerate properly, or it could take years.
I am so sorry that you haven't gotten any answers about Lillian's death. Hopefully your doctors can give you more concrete answers about the likelyhood of another abruption... although I know how doctors are about concrete answers. Good luck.
I lost my son to an umbilical cord accident and I was also told that the odds of it happening again was higher now that it happened once. They also told me that the odds were still slim that it would happen again. I would always say, Dont tell me the odds. I know the odds. It happened once, it CAN happen again!
I made the decision to try again because, I knew that I always wanted to be a mom. Being a mother means making sacrifices and doing whatever it takes for your children. I had to ask myself, was I willing to face my fear and, knowing full well that it could happen again, was I willing to go through it all again? My answer was yes. I had to try. Heartbroken as I was am, I still wanted to be a mother to a living child.
Next to saying goodbye to Ian, being PgAL, was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I am VERY lucky. I now have my rainbow baby. He is 100 percent worth everything I had to go through to get him here.
I hope what I have shared has given you some hope, but you need to make the decision that is best for you. Make sure you are making the decision for the right reasons. And make sure you are in a strong place emotionally. Be prepared for battle and many mind games.
The ladies on the TTCAL and PGAL boards are so very supportive. You are not alone. If it is what you want, I believe you can get there.
I had a placental abruption at 34 weeks, but my situation is so different. I fell two days before losing Devon, had an NST and u/s done the day of my fall, and everything was fine. I had no signs of an abruption - no bleeding, cramps, backaches, anything. The u/s done after we knew Devon was gone showed the abruption where I fell, but I saw the u/s myself two days before. We had no clue this could happen. The delivering OB said it's a miracle I didn't bleed out. I did not have any testing done because we knew the cause.
My current OB said there's that 10 percent chance of this happening again, but he has never seen this happen twice. I know the chance is higher, but I won't let that stop me from TTC again. I'm on BC now to regulate my cycles, and we'll start really trying in May. I want more children, want my boys to have siblings. I'm terrified, but I think I can do it.
I'm sure this wasn't terribly helpful [and I have no csection advice because Devon was a vaginal delivery], but I do hope you get some answers and do what's right for you. We are here and will support you in any way we can. *hugs*
*edited to fix mistakes from posting from phone