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another after severe post partum hemorrhage?

heatherwhite1984heatherwhite1984 member
edited June 2014 in Babies on the Brain
has anyone had another baby after a post partum hemorrhage? if so, did you hemorrhage again? i had my ds 2.5 years ago and hemorrhaged so badly i almost lost my life. my dh wants to have another baby, i am so scared to leave my ds, child, dh, family, friends everything. i saw the obgyn that treated me and she essentially blamed it on the nurses (which we assumed). i have yet to see my midwife since my 2wpp visit. would you chance it or be happy with just one? edit, i also had pre-e and gd.
 
 
 

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Re: another after severe post partum hemorrhage?

  • boxergurlboxergurl member
    I had post partum hemorrhaging 6 weeks after giving birth to my daughter and almost died. It was terrifying, but in my case was a very freak thing because I had retained tissue. We have not yet tried for #2, but we still want another even though I will still be nervous that it will happen again. If you're really nervous about it, I would talk it over with your doc! Hopefully someone else can weigh in to put your mind at ease.
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  • WhiskyandWhiskersWhiskyandWhiskers member
    L&D nurse thoughts.. If you're a red head, I have extra meds because red heads bleed. If you've had a previous hemorrhage that wasn't retained placenta but due to uterine atony I'm also loading up on preemptive meds. 
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  • heatherwhite1984heatherwhite1984 member

    not a red head. i am just very tiny and had a 10lb'er. nurses weren't checking my uterus enough, and when they did they thought it was urine (my catheter came out in the or), but it was really blood. my pulse skyrocketed, my bp dropped morbidly low. small hospital so an obgyn had to be called, i was rushed to or for d&c, given lots of blood. i saw that same obgyn a few weeks ago, she said i can go for it and they would monitor me. i am still so nervous, and even went for a second opinion but the lady didn't have a recommendation either way.

    boxergurl, sorry you had to go through that.

     
     
     

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  • WhiskyandWhiskersWhiskyandWhiskers member
    No ultrasounds predicted a 10 pounder? Better control of your GD and inducing you earlier may be a good option. If your OB is aware of all of this, then i'd feel comfortable having another. 
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  • heatherwhite1984heatherwhite1984 member

    i had dreams i would have a 10lb'er. at 12w, he measured about 8d ahead, at 20w about 9/10d ahead. i knew all my dates so i knew i was not wrong. she thought i was crazy for having those dreams. i had to meet with a nutritionist because of the gd, and i was already doing everything that she recommended. i had to check my levels four times a day. two days before i had my ds the midwife predicted he was no more than 8lbs. i was also 8d over edd. date of ovulation is next week, i am thinking we might go for trying.

     
     
     

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  • WhiskyandWhiskersWhiskyandWhiskers member
    At 2.5 years out you're in the safe range for another pregnancy. Smart to wait after a pph. Good luck :)
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  • MrsZ0811MrsZ0811 member
    bakedolive said:
    No ultrasounds predicted a 10 pounder? Better control of your GD and inducing you earlier may be a good option. If your OB is aware of all of this, then i'd feel comfortable having another. 
    Because they are soooo accurate! They measured my dd at 7lbs 14oz, and said she was likely bigger. When she was born 4 days later she was 6lbs 10oz. Ultrasound weight estimates are not accurate at all.
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    Umm usually they are pretty accurate. Speaking as an L&D nurse. And you are? 
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