unknown Placenta Increda

[Hvnlyellie]

I recently had to go threw an emergency histerectomy a few weeks ago. Unknown to my 6 doctors or myself I had what is known as Placenta Percreda. Here is my story...
I went into the hospital at 5:30am on Sunday September 25, 2005. My cervix was not dialating so they broke my water at 10:00am. by 2:38 I was the proud parent of my second child. (A wonderful little boy.) Then I knew something was wrong. I don't remember much but the pain. Oh God the pain! I remember looking at the doctor and him telling me the placenta was stuck and they had to do a DNC to manually extract the placenta. I remember feeling the scraping on the inside of my body and seeing the nurse holding the unbilical cordwhile the doctor did his thing. My fiancee was in the room holding my hand telling me everything was going to be ok. The last thing I remember was screaming out in agonizing pain and looking at the doctor who had a look of terror on his face along with some of my insides, and I saw him pull out a 2 foot mass of MY body tissue. The next thing I remember was being taken down a hall in a bed past family and my 7 year old daughter asking me if I was going to go see God. I didn't know why she was asking he this till I woke up 7 hours later in the ICU with a huge bandage on my tummy. My fiancee was there when I woke up and told me that I had had an emergency histerectomy because when the doctor pulled out the placenta he had also turned my uterus inside out and pulled it out also. I was and am still devistated. He also said I had lost 4 pints of blood and had to have a transfusion. It still didn't sink in that I almost died, all I kept thinking was that I'll never get to experiance the greatest joy a woman has ever again. I think every emotion ran threw my mind. Well they finally took me up to my recovery room the next day. I was then able to see my daughter and hold my brand new baby. I was not allowed to nurse him because of all the pain drugs I was on. I finally had a breakdown the 4th day in the hospital and was released on the 6th day. I have an ugly scar from my belly button down. (They couldn't cut that way because it was so urgent they get in to repair everything.) I am doing very well but still hurt. Everyone keeps telling me how lucky I am. The doctors are dumbfounded though because for some reason given the trauma I went thre it should have torn out just about every organ I have in that area, but for some reason known only to God, it didn't. I hate the fact that I am 26 and can never have kids, but I am so glad I have the ones I do. I am lucky in a lot of ways.

[coachjodi]

Hi! Sorry for a late response...I'm so sorry you had to go through this. You are lucky that you have two children and that you are alive, but it doesn't take away from the fact that you have also lost something so precious. I hope you are allowing yourself to grieve.

Best wishes!
Jodi