Hi-
I too am new to this forum. Found it while googleing... just from reading you post you probably have some form of placenta accreta! And other medical issues as well that I am not completly educated about. But part of your story sounds familar to me.
My 1st pregnancy was fairly uneventful. Born at 40 weeks, ******l, 8#10oz... had a lot of pp bleeding and at the 6 week f/u appt they did an u/s and found "retained products".. had a d&c.. hemmorhaged post d&c.. and dr commented on the products being 'calcified' and having to actually scrape the piece from my uterus... she mentioned at the time about this 'rare condition called placenta accreta' that I may have but we won't know til future pregnancies... fast fwd to 2nd pregnancy.
At ~28 weeks I starting passing giant clots.. was hospitalized and it was determined I had placenta previa... ended up on bedrest in the hospital but the bleeding increased in frequency and amount... ended up hemmorhaging... dr was called in for emergency c-section and they again warned me about the possibility of accreta. it was under general anesthesia b/c they didn't know what they'd find when they opened me up. ended up being a few things- partial placenta previa, placental abruption, and accreta! I needed 2 units of blood but got "lucky" in that they were able to save my uterus... they really had to scrap away the placenta from the uterus and said I should not conceive children again b/c it would be worse the next time around. They said I got very lucky, not only from not 'bleeding out' but also the baby though born at 28.5 weeks, will be coming home from the NICU in the next week or so. and I got to keep my uterus...
I am very upset about the choice being taken away from me since I was really hoping to have more kids but I know I should be happy with the two beautiful boys I have.. in any case- sounds like you probably have or had placenta accreta... I know there's not much on the internet but try googling it..
laura
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