07-Aug-2008, 14:33
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Doing access to midwifery course
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Re: Your babies birth stories
Hi all 
I introduced myself before but now i,ve come across this thread i wanted to reply .My story is very long so i,ll give you the shortened version!!!. I had my first baby when i was 16 and went on to have another 5 !!.Never really had any probs ,did have very mild pre eclampsia once and i carry the strep b bug but that's it really.We concieved our 7th baby quite quickly and heard h/b at 12 weeks.I went for my scan a few days later and it was devastating.I had two sacks but only one baby had a heartbeat. radiographer told us that that baby was seriously ill. My baby was diagnosed with Anencephaly ,My world had utterly ended. I didn't even consider a termination and decided to carry my baby full term.I was told there was no risk to me except i may develop polyhydramnios.Anyway i did develop poly and was seriously large ,i couldn't walk 10 steps without being out of breath,i even had to give up collecting my kids from school. My DR had agreed to do c/s as research has shown that babies with anen can survive longer if born this way,and after reaching full term i didn't want to lose him at the last hurdle. I went into labour at 36.5 weeks ( 2 weeks before C section) ,I had a spinal and never felt a thing at first .My beautiful son was born at 8.08pm and passed away at 8.25pm -we were devastated ,even though we knew he would die nothing prepares you for when it actually happens.Just after Luca was born i began having pains in my stomach which quickly got worse ,when my baby died i was in utter agony words cant even describe the pain -The spinal had failed. A entonox mask was quickly put on my face ,and i was given morphine and whatever else but nothing even touched the pain. everyone was asking me to "go to sleep" but i refused as i wanted to be with Luca even though at this time i knew he had gone. After a hour of pain i couldn't stand it and agreed to the GA ,i was petrified i could hear commotion around me and knew that i was bleeding heavily .Surgeon said they may need to do a hysterectomy if bleeding couldn't be controlled but i utterly refused. When i awoke some hours later the first thing i ask was if Luca had died ( head was still muddled) and then i asked if they had done the hysterectomy (they had) .At that point i told everyone who would listen that i wished i hadnt come off the table.I discharged myself 3 days later and can tell you that it is the very worst feeling walking off labour ward without your baby.
8 months later i feel i,ve now turned a corner and i,m starting my access course in Sept 08 with the view to starting uni 09. I understand so much that pregnancy doesn't always result in a little bundle of joy and feel i can put my own experiences to good use. Midwifery has been my lifelong dream and i,m going to try my very hardest to achieve it.
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