January 2015. Ah, a new year. What wonders a new year holds. I found out I was pregnant with #8. I was so excited but so scared. I had a miscarriage in February of 2014 and it left me raw with emotions. Thankfully with the Lords grace I was able to be pregnant again. Things were going well. Even though I have uterinedydelphus, MTHFR and NAIT (Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia) things were going pretty well with the pregnancy. I found out in March that we were having a girl. The family was so excited after a streak of boys. We were excited for bows and dresses!
In early April around 20 + weeks I started my weekly IVIg therapy in hopes that my immune system would focus on something else other than the baby. It started out a little rough. I was having the worse migraine I had ever had. It hurt to move my head off of my pillow. I could barely open my eyes. I did make it downstairs to talk with my husband but ended up getting severely sick. I called my doctor and he suspected Aseptic Meningitis. Swelling on the brain. This is a side affect of the IVIg therapy. He put me on mannitol for the rest of my pregnancy hoping that it would fix the excess fluid off my brain. I was so swollen and big from all the Iv fluids and the mannitol.
The pregnancy continued well even though the ivig was rough. Dr. Paul did a sonogram every week to check Madison's progress. Every time she checked out fine. One day, a couple weeks before i delivered I was having some issues. The doctors did a thorough exam and felt that everything was fine.
I got up early the morning of the c-section. I was 36+6. Almost full term. I got my stuff to get ready for the hospital and as we were walking out of the house I had a thought to have Brian take a picture of my belly. But we were in a hurry so I thought I'd wait til we got to the hospital. After we got there things started going fast. I really wanted that picture. Something inside me knew something was wrong. I told the nurse that I was beginning to have contractions and they didn't feel like normal contractions. They burned. She said that in a few minutes I'd be back in the OR and everything would be fine.
I got back in the OR and they prepped me. As I was laying there I started to have a ton of anxiety and I got scared. They gave me something to relax me. The next thing I know Dr. Paul tells me I shouldn't have anymore children. When he opened me up for the c-section there was a hole inside the uterus. If Madison's water would have broke she would have been free floating in my abdomen. We were lucky to be alive the doctor said. They had to do repair work but thankfully I didn't need a hysterectomy. The doctor said the incision just became weak and opened up. I had no pain until the day I came in for my c-section and started to contract. Madison has also been my first full term baby since we found out about NAIT.
Today I am so thankful for my baby girl. The Lord has been so gracious! She is a tremendous blessing! I can't imagine life without her.
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