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On Saturday 4/6/16 we had our baby girl at 26 +5 weeks, her name is Isabelle, she weighed 1Ibs 3. She was born sleeping.
We're on holiday in north Devon and on Friday 3/6/16 I got cramping for a few hours, I thought it was ligament stretching, but then I had a slight bleed. After calling my midwife and the local hospital I was advised to come in. On being assessed they couldn't find a heartbeat for the baby so they scanned me and we found that our baby wasn't moving. We had lost it (I say 'it' because at the time we didn't know what the gender was). +3 protein was found in my urine and my blood pressure was through the roof, I had severe preeclampsia. I went down hill very quickly. I was shivering, I developed an infection and I had started getting septicemia. They tried to induce labour with a course of pessarys, they didn't work, so Saturday morning I was taken to theatre for a c section. I was numb, I can't remember thinking anything while I was lying there being put under general anathtetic. We met our baby that evening. Holding a sleeping baby that was never going to cry or smile or laugh was devastating.
Each day is getting better but in still in hospital, going home is going to be a test.
When we get home we've got to plan a funeral
.
Sorry about such a personal post.
We're on holiday in north Devon and on Friday 3/6/16 I got cramping for a few hours, I thought it was ligament stretching, but then I had a slight bleed. After calling my midwife and the local hospital I was advised to come in. On being assessed they couldn't find a heartbeat for the baby so they scanned me and we found that our baby wasn't moving. We had lost it (I say 'it' because at the time we didn't know what the gender was). +3 protein was found in my urine and my blood pressure was through the roof, I had severe preeclampsia. I went down hill very quickly. I was shivering, I developed an infection and I had started getting septicemia. They tried to induce labour with a course of pessarys, they didn't work, so Saturday morning I was taken to theatre for a c section. I was numb, I can't remember thinking anything while I was lying there being put under general anathtetic. We met our baby that evening. Holding a sleeping baby that was never going to cry or smile or laugh was devastating.
Each day is getting better but in still in hospital, going home is going to be a test.
When we get home we've got to plan a funeral
. Sorry about such a personal post.
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Sweet Isabelle, sleep well.
