Tarah
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Just a recap ........
......... Well I was measuring big all the way through, my temp MW noticed I should of had a GTT test so arranged it straight away as 36 weeks is cut off. I had a growth scan at first and baby was actually measuring small was on the bottom line they said she was 5lb 2. I had protein in urine at previous MW appointment so she had asked for my BP and urine to be done as well . BP was really high but finally went down but was told a MW would have to come every day to check BP and urine. On the second day the MW came round it was high went ADAU and was still high and protein in urine so had to stay in for 2 nights was diagnosed with mild pre eclampsia I was observed whilst I was there spent a ling time when ever I was on the CTG machine and the MW were never happy with the trace as the baby was never really active but doctors said it was ok. I was told I would be induced at 38!weeks I was also put on medication to control my high BP . At my mv appointment on wed 8th Jan BP was high so got sent to triage MW couldn't find hb which was worrying so doctor scanned me it was because of position but he noticed that my fluids were low so said that I would be induced the next day instead at 37+1 weeks
I was induced Thursday 9th January was on the ctg machine loads once for 3 hours as MW was not happy with babies movements twice hb went to 90 but they were unsure if it had picked up my hb doctors kept saying it was ok when they showed them after 24 hours nothing. MW put me on ctg monitor again and wasn't happy with it doctor said it was ok again. I Had the second pessary put in and MW wasn't happy with the trace on the ctg again doctors came down and I was basically told I was going to have a section as baby was in distressing I got so emotional and started crying as I wanted a normal birth I hadn't even got into labour or anything and my partner wasn't there and they said they could not wait and prepped my sister just in case he made it at the last minute. He was so good and just spoke to me the whole way through cant even remember what we spoke about lol!
I knew there was something wrong as I didn't hear her cry but as soon as she did I knew it was girl by her cry lol! Which is what we both wanted anyway. My OH Paul got to see her but I didn't as they rushed her off. She was also quite small and only weighed 4lb 5 although the growth scan the week before measured her at 5lb 3 although the MW that did it got a second opinion from another MW as measurements were small the other MW did it and came up with smaller measurements but they went with the first lot and I was meant to have another one 2 weeks later. Anyway the Doctor came and seen me afterwards and say they are glad they acted when they did and that my placenta was small and low down and that I probably wouldn't have been able to give birth naturally anyway because of it. In recovery I was so sick afterwards threw up 4 times, I should of spent the next couple of days resting but as soon as I could walk and feel my feet which was the next morning I wanted to be by her bedside as often as I could especially as I wanted to be able to comfort her when she cried and I know they don't always do and also to bond with her I had missed all of that because she was taken straight away . I didn't realise a c section was classed as major surgery I also didn't realise that her birth was that bad until I read her birth report she was blue and lifeless when she cam out and didn't respond until they gave her 8 breaths of oxygen. She spent 16 hours in intensive care on a ventilator which was there just in case she needed help breathing. She was then in a incubator until the Monday late evening then I finally had her to myself until then she was finally allowed home on wed 15th January after her course of antibiotics. It was such a stressful and upsetting time was starting to feel really down until I could have her to myself. I still had to be monitored the whole time I was there for blood pressure and it was consistently high one time it was 167/107. I still have to get regular visits from MW for them to check it and I'm still on a high dose of medication.
I don't understand how my low placenta was never picked up at my 20 week scan my MW said it can be dangerous to try and deliver naturally with a low placenta I know it can cause a lot of bleeding. The woman in the bed next to me had a low lying placenta and she said she came into hospital with severe bleeding and that she had an emergency section and also had to have a blood transfusion.
Thank goodness for midwives they seem to know a lot more about babies than doctors as every time I was on the ctg machine they were not happy with it as baby was never active but doctors always fobbed them off and said she was fine. I said the same to my community MW and she said she's glad I said that and that she remembers a time she refused to put a pessary in as she wasn't happy with the trace on the ctg and though the baby was in distress but the doctor said it was fine. Somebody else put it in when she left work and she learnt a couple of days later when she came back to work that the baby had died as it was too distressed. This was the MW that originally sent me to the hospital to have GTT I'm so thankful for her. She was telling my MW that she just had a hunch and that everything at my MW a appointment was borderline but there was just something telling her to send me to the hospital just in case and ordinarily protein in urine wouldn't have normally alarmed her but because she noticed I hadn't had my GTT and because of my stomach measurements she arranged it to be done and they decided to do a growth scan which then put me on the very bottom line although I was normally was above the highest.
The whole experience has put me off having children again lol! She is so perfect though I would not change her for the world.
......... Well I was measuring big all the way through, my temp MW noticed I should of had a GTT test so arranged it straight away as 36 weeks is cut off. I had a growth scan at first and baby was actually measuring small was on the bottom line they said she was 5lb 2. I had protein in urine at previous MW appointment so she had asked for my BP and urine to be done as well . BP was really high but finally went down but was told a MW would have to come every day to check BP and urine. On the second day the MW came round it was high went ADAU and was still high and protein in urine so had to stay in for 2 nights was diagnosed with mild pre eclampsia I was observed whilst I was there spent a ling time when ever I was on the CTG machine and the MW were never happy with the trace as the baby was never really active but doctors said it was ok. I was told I would be induced at 38!weeks I was also put on medication to control my high BP . At my mv appointment on wed 8th Jan BP was high so got sent to triage MW couldn't find hb which was worrying so doctor scanned me it was because of position but he noticed that my fluids were low so said that I would be induced the next day instead at 37+1 weeks
I was induced Thursday 9th January was on the ctg machine loads once for 3 hours as MW was not happy with babies movements twice hb went to 90 but they were unsure if it had picked up my hb doctors kept saying it was ok when they showed them after 24 hours nothing. MW put me on ctg monitor again and wasn't happy with it doctor said it was ok again. I Had the second pessary put in and MW wasn't happy with the trace on the ctg again doctors came down and I was basically told I was going to have a section as baby was in distressing I got so emotional and started crying as I wanted a normal birth I hadn't even got into labour or anything and my partner wasn't there and they said they could not wait and prepped my sister just in case he made it at the last minute. He was so good and just spoke to me the whole way through cant even remember what we spoke about lol!
I knew there was something wrong as I didn't hear her cry but as soon as she did I knew it was girl by her cry lol! Which is what we both wanted anyway. My OH Paul got to see her but I didn't as they rushed her off. She was also quite small and only weighed 4lb 5 although the growth scan the week before measured her at 5lb 3 although the MW that did it got a second opinion from another MW as measurements were small the other MW did it and came up with smaller measurements but they went with the first lot and I was meant to have another one 2 weeks later. Anyway the Doctor came and seen me afterwards and say they are glad they acted when they did and that my placenta was small and low down and that I probably wouldn't have been able to give birth naturally anyway because of it. In recovery I was so sick afterwards threw up 4 times, I should of spent the next couple of days resting but as soon as I could walk and feel my feet which was the next morning I wanted to be by her bedside as often as I could especially as I wanted to be able to comfort her when she cried and I know they don't always do and also to bond with her I had missed all of that because she was taken straight away . I didn't realise a c section was classed as major surgery I also didn't realise that her birth was that bad until I read her birth report she was blue and lifeless when she cam out and didn't respond until they gave her 8 breaths of oxygen. She spent 16 hours in intensive care on a ventilator which was there just in case she needed help breathing. She was then in a incubator until the Monday late evening then I finally had her to myself until then she was finally allowed home on wed 15th January after her course of antibiotics. It was such a stressful and upsetting time was starting to feel really down until I could have her to myself. I still had to be monitored the whole time I was there for blood pressure and it was consistently high one time it was 167/107. I still have to get regular visits from MW for them to check it and I'm still on a high dose of medication.
I don't understand how my low placenta was never picked up at my 20 week scan my MW said it can be dangerous to try and deliver naturally with a low placenta I know it can cause a lot of bleeding. The woman in the bed next to me had a low lying placenta and she said she came into hospital with severe bleeding and that she had an emergency section and also had to have a blood transfusion.
Thank goodness for midwives they seem to know a lot more about babies than doctors as every time I was on the ctg machine they were not happy with it as baby was never active but doctors always fobbed them off and said she was fine. I said the same to my community MW and she said she's glad I said that and that she remembers a time she refused to put a pessary in as she wasn't happy with the trace on the ctg and though the baby was in distress but the doctor said it was fine. Somebody else put it in when she left work and she learnt a couple of days later when she came back to work that the baby had died as it was too distressed. This was the MW that originally sent me to the hospital to have GTT I'm so thankful for her. She was telling my MW that she just had a hunch and that everything at my MW a appointment was borderline but there was just something telling her to send me to the hospital just in case and ordinarily protein in urine wouldn't have normally alarmed her but because she noticed I hadn't had my GTT and because of my stomach measurements she arranged it to be done and they decided to do a growth scan which then put me on the very bottom line although I was normally was above the highest.
The whole experience has put me off having children again lol! She is so perfect though I would not change her for the world.
i'm pleased you and Skylar are better now. 
xxx
