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Born at 28 weeks...please read, i need opinions

gretchensm0m - 05:07pm Feb 27, 2009 EST

my second child, a boy, was born on february 11th 2009 at 28 weeks. the story is, i had placenta previa since december and eventually was put on strict bed rest, but it did not stop the bleeding. i was admitted into the hospital the first time for 2 days, one week later i was back for bleeding and stayed a week. four days after that i was admitted for the final time (for bleeding) and stayed for a month. at about 12am on february 11th my water broke at the hospital and i thought "here we go, this is it" but to my surprise my doctor said, lets wait it out, lots of women can have their water break and still go weeks. i wasnt very comfortable with it but i figured that they were the doctors and know what they are talking about. so i go back to sleep to wake up the next morning with a high fever, they said that it is a sign of infection and would have to take the baby that day... but werent really in a hurry. by the time i had gotten my c-section my contractions were less than a minute apart and it was 5:55pm. at first we thought everything would be ok, but at only his 2nd day of life we were informed that my baby boy had e.coli, septicemia, and meningitis. i was devistated, i couldnt understand where all this would come from. he had his ups and downs (mostly downs) and in the end he had become brain dead and we had to let him go. he made it a week. but not only did he have these illnesses, i do too, everything except the meningitis, but i also had an abcess under my c-section and some blood clots in my abdomen that are infected. i am still super sick. this is the hardest thing i have ever had to go through and i cant help but think that this all could have prevented had they had just taken him when my water broke. any thoughts?

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elenahope - Mar 10, 2009 4:46 pm (#7 Total: 8)  

 

hello

I am so sorry about what happened. I know it's so difficult to lose a child. I've been there. I'm sure everything seems so surreal and you wished that all this is just a nightmare. Stay strong and you'll get through this somehow.

About what happened to you, regarding placenta previa and your water breaking; it's frustrating and it's easier to put blame on the medical profession. I did the same thing. I also had placenta previa and my water broke at 25wks. I was bedrest in the hospital and didn't go into labor at 29wks. I really thought my daughter had a great chance of being okay. However, her lungs were too immature and she didn't make it. I blamed my OB for not diagnosing that I was slowly leaking a wk before it happened. I was sent home twice before I was diagnosed that my water broke. It's so much easier to blame others so that we wouldn't have to deal with our losses. But the unfortunate thing is that no matter what we do, we still don't have our babies with us. We just need to learn to accept the loss and live our lives as best as we could in honor of our babies.

My thoughts and prayers are with you. May you find peace within your heart.

Sincerely,

Elena

MangoMomma - Mar 12, 2009 7:53 am (#8 Total: 8)  

 

If you truly have the time, energy, and are emotionally strong enough to hear the truth, whatever it may be - and are still in doubt, then yes - I'd want to know. I'd make an apt with another doctor and an attorney - and I'd find out if anyone was at fault and should be held accountable, or if it was just nature gone wrong. It could help give you peace of mind and of heart.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Please take care.



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