My name is Jennie. I'm a wife and a mother. I have been married to the man of my dreams, Trever, for 9 wonderful years. We have 5 beautiful daughters who fill our lives with joy and excitement. We just had our 6th child. Our son Caleb.

I was diagnosed with a rare condition called Placenta Accreta along with Placenta Previa. Accreta is a condition where the placenta attaches to the scar tissue in the uterus. It will often continue to grow to deeper tissue (increta) and even through the uterus attaching to other organs(percreta). I ended up having an 11 hour surgery, including a hystorectomy, and bladder repair. I received 7 units of blood and blood parts. (This is a lot of blood loss for my surgeons, but minimal blood loss to those who are not as experienced in these deliveries. I spent 36 hours in the ICU after surgery. I have also had many other complications afterwards including another minor surgery 2 weeks later. These complications are somewhat normal for the type of surgery I had.

I had a team of specialists doing my surgery. Obgyns, Gyno-oncologists, trauma surgeons, urologists and anesthesiologists. This team has specialized in techniques helping with minimal blood loss. Those with accreta , loose large amounts of blood because the placenta cannot detach naturally at delivery.

My goal is to help save women's lives by giving this terrible condition a voice. So many are ignorant to its fatal attack. Doctors and women alike, need to be educated about Accreta. Many have never even heard of it. The numbers are on the rise because of so many women choosing to have c-sections when it isn't necessary. Not all women can avoid it, but many can. Please help me give Accreta a voice, by sharing the information in this blog. (There are numerous posts with information on Accreta as well as the Accreta team who took such great care of me.)

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Jan 30

We are almost to February. The clock is slowly ticking. Hopefully February will go by quickly. We have 3 birthdays and a baptism. We will have lots of family in town, so that gives me something extra to look forward to!

Today was a weird day. I'm not sure why... It was just weird. I did get to see 4-5 members of the Accreta team today. I saw the urologist's assistants. And a doctor from the interventional radiology department. One of the residents seemed a little pushy about my blood sugar, saying I'm diabetic and it was like he was getting on my case about what I ate for breakfast.  But as far as I understand, my numbers are just fine. So that kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I do need to do some research about gestational diabetes because I know practically nothing about the subject. Oh we'll... Just a personality issue...

Sleeping has been tough. They leave me alone at night but I can't seem to shut down and turn my brain off. So I've been trying to catch up on sleep in between the daily craziness. It has been interesting, but I am enjoying the relaxation. Not sure why I feel so blah today, physically and emotionally. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

On a great note, I get to video chat with my kiddos and the love of my life in a few!
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