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.)

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tender little mercies

Happy Thursday everyone!

The resident doctor that kind of rubbed me the wrong way yesterday, came in today and told me that he pulled the plug on my needing to test blood sugar 4 times a day!! He is my new best friend. :-) I must of misunderstood his comments or personality because what I thought was calling me out on my blood sugar was actually the opposite. Great news. So just to be sure, next week they want to do the 3 hour glucose test on me to see exactly where my levels are at. It's a higher dose, and I have to go into it fasting, but this way I can avoid doing the one hour and then having to end up doing the 3 hour one later possibly.

Today is the day that I am supposed to do an NST (non stress test) on the baby for 20 min. The nurse yesterday accidentally did it yesterday instead. I was so glad to hear that I didn't have to do that again today. It's not a big deal, just uncomfortable.  I was also glad that it was over with so I didn't have to mess with it today.

I have had such a hard time sleeping at night, that today I wanted to just chill and not watch to clock for tests etc. I wanted and needed a serious nap. It was so nice to get one today. Tender mercies, I tell ya. It's really the little things.

It seems like today is the first day that I have really been able to rest and have some quiet time to process. I'm sure we have all had those moments where we just want to check into a hotel for a week and do nothing. I get to have that moment. This is no Ritz-Carlton but I'm getting pretty spoiled. I just lay here and push a button when I want or need something. I go take a shower and come out to clean sheets and made up bed. Breakfast lunch and dinner in bed... Ahh this is the life!

I had a weird dream last night that I went home and everyone was doing their own thing. Trever had his own routine and I wasn't part of it. It kind of made me scared. For any of you who know Trever, you are probably laughing right now....because he is just not that kind of man.... It is just weird to think that the whole world is progressing and everyone is going on with their lives and I'm kind of in limbo for a bit. I'll come home to lots of changes in just a couple of months. One of those weird out of body moments for me.

Oh well, for now I'm going to enjoy the R&R and keep this baby cooking away. I'll see you all in 9 weeks!!
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  1. UnknownJanuary 31, 2013 at 8:53 PM

    Hi Jennie this is Andrea Price from Galveston 1st Ward. I heard about your blog from your Sister-in-law. Wanted to let you know you, Trevor and family are in my thoughts and prayers. I had "kind of" "similar" experience with our last baby only I was on bedrest for the first three and half months of the pregnancy. Yes bedrest gets old after awhile but do your best to "enjoy" it. I remeber while you were in our ward you always had a smile on your face and great attitude about life. Thank you for updating your blog, praying and wishing the best for you and your family

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    1. Jennie PlastowJanuary 31, 2013 at 9:04 PM

      Thanks so much Andrea! We appreciate the prayers so much.

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  2. SharonJanuary 31, 2013 at 9:44 PM

    Jennie, we are thinking about you and praying for you every day! I love how you are making the best of this and trying to stay positive. You are an inspiration to me! So many people will be fasting for you this Sunday, and I can't wait because I know you will feel the power of the fast. We love you! Hang in there!

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    1. Jennie PlastowFebruary 1, 2013 at 6:25 AM

      Thanks so much Sharon. We sure love and appreciate you guys.

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