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.)

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Lets just say, I spoke too soon on not having to do the non stress test for a few days. The next day my spotting was back, just one time in the morning, but a little heavier. So now I have to do one every day. They are so stressful a for me! Kind of ironic huh?  And I don't like how if he isn't moving enough they have this little thing that they put on my stomach that buzzes and shocks him or something to get him moving. Then he seams just stressed after that, and pushes hard on me. Then I'm in pain. I really want to look into those things and see what it is they really do and if its necessary.  My real doctor doesn't get back here until later next week to ask him.

This may be too much information but I had a bit of a breakdown today because my spotting came again just this morning, but it was newer blood. Before, it has been darker older blood. So I was worried they would freak out about things even more. So far they haven't, thank my lucky stars. I just don't think I will do we'll mentally or physically if I am hooked up to machines and IV's etc for the next 8 weeks! Though I have to tell myself, if I don't, then the baby probably will. So it's all worth it.

I had a fun girls night with my mom, Hayley and Anna last night. We laughed and played games. A very much needed stress reliever for me. I was hoping to get to play again today with Trever and the girls, but they all have nasty colds, so we thought it would be best if they rested and I don't get sick. I miss my babies!
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