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.)

Friday, April 26, 2013

Funny Nurses

I am up missing my boy tonight. I just called his nurse. He was so funny. Caleb is spitting up a bunch. He said he was going to try more frequent feedings and just less amounts and see how that goes tonight. Which I totally agree with, and so does the speech therapist. Anyway but he said he was going to spank his "little hinny" if he doesn't straighten up. Then he said he hasn't had any bradycardias (bradys) tonight, so that is good news. I mentioned how he was supposed to come home but he had one earlier. He said yeah, he told me there was a 34 week-er down the hallway that he thought was pretty hot, so he wants to hang on for her. Ah hahaha. He made my night saying that. He said he is going to have to stop parading all of the cute girls down the hallway by his room so Caleb will want to go home.  Ah, I love how fun these nurses are.

Caleb has been up and down in his weight this week too. Which is understandable due to the times that he needs to fill his diaper and such. He hasn't been drastic in it at all so that's good. He is down just a little bit from then I last reported I think. Tonight he was 7 lbs 6 oz.
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