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, April 27, 2013

Nesting

I king of did things backwards this pregnancy. I rested, then bled, then had the baby, and now I am in nesting mode. My mom came over the other day and helped me organize, then today we picked up where we left off. We moved in about three weeks before I went into the hospital. Being on bed rest, I couldn't really organize and put things where I wanted. We had tons of people help unpack for us, which was a huge blessing. I was never able to figure out my groove in this house though, so I never knew where I wanted things to go.

Today we got the girls room in order. I say we very liberally. I did what I could, while I sat. They did the rest. :) their bunk beds are up and they are beautiful. My Trever did an amazing job on making them. We cleaned up and got their clothes organized. Both rooms are now finally organized and cleaned! My room is next.  We worked on the family room a little bit and got their toys organized. Then we decided to go have some family fun time.

We took the girls to the library and got some books and movies. I was pretty wiped out from the day already, so I stayed in the car while Trever and the girls ran to walmart for some groceries.

I'm feeling so much more ready to jump into action this next week. I'm praying that this catheter is out on Monday so that I am ready to go full force. I want to start walking and healing completely as soon as possible. It's awkward to do most things having that sucker attached to me. Having that out, will be so much easier to take care of Caleb when he get home too.

He is up to 7 lbs 9oz now! The best news is that he hasn't had any bradys for a few days! Hopefully he will hang on and won't have to come home on monitors.
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  1. Carrie PlastowApril 27, 2013 at 10:21 PM

    Hooray for the bunkbeds! I'll bet the girls are thrilled. :-)

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