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.)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Ode To Joy

I just got fabulous news from Caleb's nurse! His feeding tube is coming out today. She is going to take it out at his next feeding. She said he is eating really well by mouth. I really think that my boot camp with him, really helped out. My big boy could possibly be coming home in 2 days! I know that there is a huge possibility that they may want to watch him longer than that. The minimum that he can come home is two days later. Either way, he is one huge step closer to coming home. He is now 7 lbs 4 oz and 20 inches long. He is almost double his birth weight. Man oh man I am one happy camper.  I am going to go spend the night with him again tonight if everything goes according to planned. He is going to get his two month shots at the hospital probably. Then he just has to pass the car seat test and we are as good as home. Yippee!
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