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, May 28, 2013

I Came, I Saw, I Conquered

Today was a seriously rough day. I had originally planned on making today my "cleaning day". A friend of mine does her big deep clean stuff all in one day. I did it last summer with the kids and loved it. I figured, that now was as good a time as any to start that back up again. During the school year, the routine gets a little tougher to do that. Too many littles at home with not as many helpers. Not to mention the morning, mid-day and afternoon pickups.

Anyway, last night I didn't get to bed until 3:30 so needless to say, I was pooped this morning. We finally got cleaning and I was wiped out after the first room. I still have a lot of clutter spots that need attention from moving in and not being able to get to them for so long. I was stressed and tired, so that rolled over to the girls attitudes. They were being lazy and fighting and blah blah blah. Not to mention, their idea of putting thigs away was to toss them into the next room.

I very quickly began to feel defeated. I felt like a bad mom for not teaching my kids the art of doing things right the first time. I was feeling overwhelmed with the fact that we still haven't been able to sell our car and get one that we can all fit in. I was stressed about finances and all of the bills still piling up that we never seem to be able to conquer. As soon as we get caught up, something else happens to set us back again. It's so frustrating! All of these things were nagging at me all day. As the day progressed, I only got worse. I spilled and burned part of dinner, I yelled at my kinds, I broke into tears many times. Ugh, it was a terrible day!

My sweet friend Kenzie texted me and knew exactly what to say to make me feel a little better. It gave me enough umph to get through prayer and scripture study, along with FHE. Trever had to work late.  During scriptures, I broke down again as I read. My girls were just staring at me like... Uh, what  should we do? I read the scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 98 vs 1-2


Verily I say unto you my friends, fear not, let your hearts be comforted; yea, rejoice evermore, and in everything give thanks; 
2 Waiting patiently on the Lord, for your prayers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, and are recorded with this seal and testament—the Lord hath sworn and decreed that they shall be granted. 

 I felt like the Lord was speaking right to me. I have been praying like crazy the past couple of weeks for help in a few areas and for a few things that we need. It was like he was telling me, I heard your prayers, and you will receive the blessings you desire, just be patient. I really needed that at that moment!

I managed to get through FHE and even read the girls a chapter in our book. McKenzie is giving the talk in primary on Sunday. Trever encouraged her to try to write it herself and then share it with us during FHE. She did an amazing talk! I was so inmpressed how much that girl knows. It's amazing. Although, ha... I just realized, we are blessing Caleb on Sunday then going to my nieces blessing, so we won't even be there. Whoops. Ps, you are all welcome to join us on Sunday for the blessing if you would like.

Anyway, tender mercies for this mama. Trever came home and I was ignoring him. I sometimes get so wound up that I want to just ignore him because I know that if I open my mouth, it won't be pretty, what comes out. I don't want him to get caught in the middle of my drama and chaotic feelings. So I just ignore him until I can sort through things and communicate how I am feeling without screaming. I feel bad though, because then he thinks I'm mad at him, but really, I don't want him to think its him at all, that's why I keep my mouth shut. Lol

Anyway, tonight I put my head down and conquered some serious piles that needed taken down. I cleaned and organized and washed and scrubbed for hours. It feels so good to have a clean kitchen with everything in its place and a clean bedroom/closet. Ah, I feel so much better having fraught against that feeling of being defeated and taking our a huge source of stress! I know I should relax and not stress about my house so much, and I let a lot of things go when I can. But it often effects my anxiety, stress and emotions when I have a cluttered house. I did it though. I am so proud of myself!
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