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.)

Monday, January 6, 2014

January Morning

'Hello my friends. I apologize for my long absence. I recieved a message from a sweet woman who has been following my blog and was worried about me because of my lack of posting. I didnt realize there were still people out there that cared about reading my blog still. So thank you for keeping tabs on me. It makes me feel so special!

I am doing well. Since my last post I went through a phase of rejection. I rejected anything having to do with accreta if at all possible. It just terrified me for some reason. The emotional side effects have been really a challenge fore me this year. Im naturally a very anxious person as it is, so Im not surprised that its thrown me off this year.

Can you believe in a couple of weeks it will be a year since I went into the hospital? A year!! 2013 was a really interesting year for our little family. One I would never choose to re-live but one that has been so full of miracles and blessings as well. If there is one thing that I can take away from the last year, it is that God knows and loves me, Jennie Plastow. I have been so blessed to see him bless my life in so many ways. God is good.

Caleb is 10 months old now. He is pulling himself up on things, then attempting to let go and fly solo. He even took a step before falling to the ground. It took him 8 months to even sit on his own. Now he is wanting to walk! It has been so fun watching his little personality come out more and more. He loves his daddy! They laugh and laugh together. He especially loves when Trever has a scruffy face. Trever will rub the bottom of Caleb's feet across his wiskers and Caleb will burst out in laughter. Oh, its so much fun! He melts my heart when I walk into the room and he starts moving every part of his body possible, in excitement. He may be daddy's side kick, but he is mommys snuggle bug. Oh how I love my little man.

He and Becca, my two year old have a special friendship too. Already, I can tell that they are connected. They love to play one the floor together. I wtch their eyes as they communicate with each other in their own way. Kindred spirits. I love it. Becca calls him buddy. "Hah  buh-ee" (hi buddy) is something she says to him many times throughout the day. Priceless!

Trever, my hero, has been such an amazing husband this year. I have always known he was the cream of the crop, but this year he went above and beyond. Im amazed at the things he has had to endure this year. He is an amazing man. Im so thankful for him!

So there is now a non prophet organization out there, for accretas! Their website is http://www.hopeforaccreta.org/     I am so excited for the things this amazing woman has put together.
On the 10th of this month, they are having a nation wide blood drive to donate blood back to the blood banks.
Blood banks are our saving grace. Without them, we would lose so many more to accreta. 


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