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.)

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Rainy Day

I have been getting back into freezer meals lately. There is something so comforting about having a freezer full of food ready to go at a moments notice. Especially in my life right now... I need some back up. Life as a mom is hectic no matter how many kids you have. There are many days where it will be 5:00 and Im thinking to myself... Oh, yeah, dinner... Woops!

I spent the day preparing for a rainy day, cloudy day, lazy day, or even a hot summer day. I love doing crockpot meals for those hot summer days. My dryer sucks my electricity up like its an ice cold Dr Pepper. So using the oven is pretty much off limits in the summer, unless I want it to suck even more electricity. 

I made a freezer bag full of french toast, a bag of english muffin, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches. I was going to make hamburgers, but I forgot about the meat and burned it. :( sad day.I like   being able to bring out an already cooked burger, nuke it in the microwave and voila! Oh well...i also made a double batch of homemade mac and cheese. One in a foil pan and one cooked to perfection and tossed in individual containers for a quick nuke. I also did taco meat, shredded chicken, garlic butter pasta and garlic mashed potatoes. Im pooped! 

Ill have to post pictures of the whole lot, when I am done. Ive got a few more things on the plate for tomorrow. For now, I'm falling asleep. Nighty night world!


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