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, August 1, 2019

Out of the Mouth of Babes

It has been ages since I have written.  I need to get on and update more.  Not for anyone else... but for me. I love writing. It helps me process in such deeper ways.  Today's post will be short. Something happened tonight. So profound... so true. 

A quick background... We have been though some really rough crud this month. An extended family member physically assaulted one of my children.  We have been dealing with CPS, Three different police departments... it has been horrible, heart wrenching and in short...Hell.

There have been so many blessings that have come out of it though. Our eyes were opened to many many things. Most importantly... we are stronger and closer than ever as a little family. I have been especially strengthened through this process.  The Lord has blessed me with so much strength and patience. The old Jennie who would have run away while throwing every dart possible at this person to make them pay for what they did.  We took our time, prayed like crazy and showed ourselves and others grace.

But the biggest blessing of all happened tonight during family prayer. This child who has been targeted by this person for years. The verbal and emotional abuse has been inexcusable over the years. Then this month they crossed the line with this child.  ( We later found out during this process that this wasn't the first time this line has been crossed with others of my children. :( )  Anyway Tonight, this child of mine prayed that this family member could get the help that they need so that they could see them again. I was so touched by their childlike forgiveness and understanding. The Christlike love that radiated through that prayer was so touching. I had to journal it to remember this day. This child taught me so much tonight. What a blessing it is to be their mother.
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