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.)
I sent an email to the only email address I could find on here. But my name is Nancy. I gave birth to a 25 weeker about 8 years ago. As a former NICU mom I would love to provide a service to you that was given to me. I am a photographer and would love to provide some pictures of your sweet miracle in the NICU. The service that I was provide have become the most sweetest photos I have of my little guy. I had placenta previa with him but the longest time in the NICU made me want to give back to the NICU moms that have to experience a different kind of fight. If you are interested my email is nancy.brown05@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am also hoping that you will take me up on an offer to do family and newborn photos as a service to your family. It would be my honor and pleasure to take photos of your family AND your sweet girls and miracle boy!
It never ceases to amaze me at what a small world it is. Jennie I used to work with Nancy a few years ago. She is such an amazing person. She would do such a fantastic job taking photos of your little guy. Nancy Jennie and her cute family are in our ward.
ReplyDeleteJennie you and your family are in our prayers. Caleb is such a sweet boy. I love all the hair he has. So glad to hear that you both are doing so well.