NZKiwi
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I had an emergency c section, which was a traumatic birth for me (I was a planned home birth) after I was prescribed voltaran. 9 days later I had no appetite and I started to have black loose stools and severe back pain. My husband got me to hospital where they performed a procedure where they put a camera down my throat into my stomach, it turned out I had two stomach ulcers but as they were looking they actually ruptured and took out an artery. They were able to stop my bleeding but I did have three blood transfusions. I had been sedated for it but came to partially when I bled out, I remember vomiting and struggling violently and being held down, later I came to again and realised I was covered in blood and so was the bed (that's what I had been vomiting up) I was so hot and my chest was hurting and then I faded out of consciousness again. I ended up in the high dependency unit and in hospital for 6 days separated from my newborn. I wasn't allowed to bf or pump to keep my supply as I was so sick the surgeon's wanted my body's resources to go to healing not milk production. It turns out the bad acid reflux I had during pregnancy gave me stomach ulcers, then the voltaran after the c section ate into them and made them life threatening. I almost died in that procedure and was told had my husband not brought me into hospital I most likely would have collapsed and died at home. I now have flashback's and am in therapy for PTSD and pnd.
Just wondering if there are any other ladies recovering from near death experiences from their pregnancies or labour's and how they are coping etc, maybe we can talk here and share and have support (if it isn't to triggering of course)
Just wondering if there are any other ladies recovering from near death experiences from their pregnancies or labour's and how they are coping etc, maybe we can talk here and share and have support (if it isn't to triggering of course)