Anyone got multiple gestational complications?

[thesmiths88]

I have, oh lucky me ....

1. Uterine malformation (partial bicornuate uterus)
2. Gestational diabetes - can't control with diet, injecting insulin 3 x day now
3. Just been told have a low lying placenta which is 2.7cm away from os at 32+4. I have another scan at 35 weeks but my placenta is posterior so I am not holding out much hope of it having moved much!

I wonder what else can go wrong ......

 

[midori1999]

I'm not pregnant now, but if it makes you feel any better I had:

-waters broke around twin 1 at 14+5, meaning bedrest and blood tests 3 to 4 times a week

-low lying placenta

-bleeding at 18 weeks

-bi lateral pulmonary emboli at 21 weeks, meaning hospitalisation on oxygen then (and still!) twice daily injections of clexane.

-choriamnionitis at 23+5 that sent me into labour.

I am hoping my next pregancy will be somewhat less eventful!

Good luck with your pregnancy.

 

[amber1533]

I have GD and just was diagnosed with preeclampsia, now I have to be induced at 37 weeks and am on bed rest, but have to go to the doc three times a week for the next two weeks. (until the induction date Sept 24th)

Baby is completely healthy tho, so I don't really feel like my pregnancy has been complicated like i've read some peoples stories.

 

[Tanikit]

I am hypothyroid, diabetic type 1 and have bipolar disorder (though I am off meds for now for that one)

So far all is ok, though it has been a rough pregnancy - more so than last.

to everyone dealing with more than one issue.

 

[ViolaPlayer]

Twin pregnancy, GD (insulin 5 times a day), getting PIH now and all before 20 weeks!

 

[Caezzybe]

Gestational diabetes, low lying placenta (which resolved) and a Down's syndrome child (missed by the screening tests and diagnosed after the birth)

 

[Kitty23]

Lol I had a few!

Hypothyroidism
Gestational diabetes
pre eclampsia
eclampsia- just terrifying! Minutes away from death
tachycardia- they thought I had a heart problem-
IUGR with Poppy- she stopped growing
SPD- still suffering now
Hyperemesis- violently sick up to 20 times a day for the whole pregnancy
I was in hospital so many times on a drip for being so dehydrated

Then after the birth I had
Kidney infection so bad they thought I had septecemia was on a drip
Spd
Abcess in my c section wound
Poppy had IUGR therefore is very small and thin
Noah has a hole in his heart ( its closing though )
And both babies are going to be tested for a genetic disorder my dh has!

Phew! Writing it all down makes me wonder if I want another lol! xxx

 

[thesmiths88]

Cor Kitty23 thats a lot! Makes me sound pathetic for complaining at all!

 

[nikkip19]

i had a awful pregnancy. this should make you feel better ... ready set go
-had strep b
-had kidney stones
- i had heart problems throughout pregnancy (SVT) heart rate would go over 200 beats per min. was put on meds which made baby stop moving so i went on bedrest instead of the meds(horrible)
-had clots and bleeding from 8 weeks on.
-fell down steps and got in a car accident in same day (on way to my anatomy ultrasound)... bled a ton from that
-my ab muscles ripped because i got so big... and a hernia the size of a grapefruit popped out (pain was unbearable)
- had mutiple vaginal infections throughout (BV).. again very painful
-had anxiety and panic attacks throughout the pregancy due to all of this stuff.
(im sure there is more... however i try to block stuff out haha)
had a 32 hour labor... then pushed for 4.5 hours. i was cut really bad and almost died from blood loss and heart acting up) also broke tailbone from labor.
after i had him i had a head to toe rash that was filled with huge pus bubbles and itchy and hell. so was put on large dose steriods to help... took 5 mths to go away and i gained 40 pds from the meds.

i think thats it. unbelieveable. believe it or not id do it again in a heartbeat because my Luca is worth everything i went through

 

[nikkip19]

oh i forgot the vomiting.... it was non-stop morning til night for 28 weeks... got dehydrated and ended up in hospital oye!!!!

 

[mummy3]

Can I join the club?
I think I've pretty much had most things, and preg again now!
Epilepsy
Hyperthyroid
Previous HELLP syndrome and eclampsia
hyperemesis
spd
complete placenta previa
Preterm labour (delivered 2 at 35 weeks 1 at 33 weeks)
pPROM
Kidney infections
Gallstones

Will add more if can remember, some of these are spread over 3 kids, Ob/gyn reckons can try to go for term this time but we'll see! #4 is my last though

 

[Kitty23]

Cor Kitty23 thats a lot! Makes me sound pathetic for complaining at all!

Lol you complain away! Even if you have a normal pregnancy its still tough but you've got pregnancy probs it makes it so much more tough! Just wait till lo is with you xxx

 

[hopedance]

oh my life i thought i was the only one in the world who had an awful pregnancy. i'm sorry you all had a tough time but i am so relieved to know i'm not the only one. we're currently thinking about having another baby though, if anyone else is in a similar position, i'd love to chat and maybe be ttc/pregnancy buddies!

my complications are as follows:
PCOS, i've only ovulated 4 times in the last 4.5 years but managed to concieve naturally, then:

one sided pain at 4 weeks, scanned and told it is prob ectopic, more scans found baby in right place but told i was going to miscarry due to low hormone levels.

baby stayed put but then had on and off bleeding from about 10 weeks through to 25 weeks.

had really bad episode of depression and got put on meds at about 15 weeks i think.

at 20 week scan they found abnormalities, fluid was collecting on his kidneys and his umbilical cord only had one artery instead of two, they said he might not grow well, that i'd need regular growth scans then maybe deliver early. my research online of his results also suggested he might have a genetic abnormality.

i got spd quite early on but it got really bad at 22 weeks when i started having trouble walking.

at 27 weeks i was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia, and told to expect delivery any day. while in hospital, i was having lots of issues - i was always too hot, my breathing was double the speed it should have been, my resting heart rate was always way too high, they kept him in me as long as possible, at 30 weeks he'd stopped growing, his heart rate was poor and i was not well at all so i had a c-section then. in total i was stuck in hospital for 4 weeks, and sam was in for 6 weeks.

after having him, the spd got much much worse. i still have it now (13 months on), but it is much better than it was. when sam was about 5 months old it was still so bad i needed crutches and couldn't walk more than 100 yards at a time. they gave me an MRI incase it was spinal stenosis, which it wasn't, but they found i'd fractured my spine previously although we didn't know that. a few weeks after that i fell down the stairs and dislocated a rib.

also when sam was about 8 weeks old, they realised i had hyperthyroidism, complete with tremor and a resting heart rate of 140bpm. GP nearly fell off his chair lol. they treated that and then i developed hypothyroidism, so i'm still on meds for that. they said they think that that was a reaction to the pregnancy too.

i'm still not well, this week i was tested for cushings disease, luckily it is negative, so now they are taking me off the antidepressants i was put on in pregnancy as they can have heart related side effects, otherwise i'm off to the endocrinologist again.

so pregnancy just kicked everything off for me. and yet i want to do it again.

 

[Kitty23]

oh my life i thought i was the only one in the world who had an awful pregnancy. i'm sorry you all had a tough time but i am so relieved to know i'm not the only one. we're currently thinking about having another baby though, if anyone else is in a similar position, i'd love to chat and maybe be ttc/pregnancy buddies!

my complications are as follows:
PCOS, i've only ovulated 4 times in the last 4.5 years but managed to concieve naturally, then:

one sided pain at 4 weeks, scanned and told it is prob ectopic, more scans found baby in right place but told i was going to miscarry due to low hormone levels.

baby stayed put but then had on and off bleeding from about 10 weeks through to 25 weeks.

had really bad episode of depression and got put on meds at about 15 weeks i think.

at 20 week scan they found abnormalities, fluid was collecting on his kidneys and his umbilical cord only had one artery instead of two, they said he might not grow well, that i'd need regular growth scans then maybe deliver early. my research online of his results also suggested he might have a genetic abnormality.

i got spd quite early on but it got really bad at 22 weeks when i started having trouble walking.

at 27 weeks i was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia, and told to expect delivery any day. while in hospital, i was having lots of issues - i was always too hot, my breathing was double the speed it should have been, my resting heart rate was always way too high, they kept him in me as long as possible, at 30 weeks he'd stopped growing, his heart rate was poor and i was not well at all so i had a c-section then. in total i was stuck in hospital for 4 weeks, and sam was in for 6 weeks.

after having him, the spd got much much worse. i still have it now (13 months on), but it is much better than it was. when sam was about 5 months old it was still so bad i needed crutches and couldn't walk more than 100 yards at a time. they gave me an MRI incase it was spinal stenosis, which it wasn't, but they found i'd fractured my spine previously although we didn't know that. a few weeks after that i fell down the stairs and dislocated a rib.

also when sam was about 8 weeks old, they realised i had hyperthyroidism, complete with tremor and a resting heart rate of 140bpm. GP nearly fell off his chair lol. they treated that and then i developed hypothyroidism, so i'm still on meds for that. they said they think that that was a reaction to the pregnancy too.

i'm still not well, this week i was tested for cushings disease, luckily it is negative, so now they are taking me off the antidepressants i was put on in pregnancy as they can have heart related side effects, otherwise i'm off to the endocrinologist again.

so pregnancy just kicked everything off for me. and yet i want to do it again.

Poor you! I didnt think anyone apart from me had spd worse after pregnancy than before! My gp isnt that interested in it to be honest I' on diclofenic for the pain and thats it, some days it is so bad I literally cannot walk hard with twins! Did the crutches help you? xxx

 

[hopedance]

i know, everyone told me it would go after the birth, then they told me it would go when i cut down breastfeeding, then they told me it would be gone by a year post-birth as hormones go back to normal.. but i'm still hobbling on, lol.

yes the crutches were handy, but only for a short time. it's not ideal because where do you put the baby (or babies, in your case). i put sam in a sling, but that then puts more pressure on you. i got them after an awful day, i'd been brave and left the house with sam, we got to a cafe but sam started really screaming, and i just had to leave. but i wasn't strong enough to walk back to the car (less than 100 yards away) and ended up clinging to a lamp post trying to pull the weight off my hips with my hands, people must of thought i was crazy half climbing up a lamp post. so when i was that bad, the crutches let me hobble very short distances.

have you had physio/chiropractic? and you can mix diclofenac with codeine and paracetamol, i used to take diclofenac 3 x daily and solpadeine every 4 hours.

I literally cannot walk

that's how i used to be, i swear people do not understand exactly what it means to literally not be able to walk, but it is so so awful and disabling.