Just thought i give you all my update, i copied and pasted from rainbow makers since its long lol, i've been keeping as up to date as i can, i don't post but i'm still around, may be easier to join in once everyone moves to graduates!
Apologies in advance for the one sided post, it was my appointment today with the consultant that delivered Evan, i think i feel a bit better now i've seen him and heard all i needed to.
Well, i burst into tears the second i saw my consultant, he's the last person i remember seeing before the general kicked in and i fell asleep, i wasn't expecting to cry like that before he even opened his mouth? He explained that it was just 'one of those things', that we were just 'unlucky', he said the doppler scan 3 days before his birth was fine because it was fine, at the time, it happened suddenly and it couldn't have been predicted, meaning it couldn't be predicted in another pregnancy.
He told me again how sorry he was, that he did everything he could as quick as he could to get Evan out, he was out within 4 minutes of the desicion to crash section, there was no way it could have been done quicker. He told me it was a fight to stop the bleeding and keep me alive, they did all they could for both of us. I'm grateful for that.
I asked if it could have been pre eclampsia, if it could have come on suddenly, he said yes it can but it wasn't, i had no signs of that at all, obviously bp wasn't great in theatre but i'd had a massive bleed and was still bleeding internally, that accounts for that. He said theres nothing in my notes that could have caused it, he agreed to test me for a clotting disorder and lupus but he doesn't think i have any.
I asked about a future pregnancy, he mentioned it first, he seemed to assume that i'd want one. He said my chance of it happening again was 5%, that the fact that i'd had a healthy complication free term baby was a good thing, theres no reason to suggest it was anything other than random. I don't know if i feel better or worse tbh?
He told me he'd put me on asprin from my bfp next time, i'd have extra scans (which won't help because i had them with Evan) and monitoring. He said i'd be delivered early but was a little vague about a repeat section, i get the feeling he'd want me to VBAC and i don't want that risk but i'd talk him round at the time i guess, they can't force me to can they? He said i can request him next time and we'll plan it then.
He said i can ttc no sooner than 6 months post section, thats november. He said i'm healing well.
I hope everyone's feeling ok and not too far overdue, no babies for a while i suspect an influx of them very soon x x
I don't have a BF class to go to, but I already went to one and I have the instructor's e-mail. I should probably ask if she has suggestions.
That's so funny.
