Slap cheek ( parvo virus ) complications

[Beaglemama]

That's great news Taylah! Congratulations on your girl just enjoy your pregnancy from now on... everything's going to be great.

Take Care!!

 

[Taylah]

Thanks so much ladies , I really feel so lucky to have such a tough little fighter she really is my little miracle !
Beaglemama & bumpnotyet I really hope to see you guys back with your rainbow bumps as soon as you are ready xxxxx

 

[bumpnotyet]

That's such wonderful news Taylah I'm so so happy for you! Your beautiful little girl is so strong and will be absolutely perfect, I'm so glad everything is amazing and you only have one last scan to go! You can really relax now and enjoy preparing for your little one, soo exciting xxxx thanks a million, we are beginning to heal and tried a little this month for a gorgeous rainbow baby (I love that idea! Thanks so much!) but think our hearts will be more ready by next month... Part of me is desperate to be preggy again to have a chance to be a mummy and the other part of me can't let go of little Bumpy yet, though I know he will always be with us thanks again and hope you and your little one stay so perfect, big hugs xxxxxx

 

[Taylah]

Thanks so much bumpnotyet how did your first day back at school go? I hope it wasn't too hard for you? Xxx

 

[Taylah]

Yay made it to 20 weeks & bub is still looking healthy & showing no signs of being affected by parvo virus

 

[Beaglemama]

Good!! Just enjoy your pregnancy now Congratulations

 

[Taylah]

I have just been forget another scan & pretty much been given the all clear from parvo virus but just my luck now I have placenta Previa ( low lying placenta ) so I have to go back in 2 weeks for another scan ! I guess I'm just not meant to have a smooth sailing pregnancy aaahhh !

 

[Beaglemama]

Oh no! Boy, if it isn't one thing it's another.... well I don't know much about that, but I've seen a lot of threads on here with other moms having the same issue. I hope it all works out well for you! I know one thing for sure, you'll be having a big glass of wine once you're pregnancy is over! Talk about stress...

Take care and try to worry too much I'll be thinking about you. Please keep me informed!

 

[Taylah]

thanks beaglemama, tell me about it stress stress stress i have come to accept that its just the way this pregnancy is going to be but im staying positive because i'm just happy it is still going & my little girl is still happy & healthy, how are you going ? i see from your signature that you are planning on ttc your special rainbow baby soon, its great to see that you & your partner are looking to the future, i really do wish you so much luck & lots of rainbow baby dust for when you are ready xxx

 

[Beaglemama]

Thanks, Taylah I'll take all the baby dust I can get! Yes, my husband and I are planning on TTC come November. We're really anxious to be pregnant again, even though I know we'll be a nervous wreck through the whole thing! It'll all be worth it in the end.

I've been doing ok. I definitely have my good days and bad. This is such a roller-coaster. But I'm ok. Thank you for asking. And try to relax the best you can. I sure hope you start having some less stressful days very soon! Just think of how many times you'll be able to remind your daughter, when she's older, what a tough pregnancy she put you through! She'll never hear the end of it

Take care!

 

[Taylah]

So glad to hear & thank you so much for your support, keep in touch

 

[Taylah]

Just an update for anyone in the future, off for another scan today, it's been 9 weeks since being diagnosed with parvo virus & bub seems to be going great, I guess we are one of the lucky ones, that's why I will continue to update with good outcomes as when I was diagnosed with parvo virus I was a mess because all I found were bad outcomes

 

[bumpnotyet]

Ahhh Taylah I couldn't be happer to hear that everything is going so well that's just such wonderful news that you and your precious little girl have been given the all clear!! I'm so sorry I hadn't come back to comment, I had always been a lurker on bnb and not a very big poster and have just discovered today that I can find my previous posts hehe!! It's sooo wonderful to come back to check and see such amazing news how is your placenta? I hadn't heard of that condition but hope so much that everything is perfect, your little one is going to get such a huuuuuge cuddle I'm sure when she arrives after all this worry, bless you! xx
I'm not doing too bad at all thanks so much hun, it has been a bit difficult being back at work but we're cautiously ttc again (though AF started today, booo!) and finding things a bit easier day by day. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of my angel though and my lovely hubby bought me a bracelet to remember our Bumpy which has brought me a lot of comfort thanks so much for asking xx
Really wishing you every bit of happiness and hope so so much the rest of your pregnancy is plain sailing for you, I will keep checking back now if you don't mind as would love to hear of the safe arrival of your precious princess big hugs to you both xxxx

 

[Taylah]

hi bumpnotyet, so good to hear from you, i was wandering how you are going? i know going back to work would have been really rough on you, but i'm so glad to see you are looking forward & trying to conceive your beautiful rainbow baby & again i'm so so sorry you had to go through losing your angel i cant even imagine the hurt & pain, i feel so incredibly lucky to have got this horrible virus & to have not passed it onto my tiny baby who is not so tiny anymore -lol i went for another scan yesterday & baby is measuring big in the 95th percentile, so once again have been given the all clear my placenta is still really low but as long as i don't have any bleeding between now & 34 weeks they will just re-scan me then & if it is still to low (next to cervix) then they will book me in for an early c-section at 38 weeks, please do keep in contact i would love to hear of you conceiving you rainbow bub & of a healthy happy delivery too!
i still believe there is not enough info/warnings out there about parvo virus for pregnant women & i was incredibly disappointed with my daughters school principal when i suggested to her a better warning than one line in the school newsletter was needed, she basically brushed me off saying it was too late anyway by the time we are aware of the virus it was already past its contagious stage! so i have written a letter to the department of education but doubt that will do any good ! anyway please keep in contact & thank you so much for your support & well wishes it means so much to me xxx

 

[embo216]

At my 20 week scan they found some anomalies so I went to a specialist in London for more scans, they immediately asked me if I had children at preschool and had ever been around slapped cheek. I remembered my son had a rash that the doctors told me was just viral and nothing to worry about on the 10th of August, they said this sounds about right as to when my baby got the virus

He was very very sick and hardly even moving, he had severe hydrops and fluid in his stomach, my placenta was huge too! The parvo virus had made my little boy severely anemic I had to make a choice then and there that they would try and save him with a Blood transfusion of my blood through a needle in my stomach. We obviously wanted to give him every chance we could so within the next few hours they did the procedure which was pretty scary in itself as they sold me the risk of losing him just by having it and I had to sign a consent form

It wasn't painful but definitely very very odd and uncomfortable, I just zoned out really, plus because I was at Kings its a teaching hospital so they had at least 20 students in the room behind me watching

We were told to go back in a week to see if it had worked, our check up was yesterday and he was SO different on the screen, he was moving and squirming so much which was lovely to see. They told us he'd made a great recovery and they couldn't see anymore signs of severe anaemia and I wouldn't need anymore blood transfusions

One more obstacle to overcome and that's to check his brain is developing as it should be, but they said this wouldn't show till another 2-3 weeks. They said as the lack on oxygen in his blood due to the anaemia can cause problems I have a very strong feeling my little man has come too far to fall at the final hurdle so fingers crossed everything will be ok when we go back in 2 weeks to check his brain

 

[bumpnotyet]

I hope it's ok Taylah that I've added you as a friend so we can keep in touch I'd just love to be able to hear all about your gorgeous girls birth! So happy for you hun, you've been so brave and done so so well xxx

 

[Taylah]

Embo - I'm so glad You found out your bub wasnt well in time to get him help, it sounds like he is a fighter & is doing really well & recovering, the whole transfusion process must have been really scary, please let me know how your next scan goes, I will be keeping you in my thoughts & will keep checking in, I really hope your little boy is ok & growing/ developing just fine xxx

Hey bumpnotyet, I would love to be your friend & keep in contact, I too tried to add you as a friend I'm not sure if it worked I'm not the best at this forum thing I still haven't figured out how to post pics & just figured out I had private messages - lol. hope you are well ! I just read a new thread about some ladies in wales doing a walk to raise awareness about parvo - seems the whole world needs to be made more aware !

 

[Taylah]

Yay for v-day tomorrow

 

[Taylah]

hi all, well im so happy to report that we have made it safely to 25 weeks , we had 3d/4d scan done ...

 

[Amy_T]

At my 20 week scan they found some anomalies so I went to a specialist in London for more scans, they immediately asked me if I had children at preschool and had ever been around slapped cheek. I remembered my son had a rash that the doctors told me was just viral and nothing to worry about on the 10th of August, they said this sounds about right as to when my baby got the virus

He was very very sick and hardly even moving, he had severe hydrops and fluid in his stomach, my placenta was huge too! The parvo virus had made my little boy severely anemic I had to make a choice then and there that they would try and save him with a Blood transfusion of my blood through a needle in my stomach. We obviously wanted to give him every chance we could so within the next few hours they did the procedure which was pretty scary in itself as they sold me the risk of losing him just by having it and I had to sign a consent form

It wasn't painful but definitely very very odd and uncomfortable, I just zoned out really, plus because I was at Kings its a teaching hospital so they had at least 20 students in the room behind me watching

We were told to go back in a week to see if it had worked, our check up was yesterday and he was SO different on the screen, he was moving and squirming so much which was lovely to see. They told us he'd made a great recovery and they couldn't see anymore signs of severe anaemia and I wouldn't need anymore blood transfusions

One more obstacle to overcome and that's to check his brain is developing as it should be, but they said this wouldn't show till another 2-3 weeks. They said as the lack on oxygen in his blood due to the anaemia can cause problems I have a very strong feeling my little man has come too far to fall at the final hurdle so fingers crossed everything will be ok when we go back in 2 weeks to check his brain

I'll keep everything crossed for you - my daughter had hydrops too and it is an awful journey to go through but she turned 2 in august and is perfectly healthy. I found very few stories of hope during my pregnancy so just wanted to post to let you know that but sounds like you also have a little fighter on your hands


Taylah - so glad your little one is doing well, it's so scary to go through something like that but you too have a little fighter