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The child that defined life

My story is about my little boy who beat all the odds and to this day I don't know what life was like before him.

I was in my 28th week of pregnancy before any complications arose. I was feeling pretty listless and my son just wasn't moving enough to suit me. After calling my doctor I went into labor and delivery to have some tests run and that was when they discovered my urine was full of protein and my BP was extremely high.

They said they just wanted to keep me for a while and see if they couldn't get my BP down. After a week in the hospital I started suffering from severe upper abdominal pain and after a blood test it was determined that I had developed HELLP Syndrome and my son would have to be delivered immediately. I was told that he would be very small, with no hair and he would not cry so not to panic.

Well! He was born with a head full of hair and he came out screaming at 2lb11oz! He was absolutely beautiful. He overcame every obstacle that was thrown at him and 35 days after he was born he was home in my arms. He has since had 3 surgeries and 2 life threatening illnesses but he has come through them all with a big smile and a sparkle in those huge blue eyes of his.

It was later determined that I have Antiphoshpolipid Syndrome and I have since suffered through a miscarriage and a still birth and I have been told by three different doctors that the hopes of me having any more children are pretty much nil. That doesn't matter though. I have the most precious gift in the world and nothing can take that away from me. Whenever he smiles or laughs I know that all will be well and that every complication in my pregnancy was well worth it and I would do it all over again just to see his face!


Mindy

Dealing with Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy

It Sucks! I try my BEST to eat healthy and do the small portions like I'm told to do. And stick to less sugar/almost none. I have cut out A LOT of sugar. I never used to drink diet drinks or unsweetened tea, which is all I drink now, of course the milk and water...
But I have such a hard time trying to eat what I'm supposed to, though for the most part I do. I make myself. Especially in the mornings, (this is the hardest to keep my sugar down).

I have to make myself eat low-carb stuff. Every now and then I'll slip and eat a biscuit and it runs my sugar to at least 170's range. Then I feel so bad. I just pray to God that I have a healthy baby that isn't overweight. My first was 6lbs 3oz. I was on the verge of having g/d with her but just made it without getting it. I am currently 29 wks and have been dealing with this from 3 months pregnant. I will be soooo glad when this is over.

I started walking every other day for the first few months, now I hardly walk, I haven't had the time recently. I have kept my weight gain down, and I lost 8lbs in the beginning and have just now gained the 8lbs back. Gradually that is. I just wanted to get that out.
Thanks for reading.




Sherry

We do not want to see another victim like my wife.

There was a crime committed against my wife and I need full investigation. But I do not where to go and how to start. My wife lost both kidneys after her second childbirth.

She was very healthy woman but the last 2 weeks of her pregnancy she started swelling and suddenly gained weight. She had worsening elevation of blood pressure 192/117, headache and blurring of vision so I rushed her to a hospital in Colorado. There they called her OB/GYN doctor, who told her that her doctor would see her at the clinic after 2 days and discharge her.

She went to the clinic and told the doctor that she gained 7 pounds and that she was suffering from blurry vision, headache and feeling sleepy all time. We have videotape of her that date showing her swelling but the doctor insisted to do the delivery 5 days later. I do not know why.

On February 14 2003 she went to the hospital and there, right after the delivery, she suffered heavy bleeding, vomiting, and horrible abdominal pain. Can you imagine being in this condition for a full 8 hours? She was screaming and the resident doctor thought it was normal after delivery, but by the morning, because of the delayed decision for treatment, her kidney failed.

She was at the ICU for 24 days laying in the hospital bed with all these tubes and machines connected to her. She was unable to see or hold her daughter like any other mom and her dream was shuttered. She will be disabled for the rest of her life.

We hired a lawyer that said he is a doctor and did work there and he told us that we have a great case. Every few weeks he says that he is building strong case... Guess what? A few weeks before the statue of limitation ends he said, “I’m sorry I can not take this case.”

Now my wife is disabled the rest of her life on dialysis 3 times a week, her kids now help her instead of her helping them, medical bills and house went foreclosed because I lost my job due this circumstance.

We do not know how the system works. That is why they took advantage of us.

We do not want to see another victim like my wife.


Dean

My baby survived cervical surgery

I have been dealing with HPV caused cervical displasia since my first child’s conception back in 2004. It has been a long battle and still isn't over. Let me start at the beginning.

I first got pregnant in February 2004 and my first pap revealed my cells to be abnormal. We had to wait until the baby was born to find out how bad it was. Well, my baby girl was born in November and at my 6 weeks check up my pap revealed that I had mild displasia on my cervix. I then sought out treatment for it. I ended up having 2 colpo's and 1 cryo and 2 leeps. The reason I had to have 2 leeps was because it turned into severe displasia a little over a year later. My last leep was on April 7, 2006. Guess what? I was 2 1/2 months pregnant in May 2006. How could this have happened? How could this baby have survived the surgery? I have no answers to these questions but I do KNOW that I am pregnant and having another GIRL!

It's the end of Nov. and I am due early December. This child is a blessing to me and my family. However I still need prayer so that maybe after she is born I will not have to have more surgery or even worse, a hysterectomy. I am only 23.


Nicole

cervix problems

I AM IN MY 16TH WEEK AND THIS IS MY 2ND TRY. I AM 41 AND I HAVE A SHORT CERVIX, I HAVE BEEN PUT ON BED REST UNTIL THEY MEASURE MY CERVICAL LENGTH. I MAY HAVE TO HAVE A CERCLAGE. ANYONE HAVE LUCK WITH ONE AND GET THROUGH IT AND GIVE BIRTH?

HELP REALLY WANT TO KNOW ONLY SUCCESSFUL STORIES, BECAUSE I CAN RELATE TO THE LOSSES AS I HAVE GONE THROUGH IT.


THANKS ALL

julie