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Early Labor

My pregnancy was never easy to start with. Im only 15 years old and im pregnant. now im 7months pregnant but during my 6month of pregnancy one saturday i started labor. It was a normal saturday i was being walking around the house cleaning and tryin to find something to do to past time when my stomach started hurting. At first i thought it was something i had ate earlier. But and hour later the pains were getting worse and stronger and they were in my abdomen so i called my mama and i told her what was going on. she told me to sit down immedietly and call a ambulance. so i did as i was told and by this time i knew something was terribly wrong and i was scared to death. when i got to the hospital the doctor told me that i was having premature labor and that i needed to stay calm for the sake of my baby. so i did as i was told and they hooked me up to fetal machines and they gave me some medicine to stop the labor. I remember being very calm about the whole thing but what really made me feel good was when my little girl kicked. i was so shocked but i was happy cause i knew she was okay and this was not affecting her very much. i know i may be young but i think if i had had my baby that day i wouldve died if she died because then i realized im no longer just one person im two and that im responsible for that little life in me. you can say that day i grew from 15 to years way beyond my age and i felt great. i had finnally realized nothing in this world mattered but my baby girl and thats how its gonna stay. Now 2months later i have pre-eclampsia but im trying my hardest to do all what the doctor says so my baby comes out healthy and not affected by anything but if she was to come out with down syndrome or anything of that sort i would love and care for all the same even at the age of 15.

Makayla Robinson

having my baby would be the biggest gift from GOD!

hi, im 20 years old and i am so sad because I WENT TODAY TO THE DOCTOR AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY BABY MIGHT HAVE DOWN SYNDROME . I REMEMBER THAT IN MY FIRST VISIT TO THE DOCTOR I WAS SO EXICITED BECAUSE HE TOLD ME I WAS PREGNANT I JUST CANT BELIEVE NOW AND I CAN T ACCEPT THAT MY BABY IS HAVING THAT PROBLEM THE DOCTOR SAYS WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE ULTRASOUND AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENED , I JUST CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME , NOW I JUST DREAM IN HAVING MY BA BY IN MY ARMS AND HEAR FROM THE DOCTOR EVERYTHING WAS INCORRECT I JUST CAN WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR FUTURE NOW ALL I KNOW I WANT TO HAVE MY BAB Y IN GOOD CONDITIONS.,,, PLEASE GOD HELP ME!!!!

sandra

DON't KNOW WHAt tO DO?!

i am only 16 years old and my period is late for a few days ago. i dont know if im pregnant or not. but i know my parents will kick me out. my boyfriend says he will take responsobility but i dont want to be a problem for him or his parents. im scared. HELP!!!!

jessica

spotting

This is my 3rd pregnancy im between 8-12 weeks and i started spotting at first it was like really dark old blood and now its dark but newer looking blood...I never had this problem with my other 2 kids so im scared is this normal?

ciji

Strong Baby Girl

I got pregnant at 20 with my boyfriend of 3 years it was such a good surprise. None of us knew what a long emotional journey we were about to go through. My pregnancy was normal up to about my 29th week, I was working one night and I noticed my legs were hurting me so I lifted up my pant leg and noticed my ankles were completely swollen. The next morning I woke up to again my feet being swollen and my hands, so I called my doctor and was told to come in. They noticed my blood pressure was 150/90 and I was spilling protein in my urine. That week I was in and out of the hospital I knew something was wrong I just didn't feel right. My doctor ordered me to have steroid shots to help mature my baby girls lungs incase she needed to be delivered early. The night after I received the last shot I started to get short of breath and I had the most excruciating pain which I now know was my liver, under my right breast. My mom rushed me to the hospital where my doctor took blood tests and said it was fine and my symptoms had nothing to do with my pregnancy so I was sent to the E.R. There I was given morphine to control the pain I was having and a muscle relaxer. I was admitted to the hospital and spent the night. I started to become very thirsty and was drinking lots of water and didn't urinate for over 12 hours. This is when my mother being a nurse requested the baby be monitored, once they did that they discovered the baby was not moving or had no peaks of acceleration they called them. My mother ordered my doctor to transfer me to a higher level hospital which they did. I arrived by ambulance to Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, California at 3:00 P.M. They did some blood tests right when I got there, and did an ultrasound to see how big my baby was. They told me she was about 2 pounds 11 ounces. The doctor rushed back into the room and told me that I would need to have an emergency c-section because my blood results were very poor. He then told me the pain I was feeling was my liver failing, he informed me I had HELLP syndrome, H (hemolysis which is the breaking down of red blood cells, EL (elevated liver enzymes), & LP (low platelet count). My kidneys had also started failing and the only cure was to deliver my baby at 30 weeks. I had to receive 2 bags of platelets so I wouldn't bleed out during surgery, and I also had to be put under general anesthesia because the risk for bleeding with a spinal was high. Before I knew it I was back in my hospital room, I don't really remember a lot but I remember not feeling good. I was on magnesium drip to prevent seizers from my high blood pressure, by then it was averaging 160/105. I had Lexi Renee Thursday, January 31st, 2008. She was 2 pounds 8 ounces and 14 inches long. Her dad was able to see and touch her a couple hours after she was born. I was shown pictures, and was brought her tiny diaper, I was finally able to get out of bed that Saturday. I saw her when she was 3 days old and I just remember being in shock about how tiny my baby girl was it is indescribable; I had never seen anything like that before. She spent a long 7 weeks in the hospital, my health slowly got back to normal but now matter how bad I felt I would drive the 30 minutes it took to go and see her everyday. For the first 2 or 3 weeks I would cry every time I would see her, I felt so guilty for putting her in that situation but I know now I couldn't have prevented what had happened. It was amazing watching her grow, giving her her first bottle, and holding her skin to skin. She was able to go home 3 weeks before her due date, she was 4 pounds 13 ounces when we took her home. It was the most exciting day FINALLY my baby was home and I could hold her whenever I wanted I really felt like a mother then. Little did I know the journey towards getting her healthy wasn't over. About 2 weeks after she was home she had a high fever, I immediately took her to the hospital where they placed an I.V in her and told me she would have to be transferred to the nearest children's hospital which was 45 minutes away. By the time the ambulance got there she was on oxygen and we followed the ambulance to Children's Hospital of Oakland. They drew her blood, took urine samples, and lastly they did a spinal tap to test her cerebral spinal fluid. She was so weak we all knew she was sick, I was told early the next morning my baby Lexi had bacterial meningitis. That was the most devastating news because I knew how serious this infection was. To make a long story short we had to stay in the hospital for 3 weeks but she ended up making a full recovery. She is so strong and we are truly blessed. She is now 12 pounds and very healthy I thank god everyday.

Jessica