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Missing our Baby Angel

This is the story of my second pregnancy. We are having one 4-year-old son. We planned for our second baby, which was due to born on 3rd of August 2007. I was under regular checkup with my Dr. and everything was normal till 28th week.

During checkup at the 30th week my blood pressure was slightly on the higher side; that is 160/120. This was the first sign of increased BP during the pregnancy. Also sugar was recorded on higher side. I don’t have any history of BP & Sugar problem and there was absolutely no problem detected during my first pregnancy in this regard.

Dr. advised me to change diet accordingly to minimize problem of high BP & sugar. Regular preventive medicines were also advised. My next checkup was scheduled after 2 weeks by the Dr. On second day of my visit to the Dr. I had a severe headache and it was very unbearable. Immediately I was rushed to the hospital for checkup and treatment. Now the real problem started, the BP got increased to the range of 200/140 by this time.

The first objective for the Dr. was to control the BP & they started treatment immediately. I was given injections of sleep & medicines for BP control were given on regular intervals. After 2 days the BP was decreased but not to the normal level. It was now 140 – 100. Now the real problems were started to my baby. I felt that the movements of the baby were not as usual & almost absent.

The Doctors now feared that this was the case of TOXEMIA. Now time was running out & Doctors feared that the convulsions to my body parts are possible due to this. A Doppler test was carried out & the report clearly indicated that the baby is in danger, as no proper blood & oxygen supply was present in Brain of the baby. Doctors advised for planned C-section, as the time was running out. The baby position was also horizontal (Breech). The baby was delivered.

The first symptoms were quite good. The baby (it was a boy) cried nicely & also the weight was more than 1.6 kg with good growth. The baby was immediately rushed to childcare hospital for newborn babies & was kept under observation. The baby was on ventilator. The heart was beating & responding nicely but the real problem was with the brain nerves. As the brain was damaged, no significant improvement was noticed in next 6 hours. Finally the baby survived for 14 hours only & died due to the damage caused to brain on account of High Blood Pressure. This is the toughest time of life to loose our baby after having him with me for more than seven months.

He was too beautiful and fair, just like an Angel. It is very difficult to live without him. My little boy KIM is asking me about the baby, & he is also very nervous after knowing the fact. But we told him that he could get another Angel next year. My husband is very supportive & is very optimistic. Only because of him & my son I am trying to overcome this tragedy. This was a typical case of toxemia in which my BP got shoot up suddenly & after delivery it was almost normal.

I was discharged from the hospital in 4 days after delivery. It was very hard to digest the fact that we have lost the baby of such sudden development of Toxemia and the cause of this is not known. Doctors said that this is a particular disorder that can be developed at any time during the pregnancy, but very rarely. They advised to get fit in next 6 months so that I can plan my next baby, which will be a planned C Section!!!

But I just don’t know how to spend these days till 6 months. I want another baby like anything. I hope this will not happen to any one else.


manc

BLESSED

My husband and I had been married for almost two years, and had decided to go off the pill. It took me four months to conceive. Before I found out that I was pregnant, I had been in a huge car accident, hitting a concrete barrier and flipping my SUV about five times across a highway. Amazingly, I survived with minor bumps and scratches. But as I lay in the ER, I mumbled to the doctors that I COULD be pregnant, so they performed a blood test.

It was negative, but I remember thinking that it was probably too early to tell since I was VERY aware of my cycle and dates. Anyway, I had a slew of medical tests such as MRI's, CAT tests and X-Rays, etc. Then I was on very strong painkillers. About 5 days after the accident, I missed my period. I took a home test, and sure enough it was positive! I quit the painkillers cold turkey but spent months worrying about the health of my baby because of them and all the other medical procedures that I had been through. But Samuel came out perfect and wonderful at almost nine pounds. God truly had His hand on both of us during that accident, although only He knew about Samuel at the time! I am very blessed.

Shawna

Spotting

Hi There,

I started spotting yesterday (10/06) and this morning I had some brownish discharge. It is not continuous, almost like hours apart. I
went to the doctor's this morning, and he performed a vaginal ultrasound. We could see the sac, and doctor says that it looks okay, but the discharge is a concern. He took blood tests and we now await the results. I am trying to stay positive, but my mind keeps saying, "get ready for the big bang!"

Please pray for us. I pen off with tears.

Tazz Omar

Sharp stabbing pains when I sneeze or cough

Hi there,

I am 4 weeks pregnant and successful after first IVF.........I seem to experience some stabbing pains sometimes on my left side of abdomen and sometimes right.

If I get to a crouched position then I am luck not have any pains.

I am worried that it might be ectopic pregnancy, and I have done some reading and some say that it is ligaments are expanding, I have not had any spotting, I see my doc in 1.5 weeks time, but am concerned.


Tazz Omar

so he has Down Syndrome, big deal?

My husband and I were thrilled to find out we were pregnant back in January. Everything progressed just fine until the 20-week ultrasound.

The baby had a hole in his heart and was growing slowly. We had an amnio done, and the results came back that our baby has down syndrome. The doctor wanted to know if we wanted to terminate the pregnancy. Why? Because he's not perfect?? I'M not perfect, nor is anyone I know. I'm not going to kill my now 5 and a half-month gestation baby because he's not perfect. Not after seeing his face on ultrasound, and watching that little heart beat away....

He's still our son, and Down Syndrome or not, I'm going to love him and raise him just the same! I can't wait to meet the little guy! I am so excited!

mary