I just want to share with you experience giving birth which led to caesarean section. For your info, I had normal checkups monthly up to the latest checkup at the hospital a week prior to the birth due date. I was scheduled for a normal delivery on the 29th May 2007. 27th May, I had a bleeding in the morning and prepared to go to the Hospital with my husband. But we made a stop at the kedai mamak for lunch (ahhakks... in case i get admitted, i didn't want to be hungry!). Actually, before this, I have been to the Hospital twice due to bleedings but was sent home and was told that it still wasn't the time for delivery yet.
On the 27th, I was admitted because the contractions had begun. After spending the evening there, I had massive bleeding at 3 am that nite. Still, I was told to wait till the next morning.9 am the next morning, I was wheeled to the delivery room for normal delivery. Munir was called to receive the baby. However, after the MO burst the amniotic sac, the fluid didn't come, instead blood poured out of me. The MO had a specialist come to take a look and ONLY THEN, they knew I had placenta previa. At this point, I was bleeding heavily and profusely. Hence, I was prepared for OR and went into surgery soon after. 11.24 am, Ahmad Zamir Asyraaf was born. I could hear his screams since I was on half anaesthetic. The worst has passed... alhamdulillah...
However, I was a little bit saddened by the fact they could not detect the situation early since I had three bleedings prior to giving birth and went to the emergency ward at the Hospital. It should have given them a warning to at least do an ultrasound to check whether the placenta has blocked the cervix or not. Thus, this information below is just to share with you out there who is pregnant or in the process of getting pregnant and maybe prep you for situations we went thru...I always thought it's gud to know sumthing beforehand so u can prepare urself...but at the end of the day, qada' dan qadar Tuhan will decide. Well, at least we can try our best and the rest, let Allah decide what's best. I for one know that from experience...:-)
Placenta previa is when the placenta is in the lower segment of the uterus and covers part or all of the cervix. Between three and six of every 1000 pregnant women have this problem. As the lower part of the uterus stretches in the second half of pregnancy, the placenta may become detached, causing severe bleeding. The baby cannot be born vaginally if the placenta is totally obstructing the opening from the womb. Uncontrolled bleeding (haemorrhage) is life-threatening for both mother and baby, although this is rare. If the bleeding doesn't stop, or if the mother goes into premature labour, the baby will need to be delivered by caesarean section even if the date on which he was due isn't for quite a few weeks. Placenta praevia can be divided into four types, of which the first two are the most common:I the placenta is positioned low in the womb, but the baby can still be born vaginally.II the lower edge of the placenta touches the opening of your cervix, but does not cover it, so the baby can be born vaginally.III the placenta partially covers the opening of your cervix. The baby will need to be born by caesarean section.IV the placenta completely covers the opening of your cervix. The baby will need to be born by caesarean section.
* For the record, it hurt like hell after the anaesthetic wore off...!!! Munir said I walked like I had parkinsons when I tried to go to the bathroom...my dear, dear husband...(we'll 'talk' later huh...)Oh yeah, this was the time 'we' wives can get to see if our husbands really love us...I for one fell in love again with him seeing him running around taking care of me and the baby and other things, almost all the time out of breath...hihi, thank you abang for everything...:-)
Posted by eddina at 19:07 4 comments 10.6.07
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