Finding out your pregnant is meant to be the best experience ever, but instead for me it was the scariest time in my life. My first was born at 24 weeks due to pre-pre-eclampsia and was in hospital for 6 months. My partner was over the moon as this was his first biological child. He had taken on my first like he was his own. telling people was the hardest thing ever, i wondered dailey if everything was ok asI didn’t get no sickness or cravings. waiting for the scan to come was taking for ever.
The day come when I went up to the hospital and waited to be called in to have my scan. Thoughts ran through my head ‘ what if the baby doesnt have a heartbeat’ but everything was ok. The pregnancy went slowly but with loads of consultant appoitments due to the complications with my first. Thankfully I didnt get no highblood pressure I just had regular scans to check on the growth of my baby.I had a blood test to see if i had a condition that caused me to have my first early. I did.
Factor V Leiden- I was put on dailey injections and asprin to help stop me from getting any blood clots. This condition is with me for life.
I wanted the wanted the pregnancy to be over, I wanted my baby to be here like my first, but I was grateful that my second baby was stil ‘cooking’ and getting bigger with no complications.
I was in and out of hospital with lack of movement.
At 39+4 weeks I had a bath with lavender oil which set me off into labor.
I went 12 hours with out pain relief and then I had an epidural.
Child Birth is an amazing experience which I want to do again.
After I had my little girl Erin-Grace, I was taken to the ward. The following day I was feeling really ill, weak and tired. I was given a blood transfusion and felt much better. My partner and mom could tell I was feeling down. I didnt want to feed Erin, not wanting to be left alone with her. I was scared and lost. I hadnt taken a baby straight home from hospital before.
Weeks past and my partner had to go back to work as his month holiday had come to an end. I would send him abusive text messages when he went to work. He stood by me through all of this.
I started to get really bad headaches where I couldnt sit I had to lay down with helped the health visitor was concerned.
The day come where my partner had a day off and made me make an appointment to go to the doctors to get this sorted. That day still in the back of my mind. I was diagnosed with Depression and given anti-depressions.
I am now a changed person, I am back to my bubbly self and i can look after the children, no longer sending nasty messages and hopefully one day will be off them.
Loosing my baby and dealing with Factor V Leiden complications led to me suffering from postnatal depression.
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