I hemorraged during delivery of my baby, and was wondering if any anyone else has and how did they feel afterwards? It has really traumatised me. I lost around 1.5 litres of blood on top of the usual amount. Is this much? i thought i would of been cuddling me new baby but Suddenly the delivery room was full of nurses yelling and putting drips in me and they were pushing on my stomach so hard it was all bruised afterwards. There was blood running off the bed leaving blood puddles all over the floor. It really shocked me, i wasnt prepared for that at all.
has anyone else felt the same way as i do?
2007-11-21 23:45:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I had a similar experience. My placenta didn't come out and then my uterus didn't contract because it was to exhausted after three days in labour.So I was bleeding pretty strong. They didn't press on my stomach then (they did though earlier when I was still trying to push out the baby) but the Dr went straight in and got it out and then I got some meds to help contractions. Earlier there was a situation at which baby's head was already showing and my contractions stopped, my Dr said something like if I don't push hard now baby will not get enough oxygen. I pushed as if there was no tomorrow even without the urge to push and then contractions also picked up again.
Fortunately there was no panic in my room, they were all very calm, quick but calm.
Physically I was very beat for the first ten days because my haemoglobin was very low after all that bloodloss. But I recovered very quick once that was back to normal.
Mentally I still sometimes panic and think:' Wow, this could have gone really bad' but then I look at my baby who is healthy and happy and everything is fine again.
I found that it is important to not look back and obsess what could have happend and how dangerous it was but to look forward and be thankfull that everything worked out fine in the end. I certainly have a new perspective on faith since the birth of my daughter. I certainly believe there was someone watching out for her when she was born.
2007-11-22 00:45:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
((((Hugs))))
You must have been terrified! No, that didn't happen to me, but I have heard in rare cases it does happen. I know my son's birth didn't go as I would have liked- it it important that you talk to someone about this because you shouldn't feel badly about how the birth happened. Are you safe? Is baby safe? That is what is most important. Remember too that if and when you decide to have another baby, the birth will be quite different. Our second baby was the birth I had always invisioned.
You have good reason to be traumatized- that was scary. Just know that there wasn't anything you could have done to prevent it and that the most important thing is that your baby and you are safe now.
Take good care and congrats to you!
2007-11-22 00:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by NY_Attitude 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i didn't go through it but i know someone who did. it is pretty scary when things are going okay and then suddenly everything seems to have gone wrong! but the important thing is, are you okay now? did they give you a transfusion so that you could heal quicker? physically you are fine. now just spend as much time as you can loving that baby and soon you'll be back to your perky self. it will be okay...
the incident when i had my last child was with the child rather than myself...they had to take him to the NICU and i didn't get to see him for quite a while. that was pretty scary too and it took me a few days to get over that "things didn't go right" feeling. but it gets better i promise! just be glad those nurses pushed on your stomach. even though it hurt it was to help your uterus shed whatever was causing the excess bleeding.
2007-11-21 23:51:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have heard this happens alot when women are induced, or labour is started early for any other means.
its impossible for me to give birth, being a man, but i was mauled by a german sheopard when i was 12, and there was alot of blood loss due to the skin torn, my arrival at hospital pretty much saw the same thing, nurses were everywhere, putting drips in me, and stemming the blood flow i was in utter shock at the time and my body was numb, which i've found is a natural response to something like that, so that i didn't feel the pain.
i dunno if thats how it felt for you, but it is pretty surreal
2007-11-22 03:05:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you must have had a retained placenta,very frightning
2007-11-22 00:00:09 · answer #5 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋