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Post by Taitai on Jul 22, 2017 3:06:58 GMT -6
***TW*** Difficult labor/delivery mentioned.
Anyone have experience with this? I was talking to my mom this morning and she kind of freaked me out about her birth experience with my sister. Her placenta didn't detach and the doctor performed a manual removal of placenta on my mom without any anesthesia...shudder...She also bled quite a bit and almost required a transfusion.
My L&D with DS was pretty much identical to my mom's first delivery, so I'm worried my second L&D will also follow in the footsteps of what my mom went through with my sister (her second).
Any anecdotes or tips/suggestions from those that have dealt with this would be helpful!
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Post by mkrupar on Jul 22, 2017 4:00:32 GMT -6
I think one of my friends had this, and she had to be brought back to the OR for a D&E (or D&C - can't remember which term is correct) to remove it. I can ask her a little more about it. From what I remember it was serious, but once it was removed her recovery was smooth. This happened with her first and I don't believe she had any complications with her second.
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Post by Taitai on Jul 22, 2017 4:05:35 GMT -6
I think one of my friends had this, and she had to be brought back to the OR for a D&E (or D&C - can't remember which term is correct) to remove it. I can ask her a little more about it. From what I remember it was serious, but once it was removed her recovery was smooth. This happened with her first and I don't believe she had any complications with her second. I'd definitely be interested in her experience! Thanks mkrupar. I also have a friend out here who delivered 2 months ago and had a retained placenta. She almost bled out and suggested I have DH bank some blood for me (his type is a donor for my type), as the blood banks at hospitals in this country are not well stocked...kind of disconcerting.... My mom also had an sch during her second pregnancy, and her doctor said the dried/clotted sch might have made the placenta "sticky," which is why it wouldn't detach from the uterine wall. As my sch is still hanging around (and for a while there was a second sch between my placenta and uterine wall before that sch disappeared), I'm just like, ugh. |
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Post by mkrupar on Jul 22, 2017 4:20:56 GMT -6
Taitai I don't think it could hurt to have your H bank some blood. I'm O positive, so while I'm a universal donor, I can't receive anything but O. My H is AB so he can't even donate to me. I would bring up your concerns and family history regarding the retained placenta at your next appointment. I always try to bring up my concerns and I make sure my H is aware, so he knows to advocate for me and knows my history in the event I'm unable to. I'll see if my friend can tell me more about her experience.
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Post by bootsorhearts1 on Jul 22, 2017 8:41:07 GMT -6
**Loss mentioned** I had a retained placenta after a miscarriage. It was fixed with a D&C, I was asleep for the whole thing, it was fine. Hopefully you don't have any issues!
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Post by rebeccabunch on Jul 22, 2017 9:22:30 GMT -6
Like others said, I'd let your OB know about your concerns ahead of time and then remind your nurses and the DR treating you delivery day. As long as you aren't a home birther (which I know you are not!) hospitals should be prepared for such an event. The placenta not coming out at all or most not and retaining a smaller amount are different things. As others mentioned, one of my friends had prolonged post partum bleeding. They did a U/S and she had retained a small amount of placenta and needed a D&C like Boots. bootsorhearts1 I'm really sorry that happened to you, especially after a loss. |
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Post by mkrupar on Jul 22, 2017 12:13:33 GMT -6
Like others said, I'd let your OB know about your concerns ahead of time and then remind your nurses and the DR treating you delivery day. As long as you aren't a home birther (which I know you are not!) hospitals should be prepared for such an event. The placenta not coming out at all or most not and retaining a smaller amount are different things. As others mentioned, one of my friends had prolonged post partum bleeding. They did a U/S and she had retained a small amount of placenta and needed a D&C like Boots. bootsorhearts1 I'm really sorry that happened to you, especially after a loss. I believe this is what happened to my friend. It was part of the placebta, but the whole thing that was left behind. |
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Post by blackmamba on Jul 22, 2017 17:38:52 GMT -6
This is probably going to be the least helpful comment EVER, but didn't that happen to Kim Kardashian when she had North?
Everyone else has great tips- definitely talk to your doctor and H so they know your concerns and can be prepared.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Jul 22, 2017 17:46:06 GMT -6
This is probably going to be the least helpful comment EVER, but didn't that happen to Kim Kardashian when she had North? Everyone else has great tips- definitely talk to your doctor and H so they know your concerns and can be prepared. Great add |
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Post by cougarette on Jul 22, 2017 20:03:10 GMT -6
My mom had an iud when she got pregnant with me. Turns out it got stuck behind the placenta, which I guess is better than just floating around potentially rupturing the membranes.
Anyway. I was born at the end of January. She was feeling really bad and flu like for a long time. Finally in April they discovered the retained placenta. I don't know if it's related to the iud or not (it came out after delivery).
She didn't really have any usual bleeding, "just" a 3 month long flu. What sucked was that they didn't have insurance when she discovered she was pregnant, so nothing pregnancy related was covered... including the removal!
Of course this was the 80s, so there's that.
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Post by mkrupar on Jul 22, 2017 20:57:50 GMT -6
Taitai, here's what my friend said: "I did have a little bit of retained placenta after DS1 was delivered. It kept me from clotting properly and I had an emergency D&C about three hours after delivery when they realized I was still bleeding. I stood up to try to go to the bathroom after I'd been moved from delivery to post partum and gushed blood all over the floor and was in surgery in like 15 minutes so... I think it was more traumatic for H at the time. They put a balloon in my uterus to apply pressure and I had that in for about 24 hours so I was confined to the bed with a catheter and funky leg compression things which was a pain in the ass with a newborn. Apparently, I was on the hairy edge of needing a transfusion, but I did not. Post recovery was maybe a little bit longer than normal. Definitely longer than with DS2. Probably a result of extra surgery extra tubes blood loss etc. etc. as a result. I was also running a fever and was not able to go to the bathroom which can also contribute to clotting issues. My delivery with DS2 was absolutely fine. With his delivery they did some extra monitoring/massaging/checking for the first few hours and gave me a dose of a medication to help contract the uterus as a preventative measure. No issues postpartum. Recovery was smooth sailing." ETA: she agreed to talk with your OB about your concerns.
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Post by Taitai on Jul 22, 2017 22:17:21 GMT -6
@bootsorgearts1. Thanks so much for your response, and I am so sorry for your loss. What a terrible thing to go through on top of your miscarriage. Thanks again for sharing your experience. mkrupar Thanks for sharing your friend's experience too - it makes me feel better knowing what the doctors did for her second L&D too. cougarette Oh man, your poor mom! I'm so glad they finally figured it out, but that must have been so scary at the time. I will definitely be bringing this up with my MFM at the next appointment. I think it would be helpful for him to know that I have a family history of this, and I'll be curious if he thinks a prolonged, large sch can contribute to these types of problems. He's a great doctor, so I'm sure he'll have something interesting to say. I am also going to have DH bank some of his blood for me about 40 days out from my due date, just to make sure we have that on hand. So weird about the blood bank situation in this country! I guess people here don't like to donate? |
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Post by mkrupar on Jul 23, 2017 5:53:58 GMT -6
I really should donate more, but I had a horrible experience in HS and haven't donated since.
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Post by duskymonkey on Jul 26, 2017 10:07:44 GMT -6
Just saw this. Sorry nothing to contribute and sorry you could be potentially facing this situation. FX you won't have to and I definitely think that's a smart idea to have blood ready during delivery. I have other issues that could require a transfusion and my OB will have a few litres standby this time just in case. It's such a scary though.
Re: low blood bank reserve. There are heaps of factors on this topic. Likely one of the main reasons are the population isn't well educated about it with little resources advocating the need and also a great deal of the country is impoverished and literally living from hand to mouth. When they're just trying to survive on a daily basis, there is little thought put into the needs of others than their own. Culturally it makes the people less altruistic IMO. I've seen such a change in my own country for the past decades. They've managed to mostly eradicate poverty in the 90s and is gradually prospering from an uptake of socio economic growth. Despite all the political, corruption and racial upheavels, they're the few SEA country that has managed to close the gap between the poor and rich. I think Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines and several more are in bad situations of not addressing this huge rift. Anyways if it wasn't for communities and individuals and workplaces advocating blood drives here I prob won't think of donating. Sorreh! Got side tracked!
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Post by littleowl913 on Jul 28, 2017 13:27:08 GMT -6
***loss mentioned***
With my 22 week loss, I was induced and my placenta would not detach. My OB tried manually, even with the epidural, it was very uncomfortable. Finally he gave up and did a D&C. I didn't have any complications afterwards.
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Post by Taitai on Jul 28, 2017 18:42:40 GMT -6
***loss mentioned*** With my 22 week loss, I was induced and my placenta would not detach. My OB tried manually, even with the epidural, it was very uncomfortable. Finally he gave up and did a D&C. I didn't have any complications afterwards. I am so sorry for your loss littleowl913 ☹️Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm glad you didn't have any complications after the procedure, but that's too bad it was so uncomfortable before the D&C. My friend who had the issue over here needed an emergency D&C to get hers out too, so they put her completely under for that. |
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