Hi all!! Hopefully some of you remember me!! I must have sooo much news to catch up on and soooooo many new people to meet!! Hope everyone is doing ok! It feels so good to get back here - this place still feels like home y'know
Well, I just wanted to say a great thankyou to all of you who wrote in my thread a while back when I was in hospital - big thanks to Yola who started it (I think?) and prinited it out and sent it to me - it gave me such a smile while I was in hospital - I read it about 50 times! I was so touched that so many of you cared!
The whole pregnancy was a nightmare really from the beginning... first of all I was told I had miscarried, and they performd a D & C on me (this is the short version!
) then I got hyperemesis (severe morning sickness) lost 28lbs in weight in about a month and was put on a drip in hospital cos I souldn't keep ANYTHING down.. niiiiiice
then just as I started to feel a bit better at around 6 months pregnant, they found I had severe Pre Eclampsia and I was hospitalized immediately until I gave birth! They were going to give me a c section at first but I managed to hold off a bit onger so they made plans to induce me instead... but thankfully little Rayanne decided to help me out and came by herself a month early - beat them to it! YEY!
The labour and birth was great - 45 minutes and it was all over and done with - she was born! They didn't have time to give me any pain relief except gas and air!! But that was fine with me... god bless that gas and air...
Rayanne was only 5lb 12oz at birth due to being a month early and the pre eclampsia bt seemed healthy enough.
Two days later though, just as we were about to go home from the hospital, Raynie became extremely ill and was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit. She was put in an incubator with tubes wires and needles all over her, it was heartbreaking to see her like that... her little hands/arms/legs and feet were black and blue from all the tests they did
we couldn't touch her except through the arm holes of the incubator. They told us she had Polycythemia (too mch blood and far too thick to circulate) so it hadn't been reaching vital organs - including the brain which caused her to have fits and stop breathing. We were told these fits could likely have brain damaged her, and were also told they could be due to menengitis and/or cerebal palsy
It was a very difficult time. Thankfully all the tests they performed came back with good results and they managed to correct her blood by removing half of it and replacing it with saline to thin it..... she was on meds for a while and was finally allowed to come home about 8/9 days later - still on meds
Happily she has now been off the meds for a while and is doing just fine, there are no signs of brain damage and her blood is still great... HOORAH!
She's definitely our little miracle baby, and we're soooo pleased to finally have her here with us!!
Hmm, I tried to attach some pics of her, but its not working at the moment... they are the right format so I'll try again in a bit!!
Good to see you all again!
Well, I just wanted to say a great thankyou to all of you who wrote in my thread a while back when I was in hospital - big thanks to Yola who started it (I think?) and prinited it out and sent it to me - it gave me such a smile while I was in hospital - I read it about 50 times! I was so touched that so many of you cared!
The whole pregnancy was a nightmare really from the beginning... first of all I was told I had miscarried, and they performd a D & C on me (this is the short version!
Rayanne was only 5lb 12oz at birth due to being a month early and the pre eclampsia bt seemed healthy enough.
Happily she has now been off the meds for a while and is doing just fine, there are no signs of brain damage and her blood is still great... HOORAH!
Hmm, I tried to attach some pics of her, but its not working at the moment... they are the right format so I'll try again in a bit!!
Good to see you all again!
