Savvy Toddler Mom

This is me a week ago yesterday.  What a horrible couple of weeks.

To bring you all up to speed… not only did we lose our twins at 13 weeks, but after the D&C I had on Friday, May 30th, I apparently retained some tissue that caused internal bleeding and hemorraging.  On Wednesday, June 4th, I went to the doctor (had to see one of my doctor’s partners since my doctor was in surgery) and he prescribed methergine to control the bleeding. 

Needless to say, 24-hours later on Thursday, June 5th, I was back at the doctor’s for an ultrasound after no improvement.  The ultrasound found my uterus to be still about 14-week size (since it was carrying twins, it was about 18-week size the week before) and FULL of huge blood clots.  They sent me straight over to the hospital for a second D&C.

After this second surgery, I wasn’t feeling very well at all.  That combined with an insanely low blood pressure had SavvyDad insisting I spend the night at the hospital for observation.  An excellent decision.  By the next day, they discovered I had lost so much blood that I needed a blood transfusion.  Two units of O+ later, followed by 12 hours of sleep, and I felt like a new woman.  I woke up Saturday morning feeling better than I had in months.

Since arriving home from the hospital, I have been on varying degrees of bed rest — for a day or two there it was bed rest with bathroom privileges ONLY — and am now healing normally.

I have so much more to say and to share about this entire experience, but will save it for another day.  Today I would like to leave you with this…

As SavvyDad so eloquently wrote on his Flickr page: “We’d like to thank anyone who donates blood, as someone’s generosity has immensely helped her [my] recovery. We are deeply grateful to you, anonymous donor.”