A personal account of the difficulties faced during pregnancy and childbirth, including complications after a cesarean section.
Nothing about having babies has been easy for me. After struggling with unexplained infertility for a year and a half, my first pregnancy ended in an unplanned cesarean section . So, the second time around, that was the plan, too. Thankfully, my son was born healthy, but immediately after my routine C-section, things started to take a turn. Rather than feeling overwhelmed with joy, I felt disoriented and lightheaded. I struggled to keep my eyes open. I'd been up at 4 a.m.
I was rushed to imaging while my husband stayed behind with the baby. The results returned quickly, and the PA told me the suspicions were correct. “You have blood clots in both lungs. Strangely, you seem to be asymptomatic,” she said. “I’m sorry, what?” I thought I was going home soon and now, on top of almost bleeding out, I had a new serious health complication — one that kills people. According to Dr. Danielle Wright-Terrell, an OB-GYN for the U.S.
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