What a sad, unfortunate story. Breastfeeding is probably even more important for this woman, as this will obviously be her last birth child. Perhaps if you could rally together some donor milk from friends that would be useful for her. To give her time if she feels she needs it, or doesnt want to feed at the moment because of the many meds shed be on.. at least bub would be getting breastmilk in the mean time...
Love and strength to you
Emily
Carol Van Lochem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Miriam,I broke out in goose bumps upon reading your post. I work at this hospital & know of your friend, but have been off this weekend & didn't know about this sad event until I saw it here. My sympathies to all. Please rest assured that she will be supported in her efforts to continue to breast feed if she wishes to. Hopefully her supply won't have been too badly effected .Kind regardsCarol
> Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:18:55 +1000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ozmidwifery] Re:Sad Story, any help please?
> To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
>
>
> Hello wise women,
>
> I posted a few weeks ago about a friend of mine with a
> breech babe at 37+ weeks who was thinking about an
> independent midwife for support at East Gippsland
> hospital. I promised to update you so here goes...
>
> She had SROM at term with SOOC soon after. Laboured
> beautifully at home and on admission to labour ward
> was 5-6cm and doing well. Her lovely OB same in and
> was with her for the rest of the labour.
>
> She laboured to fully without any analgesia then
> pushed valiantly for 3.5 hrs. They had bum on view
> when they parted her labia but a babe who seemed well
> and truly stuck. After some discussion it was decided
> to go to theatre for section. OB was again lovely with
> skin to skin in OT, nice feed plus dad cutting the
> cord. This despite a tricky section due to babe being
> so low.
>
> There was some damage to her bladder (it was 'nicked')
> plus to the upper posterior vaginal wall with the
> difficulty of extracting her little one from such a
> low/tight position. She had a pretty hefty loss (1000
> ml, although who knows with C/S as documented by a
> recent thread!).
>
> She recovered well being fit and healthy, going home
> on day 5. Hospital called the next day to ask her to
> come back in for AB prophylaxis for her daughter as
> the anaesthetist attending had just been diagnosed
> with whooping cough (WHAT!!). Back she went, more
> worry, more disruption. Two days later she had
> significant abdo tenderness and lower back pain, so
> back she went again. Nasty uterine infection, on ABs
> herself!!!
>
> After a week of treatment things seemed to be
> settling. She was home, feeding going well and her mum
> visiting. As they sat down to dinner she felt a small
> gush of blood and went to the toilet to investigate.
> She called from the bathroom for help and when her mum
> and partner got to her she was pale, unconscious and
> lying in a huge pool of blood.
>
> Ambulance was going to take 15 min, so they bundled
> her into the car, hazard lights on and went for it. At
> the hospital they gave her blood, platelets and
> gelofusine and called her OB in. After 4-6 hours
> things seemed to have settled and they were all
> keeping their fingers crossed.
>
> Her condition deteriorated later in the evening and
> they went to theatre for a D&C and investigation. She
> was in full blown DIC by now so consent was gained for
> an emergency hysterectomy. When I spoke to her sister
> today she was still groggy but ok.
>
> Words cannot express the sadness I feel. I am going to
> visit in a couple of weeks when kids and clinical
> allow but I am desperate to do anything I can to help
> from here. I know she will get the 'you won't be able
> to breastfeed with that loss/trauma' talk, but I know
> in my heart if she could get feeding happening again
> it would be one normal, beautiful thing she could
> salvage from this experience.
>
> Any thoughts, suggestions, assistance would be most
> appreciated. I so wish I were there.
>
> Yours in sisterhood, Miriam
>
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