I
am a mother of two small children who was
recently diagnosed with uterine prolapse.
I had my first child three-and-a-half
years ago and during the vaginal delivery
there were complications with my placenta.
I was diagnosed with placenta accreta
and I had to be
rushed down to the or for a manual removal
of my placenta. As a result of the
accreta, I had quite a lot of
hemorrhaging. I continued to bleed for 10
weeks after delivery. An ultrasound
revealed that there was scarring
associated with the accreta inside my
uterus.
My next child was born two years ago and,
yet again, I had complications with my
placenta -- placenta increta this time
and it was much
worse. I was once again rushed down to
the or where I had a d&c and my uterus
was stuffed with a huge ball of gauze
soaked in premerin. As you can well
imagine, I was in a lot of pain -- first
from the increta, then from my uterus
trying to contract down to size around a
huge ball of gauze! I hemorrhaged so
severely over the next several hours that
I had to have blood transfusions. (i was
disoriented for a long time after the
surgery -- I thought, "wow! I'm so tired
that I cannot even open my eyes!!" -- and
immediately I had headaches and I lost my
breat milk shortly thereafter. Several
doctors have suggested I have sheehan's
syndrome, but I have yet to be diagnosed.
)
fast forward to a year and a half ago when
I doubled over with extreme pain in my
abdomin. I was rushed to the hospital
where I found out I was pregnant again.
This time, in my left tube, which had
since ruptured.
needless to say, I was rushed in for
surgery and I woke up with a laparotomy
from one hip right across to the other as
I had hemorrhaged 400ccs internally.
(my gyno said that
probably received an infection in my tubes
which damaged them resulting in the
ectopic -- my suspicion is that it's from
that stupid huge ball of gauze!)
all that to get to this: easter sunday I
went to the washroom and while I was
urinating I felt as though I was pushing
out another baby.
needless to say, I was in pain for the
rest of the day -- when I stood, when I
sat, when I went to the washroom, etc. I
went to my gyno and he said that I have
uterine prolapse.
Since easter sunday I have been having
pain, cramps and spotting on and off
throughout each day. My bladder has since
completely prolapsed and my cervix is
about 1 inch inside my vagina. I am not
sure what to do: could this all be
related? Could this be happening because
of the d&c? Could this be a loss of
estrogen as a result of sheehan's syndrome
(as I just turned 27 last wednesday and I
understand that the average age for
prolapse is 57!?!)?
I just had a laparoscopy today to
determine why I have been having so much
pain and my gyno told me that he can't
find the reason -- except maybe scar
tissue from my laparotomy a year and a
half ago. (i have been referred to
another doc for that.)
so, I am now to wait 4 weeks until I see
my gyno again and then "we'll talk", as he
said.
I'm thinking about a partial hysterectomy
as I can no longer have any children of my
own due to the ectopic. Anybody else out
there had a similar experience? Any
advice on any of this?
