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HAD A HORRIBAL PREGEANCY AND HARD LABOUR

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laurenholly · 28/09/2005 21:28

WELL WITH MY 1ST DD I WAS SICK ALL THE TIME END UP IN HOSPITAL ON A DRIP AND THEN DURING THE BIRTH I WAS PUSHING FOR ABOUT 6HOURS SHE JUST WOULDNT COME OUT SO HAVE TO USE THE VENTUSE AND HAD TO HAVE STITCHES OUCH AND THEN WHEN I CAME HOME I COULDNT WALK AS I KEPT WETTING MYSELF
FOUND OUT HAD SOMETING WRONG WITH MY BLADDER AND HAD TO HAVE A CATHERTER FOR 1MONTHS AND WHEN DD WAS 1 WEEK OLD FOUND OUT I HAD A BLOOD CLOTH IN MY LEG WHICH IS WELL SCAREY I WAS ONLY 18

MY 2ND DD WHOS NOW 10MTHS OLD I WAS ALSO ILL WITH HER I DIDNT EAT AND WHEN I WAS IN MY 30 WEEKS I COULD WALK I EVEN HAD TO GO IN A WHEELCHAIR IF WANTED TO GO OUT
BUT THEN WHEN I WAS 38WEEKS I WAS HAVING MY 38WEEK CHECK UP AT THE DOCTORS I PASSED OUT THEN THE SEND ME UP TO HOSPITAL I HAD TO HAVE MY BONE MORROW TESTED IT WAS OK THEY FOUND OUT MY BLOOD LEVELS WERE DANGEROULSY LOW AND THAT I COULD OF DIED AND BABY TOO IF I LEFT IT ANY LONGER

I HAD TO HAVE 2 BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ONE ON MY 21ST BIRTHDAY THE PLATES(THAT HELPS BLOOD CLOT) ARE ABOUT 300 ON A NORMAL PERSON THEY WERE ONLY 25 ON ME SO IM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BUT DD 2 WAS BORN WITHIN 10MINS OF PUSHING SO A GOOD AND QUICK BIRTH

IV GONE THROUGHT ALL THIS AND IM ONLY 21
DONT THINK WILL HAVE ANY MORE

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Wordsmith · 28/09/2005 21:30

Don't blame you LH! Hope you recover. 2 children is plenty IMO.

laurenholly · 28/09/2005 21:33

it is i know but i would love a little boy but knowing my luck will have all girls like my mum and her sis they both had 2 girls but then her oldest daughter whos same age as me has 2 boys

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