Baby after Placenta Abruption

[tillyrosesmummy]

Hello.

I delivered by daughter last year and had an horrendous birth. I had undiagnosed Placenta Abruption and the hospital but my pains down to me having a so called low pain threshold I told them I've had over 25 operations due to my crohns.
Anyway my daughter was born in a very poor condition. She spent a lot of time on life support and had multiple organ failure and brain abnormalities and needed to go through a cooling incubator. We were told she wasn't expected to last the night. Fast forward a year and we've got a healthy 1 year old.

My question really is has anyone gone on to try again for a sibling and had a healthy pregnancy I.e no second Abruption.

If love to try for another in the future but mentally and physically I'm not sure if I could put myself through it again. Am I selfish for wanting another and possibly risking my own life and a baby's too. Ps I was told I was infertile for 14 years and conceived my daughter naturally and had a really smooth pregnant up until week 36 when I delivered her.

Thank you

That sounds awful, OP, I'm sorry you had to go through that.
I had a placental abruption at 25 weeks with my first pregnancy but my second was fine (went to term), if that's any help?
Like you, I was absolutely terrified about something going wrong again, but I had a long conversation with a consultant obstetrician about the chances of it happening again before we started ttc DC2 which really helped - he had reviewed my notes so was able to talk to me about my particular circumstances. Perhaps your hospital does something similar? I was referred via my GP.
Wishing you the best of luck.

My cousin's partner had an abruption which sadly led to the death of her baby girl.

She has since gone on to have two healthy babies, both of which were born by elective section.

I'm so glad you've had a positive outcome with your DD. Good luck with whatever choice you make going forwards. 💐

I had quite a bad placental abruption nearly 4 years ago at 38 weeks which resulted in an emergency c-section. Luckily my daughter survived as I managed to get to hospital in time. No reason was found for this abruption, just 'one of those things'!

I was terrified by having another baby but after years of my own research I decided to give it a a go as the odds were still in my favour.......

I now have a one year old, didn't have another abruption but had a planned c-section at 38 weeks!

Good luck and drink lots of water (I'm convinced staying hydrated helps with health of placenta)! Can't hurt can it?