New Baby after Premature Baby

[MrsJet]

Hello

After a bad pregnancy due to bleeding, PappA, low blood flow from the placenta and a small baby, I had a placenta abruption at 28 weeks and my son was born.
I lost a lot of blood and had to have a transfusion, devastatingly my son passed away after 4 weeks from being too premature and the traumatic pregnancy and birth.
I am 41 and wanted to see if I tried for another baby the pregnancy would be the same or would I be able to have a healthy pregnancy/birth.

Any advise or stories are welcome

Many Thanks xx

I am so sorry for your loss; it must have been such an awful time for you. Unfortunately there is no way to know the answer to your question as some women will go on to have a completely routine pregnancy in their next pregnancy and sadly some women will experience complications in their subsequent pregnancy too.

It would be worth asking your GP to refer you for an appointment with your Consultant from the pregnancy so you can talk through what happened and what would be the plan of care for any future pregnancies.

If you are in the UK due to your age - being 40 or over - you would be under consultant care from the beginning as you would be regarded as high risk. Adding in the previous premature birth then the risk would be regarded as increased, so after your booking appointment at 10/11 weeks you would end up seeing the consultant for your care virtually everytime you need to see a doctor rather than a GP.

You would have a lot more appointments especially after the first trimester plus additional scans to check the placenta blood flow and development of the baby, then they would intervene if necessary e.g. medication, hospital stay to increase your chances of having a successful birth. Most of the additional appointments and scans happen once the baby is considered viable.

Unfortunately even with this monitoring and intervention no one can tell you how successful or otherwise your next pregnancy would be.

There is a thread on this part of the forum for pregnant women 40+. If you read it you will have an idea of what other women 40+ have in regards to healthcare. However every one has a different medical history meaning their health risks are different, so what happens to them in regards to healthcare may or may not happen to you due to your risk profile.

I'm in the 40+ age group and pregnant like my mum and sister before me plus a few friends' and acquaintances. However our medical histories are all different.

If you are TTC I would ensure you are as healthy as possible including exercising regularly, being a healthy weight and ensuring you vitamin and mineral levels are optimum. This well help minimise the risks even if you have a poor family medical history and/or medical issues yourself.