Our beautiful baby daughter devastatingly passed away one day after she was born. She was 36 + 1 day and suffered severe blood loss during c-section. I had an anterior placenta and placenta previa. My baby daughter was also transverse. My consultant cut through the placenta (twice), then had to turn her to a safe position. During the procedure an internal t-incision (classic c-section) was made to help get her out. It took a long 7 minutes, and during this time she was bleeding out through the placenta (something we established from the neonatal team after her death. The Neonatal team advised it was a catastrophic amount of blood loss. The blood gas results came back normal yet low from the umbilical cord at the time, but the team also confirmed after her death that the results may not have actually been accurate. Two hours later my baby daughter suffered two cardiac arrests and was rushed to NICU. She sadly passed away the next day. Due to the amount of blood loss with no blood transfusion, all her major organs failed. We are absolutely devastated and trying to adjust to this life without her. We have a 4 year old son who was waiting to meet his sister. Heart breaking. A hospital investigation has been conducted over the past 3 months and we still await the report. Our lives will never be the same and we are taking it day by day with counselling and support from family/friends.
We are desperate to give our son a sibling, and want to try again when it’s possible, but this comes with all kinds of thoughts/emotions. We will never forget our daughter, and think about her every second of the day, but want our son to have a sibling.
Has anyone else had an internal t-incision c-section and conceived/safely delivered another baby? We have been told to wait 1 year before trying to conceive again.