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This was the birth of my second child and also second c-section. I had planned throughout the whole pregnancy to try of a VBAC. In the later part of my pregnancy I developed gestational diabetes. That put a very big kink in my plans.

Everything was going fine up until about the 34th week. About midnight I was awaken by my water breaking. I was very frightned being that it was a month early and being a boy, that the lungs might not be developed. I went right away to the hospital and my labor started immedialtely, I was very excited thinking I was going to deliver. But no sooner did my excitement start it stoped when my son moved out of the birth canal. This went of for a couple of hours and with no improvement my doc suggested another c-section and I agreed.

The section seemed to go as normal with no problems. It was a couple hours later when my blood pressure droped to 50 or 40. This was of some great concern and I was given alot of fluids to bring my pressure up and it worked. After a nights sleep the nurse came in the next morning for the dredded first walk around the halls. My cathader was removed and I began to sit on the side of the bed when everything began the spin around and I couldn't breath. My heart was racing and I was very scared. When I lay back down things didn't improve and was immediatley put on oxygen. It was decovered that I had blood clots that had settled in my right lung and was mostly blocked.

I was taken to ICU and put on a blood thinner and some antibiotics. I also had lost a lot of blood and my count was at 6. So I was given 2 blood transfusions to help this along. Finally after 4 days I was able to move back to Maternity to be closer to my son. The nurses were wonderful they would bring my son to me in ICU at anytime day or night when I was up to seeing him. I had been in bed now for about a week and I was beginning to swell from the fuild colecting around my insecion. I was swelled larger than when I was pregnant from the top of my belly to the middle of my legs. As I began to walk more this improved.

I was finally able to come home along with my perfect son about a week later. But the swelling was terrible and my incision burst open 3 times from all the fluid trying to come out.

It had been 8 weeks now since my ordeal and things are looking up for me and improving daily but slowly. My son is healthy which was a blessing in its self. I will have to continue to take blood thinners for about 6 months and that should take care of the problem. I give God all the credit for taking care of me because without him I don't think I would be around to raise my 2 beatuiful boys.

I personally wouldn't want another c-section, but i do know that alot of the time they are necessary but I would chose it.