Packing the hospital bag & PPH info.

Today I'm going to pack the hospital bag and also start in on some baby laundry nothing really that exciting I guess, I can't believe it's that time already!

This pregnancy has really been flying by and I'm really starting to get nervous about the c-section. Many of you may already know what happened to me when Andrew was born, I had what they call a Postpartum hemorrhage.

Postpartum hemorrhage - refers to heavy bleeding during pregnancy, labor, or the puerperium. Bleeding may be vaginal and external, or, less commonly but more dangerously, internal (which was what happened to me) , into the abdominal cavity. Typically bleeding is related to the pregnancy itself, but some forms of bleeding are caused by other events. Obstetrical hemorrhage is a major leading cause of maternal mortality.


I was transfused 3 units of blood. After the PPH I developed some sort of internal infection that caused the to stay in the hospital for almost 2 weeks on I.V. antibiotics along with a HUGE Hematoma.

Hematoma From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A hematoma, or haematoma, is a collection of blood, generally the result of hemorrhage, or, more specifically, internal bleeding. Hematomas exist as bruises (ecchymoses), but can also develop in organs.

Hematomas can gradually migrate, as the effused cells and pigment move in the connective tissue. For example, a patient who injures the base of his thumb might cause a hematoma which will slowly move all through the finger within a week. Gravity is the main determinant of this process.

The Doctor's were concerned with the hematoma because of it's size and wanted to do daily ultrasounds on it to track where is was going. Apparently, it was very close to my kidney and they were afraid of where it would travel to. Luckily, it just moved slightly and disappeared on it's own.

Everyone keeps telling me that this time all will be fine, still in the back of my mind this is causing me some major stress and worry.