Here is the story of one other vasa previa miracle...just thought I'd share
Brynn had her 5 month appointment and is 11 pounds even. She's in the 2nd percentile and that's good with me. At least she's on the growth chart. She's 24 inches long. Grow baby grow!
I just got a phone call from my CRNA friend. She said that they just had a woman up in labor and delivery who had delivered a child with a vasa previa that had not survived. She was a former IVF patient and the baby had died. It's a shame because the ultrasound on the machine up in L & D had a switch that changed it over to the color doppler. Yet it's not something that is routinely done. If on all pregnancies this was done, it could be diagnosed and a C section could be done and tragedy averted. It makes me sick to my stomach. When will this become standard of practice....this is so sad.
Brynn had her 5 month appointment and is 11 pounds even. She's in the 2nd percentile and that's good with me. At least she's on the growth chart. She's 24 inches long. Grow baby grow!
I just got a phone call from my CRNA friend. She said that they just had a woman up in labor and delivery who had delivered a child with a vasa previa that had not survived. She was a former IVF patient and the baby had died. It's a shame because the ultrasound on the machine up in L & D had a switch that changed it over to the color doppler. Yet it's not something that is routinely done. If on all pregnancies this was done, it could be diagnosed and a C section could be done and tragedy averted. It makes me sick to my stomach. When will this become standard of practice....this is so sad.
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Thanks for sharing that, it was interesting!
It's amazing how many tests there are that can be done that just aren't considered 'routine'. It really scares me.
I am so sorry for that family's loss. I remember when it wasn't routine to check for beta strep pre delivery either...
Yeah for 10lbs, Your Little Dumpling!!
Go Brynn -- I mean grow grow grow.. Great to hear Brynn is growing well.
Sorry to hear about the other baby who didn't make it..
Bug was ten pounds for a day. LOL
Maybe this next one (when it happens) will be a peanut.
I will read the story after Bug is in bed...
You have made us all aware- I will insist on them looking for that! I even made my husband read your post from the other day!! We both know to be aware of this now. Thank you.
Of course, this story breaks my heart. My OB office did not use color doppler during my first pregnancy, but it's now standard for all ultrasounds. Seeing the blood flow on the color doppler has given me lots of comfort during this pregnancy. I'm looking forward to my last ultrasound at 36 weeks...only six weeks to go!
I have read your last few posts with a great deal of interest. Our situations aren't identical, but there are so many similarities in history and emotional response that I just find myself nodding along as I read. Many many weeks of bedrest. Extended hospitalization. Exceedingly rare complications. Survival despite all of these challenges. Yes, yes, and yes again.
I agree wholeheartedly that we are lucky. Not unlucky, but very very lucky. If you and Brynn should be dead from vasa previa, then Dee and I should be dead from preterm labor at 24 weeks and postpartum hemmorhage due to retained POC, respectively. Buddy and I should be dead from our amniotic fluid embolus. And yet, Dee is learning to read, Buddy has started to walk, and I have kidneys that work again and have just interviewed for a new job that would be a big promotion. If I had lived a generation earlier than I live, my husband would be a widower and none of these things would be happening. (Lucky!!!)
If we were ever to decide to try for another sibling, surrogacy would also be our choice. Isn't biotechnology wonderful?
I am sorry to hear that. I don't understand a lot of things with medicine. There are so many things that I think they could do to make things better. It seems it all revolves around money. However, if that is as simple as a switch then why would they not always do it?
I am a mother of a vp survivor/miracle too! thanks for your blog, and for being dedicated to awareness. :)
First, thanks for linking back to my friend (the McMillans) and OMG to the IVFer who just lost their baby. Somehow that makes it all the more traffic because it was probably a difficult road to conception. UGH- I'm just so sorry!
When I go to my mid-pregnancy appointment the sonographer always takes an hour and measures EVERYTHING and switches to the color screen as well. I'm going to mention if she's checking for VP this time around but most likely they do since they're so thorough (thank God)!
Thank you for making mothers aware of this so they can help save their babies life if they're in danger.
Oh- and one question. Does VP develop in late pregnancy? Or would it be detectable mid-pregnancy?
How incredibly sad about that family losing their baby. So sad that this could be prevented and it's not routinely checked for.
My heart breaks for the new mom who's baby died in delivery. I can't imagine the pain. I will keep your other friend in my prayers. I wonder why they don't check for vasa previa? Can you find out what it takes to change that? Maybe we could all ask our ob/gyn's and tell everyone we know, and so on. There is no reason this shouldn't be done! Rare or not, it's an easy test using equipment already in use!
And great news Brynn!! Keep growing!
Oh sweetie that is sad. And no doubt makes you appreciate Brynn even more, if that's possible.
I was just catching up on your blog and I'm so excited for the journey you all are about to embark upon. It is amazing that you have such great friends. I look forward to taking the trip with you.
Much love.
Oh that is sooo sad!! That poor family...BUT Miss BRYNN you are growing so great :) Good job Momma :)
Have a great week!
Prayers for that family.
When my son stopped moving, we had a BPP done and they never did the color doppler to look at the cord. I have even worked as an L & D nurse, and didn't think to ask. They would have been able to see his cord strangulation if they had done so, and I would likely have avoided a long, fruitless labor and about 30 pounds of edema from fluid overload. Yes, it should be standard practice!
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