Comments on: The great placenta scare of 2009

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:35:56 +0000

I’ve been on a blog reading and posting hiatus, but I am trying to re-enter the world of the living. SO sorry you had to go through that, but I am so happy the baby is doing well. My daughter was told she had hip dysplasia when she was about 6 months old. I, too, googled it and freaked out. Turns out, at her appt. the doctor said it was SO mild that she would never notice it. Information at our fingertips is wonderful…and absolutely frightening at the same time.

Oh, and about that placenta…when I was pregnant, we googled the various foods you can make with a placenta. Placenta pizza anyone? Dis-gus-ting.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:38:41 +0000

Thank GOD you and the baby are OK. Whew. Nothing like a misdiagnosis! Gah! You totally deserved that bender!

p.s. your new design looks awesome!

p.p.s. one of my good friends from college did the bury the placenta thing in her front yard

By: caitlin

caitlin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:38:17 +0000

So glad all is well. I have to admit that I am strangely fascinated by placentas. I have requested to see each of mine after I delivered because . . .I don’t know . . . it is such a strange yet powerful thing. But they do remind me of flank steak – which I no longer eat.

How’s that for a weird comment?

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:25:39 +0000

Holy cow. Stomach drop. Sorry you had to go through that, even briefly.

By: Tash

Tash — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:02:13 +0000

I am really pleased for you that the second opinion ruled out VP (I hope they were right) and grateful that you put a link to our site in your posting. There’s a good reason we put the word “death” on the front page of our website, because every day around the world otherwise perfectly healthy babies are dying because a doctor did NOT diagnose vasa previa in time. You are one of the lucky ones, and while you had a scare for a while, you managed to have an educated doctor who recognised there may have been a problem and then had it ruled out. Many families are not so fortunate and many clinicians are not checking for it.

I sincerely hope that your second opinion was correct and I would urge you to follow up with a further scan at 32 weeks to make sure. Without sounding too negative I know women who lost their babies because they were told their VP had gone away and it hadn’t. It’s better to be safe than experience what I did and lose your baby at 39 +6.

Good luck with the remainder of your pregnancy.

Natasha Donnolley
Director
International Vasa Previa Foundation

By: selfmademom

selfmademom — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:10:36 +0000

Hey Steph, you going to have that placenta with some fava beans and a glass of chianti? Thanks for all of the support!

By: Adventures In Babywearing

Adventures In Babywearing — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:11:51 +0000

Mine’s still in my freezer! I know you totally wanted to know that.

SO glad for good news.

Steph

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:42 +0000

I still remember when my midwife showed me mine. gerrroooossssssss
glad everything is ok.

By: feefifoto

feefifoto — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:58:21 +0000

Good news. Here’s wishing you a very boring rest-of-pregnancy.

By: High Heeled Mama

High Heeled Mama — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:02:36 +0000

Whew. Glad it all worked out. I may be inspired to have a new appreciation for mine in the labor & delivery room…although it’s totally like the sausage of the pregnancy isn’t it? It’s a really good thing for babe, but I don’t really want to worry about it, see it, be aware of delivering it…