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[quote=Anonymous]I had a massive hemorrhage and nearly died.  I dont remember much of it but DH has PTSD from it.  He will never forget the moment he saw the look on the nurse's face and then her trying to hide it as she pressed the staff assist button (hemorrhage started after I was settled in after delivering DS).   Then he noticed the blood and the panic and commotion. He and DS were taken out of the room and they began to work on me.   I spent a day in the ICU (alert but my vitals had bottomed out and I'd almost been a code) and had 4 units of blood.

It was a complete freak thing.  I'd been incredibly healthy up to that point.  Labor was 4 hours and easy, I didn't even have tearing!   They never found out what caused the hemorrhage.

I absolutely credit the staff for me not being dead. According to the doctor and DH, the nurse very quickly realized it was going to be an emergent situation and after swiftly and calmly.  The procedures they had in place allowed me to get blood quickly.  They noticed when I started to bottom out and intervened before I coded.    I'm very fortunate for the care I received. [/quote]

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