Support Recovery After Complicated C-Section

Hi guys!

I went in for a routine repeat c section on August 20th. I’ve always bounced back really quickly and had no complications during or after surgery and was able to go home after the 48 hours. This time turned out very differently. During surgery an artery was hit, it was stitched up and double checked for bleeding. After surgery I started bleeding internally. I was sweating excessively and getting dizzy but didn’t know what was happening. A lot of doctors came in and were rushing around and I could hear the nurse say my blood pressure was dropping to 80/40. They gave me medicine in my IV and immediately got a blood transfusion going. I was sent down for a ct scan where they found a blood clot in my abdomen. They were pretty sure the bleeding had stopped but now I have blood just hanging out in my abdomen. I also lost an excessive amount of blood during surgery. I needed 5 blood transfusions in all. My stomach is insanely swollen and my body is going to have to work really hard to break the blood clots down. I’ve been getting fevers while my body deals with all of the trauma. No infections though. The doctors said it will be a more painful and difficult recovery. I can still barely walk around the house.

While all of this is going on I was also dealing with my baby being immediately taken out of the OR to the nicu. We had no updates for hours while they were trying to get our baby’s breathing under control. Overall he did amazing and was released after 3 days. But that was 3 days of me missing out on my newborn. I couldn’t have physically taken care of him anyways but it was added stress.

Unfortunately Preston does not have paternity leave or any paid time off or vacation because he just started his job a few weeks ago. He had already missed 5 days of work and will be missing more this coming week. He is the only provider for our family, I am a stay at home mom. I can’t be left alone at all and we’re not sure when I’ll be able to. With missing out on over a week of pay and anticipating more, our bills are going to get very behind. Times are already difficult and now with missing this much work we are going to be in for a big struggle. Any help we can receive would be more appreciated than anyone knows. This was the scariest time of my life, not knowing if I was going to make it out and see my babies grow up. I have a lot of physical and emotional healing to do over the next couple months.

i wanted the photo to add at the end but that’s my right side, not even where they cut me open. That’s from all the internal bleeding

love you all