Here is a TRUE story of how stress affects your baby (very sad)

edited July 2011 in Pregnant
So this past weekend starting on Saturday myself and another friend spent the whole weekend at the hospital with our best friend. She was 40 weeks pregnant and she was so over pregnancy. For the past 3 weekends she has been going to the hospital due to contractions being 2-4 minutes apart and everytime they sent her home. Well we went back to the hospital saturday night at about 11pm they kept her and monitored her for thirteen hours at about 4am they came in and told her the baby's heart rate had dropped but they didn't tell us to what they kept coming in and switching her from left to right and right to left. At about 10:30 Sunday morning the released her because our doctor wouldn't induce her until she was at least 41 weeks So we went to her house and walked 3 miles around a park. Later on that night she told us she had to get him out she was in so much pain so we decided to go to another hospital. When we got there they admitted her right away,(big plus to this hospital) because she wouldn't dilate past 2cm they gave her something called a cervadil to help speed up her contractions and help her dilate. My friend for about three hours was in so much pain. When she finally got to 4cm they was able to give her an epidural. I was the support during all of this when her sons father should have been, she cried so bad because she wanted him there. Once she got the epidural she wouldn't stop crying not for the pain but bc she was hurt. About 2 hours after the epidural they came and told us that she wasnt dilating fast enough and they wanted to do a csection bc the baby's heart rate had dropped to 70 and even flatlined a few times
((Going back she is going thru a bad breakup with her sons father so for the past two months he has had no part of this pregnancy, we would drive by his house and see his ex girlfriends car in his driveway.. That has got to hurt, she would cry to us but at some point we knew that she was hiding her pain.))
They got her prepped for surgery and moved her in by this time her mom was there and had gone in with her. From what I was told during surgery after the baby was out they told her mom at 23 years old she would have to have a hysterectomy bc her placenta wouldnt close or something. Long story short she didn't have one they just put something called a balloon in her placenta to help form it. All of this because of stress, she is still in the hospital right now and still crying, moral to this story is she stressed so much over her sons father telling her he hates her and having his ex at his house and not being there for her during the epidural and csection although she had her two best friends mom and sister there you would much rather have your spouse with u and he missed out. The doctor said her crying and stressing so much 97% chance that's the reason baby wasn't responding to the labor and caused her to have a csection and even very close to the hysterectomy.. I have been stressing a lot but now that I seen first hand what it does to your baby I won't let anyone stress me out. Her baby was born at 9:19am July 4th & he is gorgeous and very healthy. and a girl who was in the room next to her baby died she was 25 weeks pregnant. Very sad weekend

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  • Wow ill pray for her recovery and thank u for that I have been very stresses with bills and almost leaving my hubby this past week so I'm with u my hands r up in the air oh well about everyones shit with me no more stress well unless of course it concerns my son really tell ur friend I'm so sorry and congrats on the new little angel and let her know boys r the best they will always love u no matter what man disappoints her he never will and really thanks so much
  • Omg... thanks for sharing
  • I lost my last pregnancy at 7 weeks due to the father stressing me out! Its real it can harm ur baby
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  • Thanks for sharing that, I hope your friend gets strong enough for her baby, and she also has good friends.... No more stressing for me!
  • Omg! Im prayn for bby and for their relationship! Im glad bby is doing great. And a high five for you, for being there at her side the whole time! Thatz a true friend! Now.... Dont you stress out!!.Good Luck!
  • Good luck and lots of love to her. I know it is hard but she really needs you right now. Hoping she gets better and please watch her for post partum depression. It's really serious.
  • I wish I had a friend like you! I'm praying for everyone in this situation. Even the mom who lost her baby next door.
  • She cried on the phone with me today and said I may not think anything of being there with her sleeping on an uncomfortable hospital couch but it really did mean a lot to her. She had me crying. Being there to wipe her tears and comfort her during her epidural was very happy but very sad as well. She appreciates me and that means a lot. I just hope she doesn't fall into postpartum depression with all of this going on. Ladies I am so serious I can't stress this to you all enough please stay as calm as possible and be blessed that your baby is coming with or without the support of whoever, he or she is a true blessing on it's own. Happy thoughts all the time! @momof22be she is so in love with that little boy I can't wait til my lil man comes in November. Thank you all for taking the time to read this post
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  • I think you should go get a nice spa treatment @mama_kat and let all of that go.. It's sooooooooooo not healthy. Bc she hid most of her pain for the last 2 months of her pregnancy we weren't able to be there for her until it got to be too much of a build up. She never wanted to talk about it or bring it she ignored it until the very end when she knew who she wanted there and he wasn't..
  • Thanks girl I'm glad and I am so happy I had a boy first they r so wonderful I'm sure girls r too I'm having a girl this time and so excited about her
  • My first was born November 6th 2003 I love my little guy to death and u really r a very good friend I hope she doesn't fall into the depression either I also went through that and it turned out a few nights at my moms did the trick but she is in a real mess I hope the docs see that and give her some anti anxiety meds or something she is gonna need allot of help the next few months but especially the next two weeks r so important
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  • Oh wow thanks for sharing. Poor thing is in mu thoughts. But now maybe she should consider getting someone professional to talk to n help out. Situations like these r very hard n she needs the extra support. Try to encourage her plz
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    So true! They blamed my preterm labor on stress from my bf an I breaking up. People don't understand sometimes how much stress we're already under and adding to it is not good for the baby or us. Thankfully my bf realized and we got back together. I'll pray she's able to cope with the break up. I know it's hard, but hopefully now having her baby in her arms instead her tummy, will take her mind and attention off of him. She deserves to be happy with her baby! Praying.
  • Thanks you @BentleysMommy she is much better surprisingly her sons father is coming to the hospital like EVERYDAY now since he's been born, & she said the 1st thing he says is i wanna hold my son. She said they came to an understanding that they won't be together but he will be there for his son so they will be responsible co parents. That makes me happy to hear. I'm going to get my butt to the hospital today sometime to stay with her and the baby. she needs her bestie there :)
  • Thats why praying4our3rd lost her baby :( its a very real thing .. glad her baby is ok
  • @Mama_kat Your friends are looser's sorry to say but make sure you do everything you need to do to keep that stress level way way down. I don't know what you go through i just know I've seen a perfectly happy 23yo girl have to go through a ton of unnecessary stress that could have turned very deadly, it's serious. I'm a really good friend I could be there for you if you'd like, I went through a very depressing time when i first moved to Atlanta and my fiance didn't come with me. but now that i know he's coming next week for good i couldn't be more happier. Sometimes you just have to look at situations differently take the good from every bad situation in her case she got to finally meet the man that had been kicking the SHIT out of her for the last 4 months, lol :-D and she was fine. She will be home with him very soon! Let me know if you ever need to talk..I'm here!
    @momof22be thanks doll I'm here for here anytime she needs me or any of my friends for that matter. All i know is when i'm in labor she better be right there! :-) we talk about taking our sons to take pictures when my baby is born i can't wait they are going to be BFF's like they moms
  • @1sttim3mommy you really are a bestie. I am so proud that you can be there for her in a very much needed time. She will remember that for the rest of her life. I'm glad she is doing better. And that her and sons daddy have worked things out as far as parenting. I hope things continue to look up for her. I wish there were more best friends in this world like you. Best wishes to both of you. And from now on I will try thinking about things in a calm and rational manner so I don't stress and hurt my baby. Thank you so much for sharing this story. I don't think we really think about how much it can har baby until it does.
  • Now I feel bad I stress over lil Shit. This post tells me to live one day at a time and to have a support system that loves you. That's y I love all of you on pregly. Love you guys. Sending prayers your friends way and give that new baby some love from me. Live life to the fullest and grab it by the horns
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  • @angel26 thanks, @5lilangels that's exactly what you have to do!
  • That sounds like fun pics r so cute of kids together
  • This is the exact thing that's happening to me right now :( I've got 8weeks left and I'm completely broken and extremely depressed. Ive told people but they don't really know what I'm going through koz i too keep it hidden. I just don't know how to stop it, I'm keeping myself as busy as possible to work through this. I'm seeing my dr next week. Hopefully i get better, i don't want the same thing happening to me. I'm only 21 this is my 2ndchild. I'm moving back home in 2 weeks to be with people that actually love and care about me. Its really hard i know exactly what she's going through. I wish your friend the best of luck and so glad her baby is ok.
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    @1stTiM3MommY I am SO glad to hear that! :D
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