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Barbara had a normal pregnancy with no symptoms. She's had a low lying placenta that corrected itself. After a minor car accident at about 30 weeks something told her to request another ultrasound and her vasa previa was diagnosed at that time. She went on modified bed rest and began to get weekly sonograms and stress tests. Victoria was born at 36 weeks and got her name from her victory over this otherwise heartbreaking condition. |
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My name is Barbara and i am 30 years old. I by the grace of God just had my baby on June 23, 2005 via c-section. I was having a normal 2nd pregnancy and had 3 ultrasounds by my 5 month. The only thing detected was that I had a slight case of placenta previa. I went along with my normal everyday activities. My family and I went on a vacation when I was about 30 weeks. Just a day trip and when the day was over someone hit our car from behind, which resulted in a broken fender. Nobody was hurt and I felt fine but something just pressed on me to call the doctor and tell them what happened. When I did they told me to come in and they performed an ultrasound. At this time I mentioned I was previously diagnosed with placenta previa and asked about that. She told me that my placenta had moved up but there was something else she wanted to check out on me. So I returned a week later and that was when she did the Doppler and found out I had vasa previa. At the time my OB was not in and I saw a nurse practitioner which really did not know much about this she sent me home with no advice just saying how unusual this was. That night I called back to speak to my OB about the how serious this was and that is when she told me to go on disability from work. The doctor put me on modified bed rest and I just stopped doing a lot of things I normally did or would have done. I was not hospitalized but I went in for weekly sonograms and stress tests for the baby. The weekly visits were upon my request. I received steroids at 30 weeks for the baby's lungs and delivered at 36 weeks via scheduled C-section. My daughter had some issues with breathing. She had (I guess what they call moisture in her lungs?) but that cleared up in about 3 days. She was put in the NICU for 5 days total. She developed jaundice and was a poor feeder. This was a very difficult time all in all but I am thankful to God, the sonographer, and this website for my healthy baby girl. Information is key too getting what you need in this situation. The doctors are a little too relaxed about this. You need to be very forward with what you want. 1 in 3000 that is not that rare. |
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