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On June 23rd 2004 I decide to take a pregnancy test, after two years for trying to get pregnant I did not think this test would
be different then any other test I took. When I looked down and saw those TWO lines, the lines I had
wanted to see for so long I RAN out of the bathroom screaming "I see two lines!!!" My husband replies "two
lions??? Where!!" And runs to get his shoes to save our dogs. I grab him and say "no no!! LINES!!!" I of course like most
women cried, and ran out to get more tests. After few more test he was convinced that I really was in fact pregnant.
I made my doc appointment like a good girl, and told them I didn't know how far along I was due to my irregular cycles.
They ordered a ton of blood work and an ultrasound so we could get a date!
At the u/s I had butterflies and was so scared. What felt like hours went by and then we saw it...A perfect little "peanut" and
a one perfect little heart beating away!!!
The weeks went by, very uneventful, no morning sickness, no weight gain, no problems. It was prefect! I would feel little
kicks now and then, I had a nice glow and loved being pregnant. On 10/15/04 we have our "Big ultrasound" The
ultrasound when we would find out "who" was in there. Again, after what felt like hours we final heard what we wanted to
hear..."It's a girl" My husband almost fell off his chair, A girl! We had been hoping it would be a girl since we started
trying! I was going to have my princess and everything looked perfect. She measured 20 weeks and 4 days which was
one day ahead!!!
At 24 weeks I started to notice less movement, I figured she was growing, so she wasn't that active, at 25 weeks I
noticed I was starting to swell. I decided to take my blood pressure and to my surprise it was elevated! My pressure was
always 110/70 and it was fine at my last appointment. I called my doc right away and he told me to go to L & D for what I
thought would be a short visit. We listened to her heart, they took some blood and checked my urine. We waited for
hours, wondering why I was not released yet. Finally the docs came back in and said they were going to keep me over
night. Although my blood pressure was okay, my blood work was not and I was spilling protein.
After more testing, there fears were confirmed. It was not normal pregnancy swelling, I had Pre-eclampsia. I was
transferred to a hospital that would be able to handle pre-term babies.
I got to the new hosp and stayed in L & D for a few days, then they moved me to an antenatal room and hoped that I
would be able to stay pregnant for a little while longer. On my second night in that room they noticed de cells in the baby's
heart rate and moved me back to L & D. They ran some more blood work which showed my palates dropping, then my
blood pressure started rising. I was told that I needed to have a c-section ASAP.
My little princess was born on 11-25-04, Thanksgiving day, around 4:30pm. I was SHOCKED to hear her cry. I didn't think
babies that little cried. She scored 8 out of 9 and then 9 out of 9, they said that would be very good for a full term, it was
amazing for a preemie. They let me see her before they took her off the in to the intensive care unit. She was beautiful!
Pink and perfect! She was breathing on her own and everything seemed to be fine. She weighed 1 pound
and 5 oz and was 12 inches long, a bit small for a 26.5 weeker. She looked just like my husband, I was so happy to
finally meet my baby, and prepared myself mentally for having to go home with out my baby and the long trips to NICU. I
was sure she would be okay.
Saturday morning (11-27-2005) at around 2:30 am a nurse came to my room and said the words that no parent should
ever have to hear... your baby took a turn of the worst. I was in SHOCK. I just looked at the nurse and said "Are you sure
it is our baby???" My husband had just check on her around 8 and she was breathing on her own and they said she was
doing very well. Luckily the nurses let him stay the night even though he wasn't supposed to, I could have never handled
the news on my own. I could hardly move since I had just had a c-section but I got up and got in a wheel chair.
My husband and I just sat and watched as they worked on her, we couldn't do anything. I was so numb I couldn't even
cry. My husband held her when she was taking her last few breathes, I just couldn't do it, I wanted him to have that time
with her. They did everything they could but we lost her. Once we got back to the room I cried for hours until I finally just
feel asleep.
I had the perfect pregnancy up to that point. I did not even get morning sickness, I'm was only 25, I wouldn't take any
meds or even eat lunch meat because I was scared it would hurt my baby. All my u/s were perfect, I don't understand
what went wrong. For two years all I thought about was trying to get pregnant, and then once I was, I was scared to
death until I reached what I thought was a "safe point" (24 weeks).
The docs say there is nothing we could have done, and we did nothing wrong. Preeclampsia can happen to anyone.
As bad as this was, it could have been even worse, if you at anytime do not feel right during your pregnancy CALL
YOUR DOC!!!! If I would have waited until next appointment, which was only about a week away, I might not still be here.
Also, if you think you have pre-eclampsia make sure your doc runs tests (24 hour urine, liver/kidney function ect). I
was very lucky that my doc told me to go to L & D and ran the test for preeclampsia. Not all docs would have been that
proactive and I am very grateful mine was.
Veronica Rosina
Nov 25th - Nov 27th 2004
Forever and Always in our hearts
You will never be forgotten
