The Miracle of Motherhood
“This was told to me by a dear friend. When having her second son she had a scheduled c-section. Her first was also a c-section birth. She had been uncomfortable during the last part of her pregnancy, saying that she felt pain in her bladder. Anyway…during the operation she suddenly screamed, and then hemorrhaged. Turns out she had placenta percreta, where the placenta grows through the uterine wall. It grew into her bladder and intestines. How this was not picked up during all her ultrasounds I will never understand. Her doctors saved her, and it was not easy. She had a heart attack, her lungs collapsed, I can’t remember how many units of blood she needed. We all thought she would die, and she was in a coma for over three weeks. Then one day she just kind of woke up. She told me that she does not remember much, but was aware sometimes of voices and a feeling of panic. Her husband talked about how they would put the baby on her chest and when they picked him back up tears would leak down her cheeks. She told me that things got lighter, in her head, like sun through deep clouds, as she healed. They call her the Miracle Woman.”