Hemorrhaged with 2Nd Baby. Is It Okay to Have Another?

Please see an ob/gyn who is a high risk pregnancy doctor. We can't advise you on this.

Good luck!
Dawn

These are risks you should be going over with your doctor, and I'm glad you are.
At some point you have to ask yourself: is one more baby worth the risk of possibly dying and leaving my older children motherless?
There are other options.
Adoption or even surrogacy (another woman could carry your baby to term with less risk to yourself).
You and your husband and your doctor(s) should go over it all.
Good luck with what ever you decide to do!

Hi there. All pregnancies are different. Glad you are talking to your doc. I had two perfectly normal pregnancies and my third was too up until week 35. I had placenta previa and started to dialite. They took the baby so I wouldn't hemorrhage. Baby ended up in NICU for a week and all is well now. I would for sure get a second opinion and if that differs than the first, maybe a third opinion. Good luck with your decision

Here is my experience.And I had 2 more afterwards, but I knew I was in good hands.At that time I questioned if I should ever have children again I was never put in the category "high risk".I have now had Essure done to protect myself from conceiving again.All my L & Ds were full term,natural in hospital setting.My second went smoothly I didn't hemmorage till 2 months post partum there was no placenta in my uterus it is still unkown why it happened but it did I was home in the middle of the routine /i get up check on baby go check on the other kids went pee return back to bed however this time I got up again to go again,i went wiped and was lie oh must be starting my period put a pad on and oh my goodness more blood I went to bed husband asked if I was ok i said no i'm bleeding then quickly went back to the bathroom i yelled for him to get me the phone to call my Dr. it was pouring out so fast i couldn't keep flush fast enough,he said lets go you need to go to the ER I was on the phoe w/ my Dr when all this ws going down,went in still bleeding.I waited to be seen then when the Dr did come in before calling an OB he did his exam and let me tell you I would never forget their faces or the feeling I felt when a huge clot came out is was as if I delivered another baby but it wasn't i delivered a singleton afterwards OB came in wanted to do a D&C but I refused did the hormonal treatment by iv instead and stayed in the hospital.Now fast forward a month it happened again this time I did do the D&C nothing was found fine afterwards had normal periods.Became pregnant over a yr. later had baby did well 2 hrs later got up to use batroom called out for help my husband ran to get a nurse they gave me a hormone shot did a manual D&C right the and there (I call it that becasue they literally went up inside of me to clean out all the gunk) the most painful thing ever after having just had a baby.But there was not time to prep for surgery would of had it done if it happened again.So afterwards fine.Now onto my 4th after having a history of it I had baby and soon afterwrds was pumped with medications IV,oral,& rectal to get my uterus to contract along with uterine massage.My uterus was getting floppy coming cause was multiple pregnancies,and my babies were big compared to my small frame.I'm so happy with my four!!I woldn't consider doingit all over agian that is why I choose to do soemthing about it.My Drs.midwife couldn't 'wouldn't tell me not to have more children because there are no other reasons for me not to have another healthy pregnancy or delivery & when I discussed this with them they were aware of my condition and how I felt about not wanting to go through it again and very supportive

I hemorrhaged after my second....i didnt need a procedure or anything, gave me pitocin and massaged my uterus. I lost 2 units of blood. So, mine doesn't sound as bad as yours. I have had one since with no complications. I think a second opinion is what i would do as well.

I sill say they gave me pitocin immediately after and watched me very closely with my third.

Your Obgyn is your absolute best counsel here. Good luck

I bled fairly much after my second one. All 8 of mine were manual placenta removal due it not coming out. That was very painful so maybe that was the cause of the bleeding. Don't know. Had huge clots and bleeding at home after the 3rd but was told to get off my feet and that stopped and no more issues. I was home for 2 weeks after the 6th baby when I started pouring blood and cramping and had to go in for emergency D&C but placenta was left in from the manual removal of that. Then after the 8th I hemorrhaged badly. Not as bad as you but for 3 hours I bled with the doctor putting pressure in me and he was about ready to do an emergency hysterectomy when it finally stopped. He then advised me no more children and I was fine with that as we had 8 and I was not hoping for more. It really scared the doctor and my husband and so that was it for us. I think the uterus can get where it won't clamp down and whether from age, number of children or just a one time thing only you and your doctor may figure out. It sounds like your event was very risky and scary. I begged not to have the transfusion so they sent me home with only iron to see if I did okay and I did but it took me ages with that last one to 'bounce back' and I felt so drained for a long long time. No other complications.