Nearly a week after the unexpected demise of my baby girl, I️ receive the report outlining what was the cause of her death. When they do an autopsy on a newborn, they also dissect and test the placenta since that is where all of her supply came from. The first cause of death was a blood clot to the liver and intestines. The blood clot caused hemorrhaging and she passed due to the complications. The second cause of the death was what I️ was told in the hospital, acute Chorioamnionitis. Finding out the results was a relief. Why? Because all of this time, I’ve been thinking that I️ was the cause of her death. I️ thought that my body created these bad bacterial infections because of what I️ was doing. But actually, my body has developed a colonization of Group B Streptococcus (bad bacteria) in such a large number when I’m pregnant that my immune system is not powerful enough to fight it. That’s why both of my babies passed from complications of that infection. Becoming an expert of a topic foreign to you will take time. But I️ promise, I️ will come up with the answer to preventing this from happening again if it takes every breath in my body! Another women will not have to suffer like I️ did!
So am I’m going to try again? Stay tuned. In the next post, I️ will discuss what the OB said about “trying again” and what I️ plan on doing about this infection to prevent it from happening again.
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