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“No one told me how incredibly sick you can get after giving birth. I had my baby 11 days ago. Labor went fine. After he was born, he was not so fine. The placenta was stuck, and the one-hour mark was closing in (if it’s not out by one hour, surgery is most likely necessary). They pushed on my belly, and were starting to panic a little. The doctor had to come in, and she ripped my placenta out. Ok, good, no surgery…”
“…I lost about a liter of blood. Three days after the birth, I start smelling a weird smell. I ignored it, thinking it was normal (first baby). Five days after the birth, I got a fever (not very high, but you aren’t supposed to get a fever that soon after giving birth, so back to the hospital I went). They tested my milk, took my blood, and did an ultrasound.
There was still a lot of placenta left in my uterus, and it got infected. I needed surgery, after all. I got antibiotics multiple times a day through IV. After almost 24 hours in the hospital, they could take me to surgery. The surgery was supposed to last five to ten minutes, but I ended up losing over a liter of blood and needed a blood transfusion.
They got everything out, but it turned out I also had an infection in my breasts. I spent four days in the hospital, getting antibiotics through an IV every six hours. The infection was too bad to let me get on antibiotic tablets. After four days in the hospital, I was discharged and could start antibiotic tablets every six hours instead. I’m still very out of it because of the infections and blood loss. I don’t like complaining, so if my mom hadn’t called the hospital to ask what to do with my fever, my infection wouldn’t have been picked up, and I would be even more sick. Women and their partners should know about this to get treatment immediately.”
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