Lost my son on June 11th - HELLP Syndrome & Eclampsia
Name: MelanieC | Date: Jun 29th, 2008 9:36 PM
Our first child, our son, Olivier was born June 2nd and passed away June 11th in daddy's arms, severely premature at 23 weeks, weighing a tiny 1lbs2oz, his little body fought as hard as he could but it was too much for him. We had him for a wonderful 9 days, moments I will cherish for the rest of my life. I miss him dearly, and am having a hard time getting through the day, I had been obsessing about having a baby for the longest time, many years now, this pregnancy was such a happy occasion, we had been expecting him all our lives, who knew we would have him for such a short time and under these circumstances.
I got severely sick with the HELLP Syndrome earlier that day (the day I delivered), which then moved on to eclampsia, almost losing my life in the process of the emergency c-section, I was dying from the HELLP and the only cure was that they needed to deliver the baby. I had never heard of HELLP of eclampsia before that day. I personally could have went on a lifetime without finding out their meaning.
Looking to talk with someone who has lost a child, or gone through the ecclempsia/HELLP. ↓
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Name: MissP | Date: Jun 30th, 2008 5:31 AM
Hi Melanie, im so so sorry for your loss and i know that youve been through all of our worst nightmare situation. I cant help you with those conditions so im sorry about that, but i can offer sympathy as i lost my first child at 12wks after many years of broodiness and am now 26wks with my second and having several complications since 18wks. Hes managed to hang in there so far, something which i pray about everyday. Anyway, i know you must be having the hardest time and feeling so broken hearted. Its good that you were able to spend those 9 days with him before he lost his fight, cherish those moments, and try to stay strong and get rest. Your body has been through so much and now a c section on top of that. You need some time to get through this. You will eventually have the opportunity to try again hopefully and i know at the moment you might feel like you never want to go through that pain again, so give it time. Dont rush into any decisions. I hope someone else on the forum is able to help you with the eclampsia and the hellp. Sorry im not able to, but im thinking of you and your dh and please update from time to time to say how your getting on. Lots of hugss x x ↑
