Jacinta's story
I was early stages of pregnancy and had a fall, I was vomiting for 24 hrs after the fall and then taken to hospital.
A blood test revealed a multiple pregnancy and an ultrasound confirmed that there were twins but only one had a heartbeat.
I remained sick and was in and out of hospital up until 20 weeks gestation.
I was put on vitamins and fliuds intraveinously and given all sorts of anti nausea medications , maxolan through the drip , and stemetil suppositories for home as i could not keep anything down.
I was put on a medication, I cant remember name of at about 17 weeks, it seemed to settle sickness but gave me very restless legs.
I was back in hospital at 36 weeks and put on medication for high blood pressure and at 37 weeks I was induced.
I was given an epidural and fell asleep awoken by the monitor alarm going off as they had lost her heartbeat.
The Dr arrived and she was delivered by suction, she was given oxygen and they said she was okay.
She was quiet blue around the mouth and hands feet and was like this for a week after.
At 4 years old we were at the shops and Jacinta had her first seizure I thought she had heat exhaustion and was going to faint. I rushed her in to Doctors and he told me straight out it was petit mal, childhood epilepsy.
An EEG confirmed epilepsy.
I cant help wonder if any of these things would have been the cause of Jacinta's epilepsy.
Is there any way Doctors would know what has caused my daughters epilepsy?
When Jacinta was diagnosed at 4 years I was asked questions about my pregnancy and the birth, any head injuries etc.
The Dr said nothing was significant enough.
I suppose there is no real way of knowing? I only want to know as a way of maybe finding a cure.
Thanks
Cheryl.
I was early stages of pregnancy and had a fall, I was vomiting for 24 hrs after the fall and then taken to hospital.
A blood test revealed a multiple pregnancy and an ultrasound confirmed that there were twins but only one had a heartbeat.
I remained sick and was in and out of hospital up until 20 weeks gestation.
I was put on vitamins and fliuds intraveinously and given all sorts of anti nausea medications , maxolan through the drip , and stemetil suppositories for home as i could not keep anything down.
I was put on a medication, I cant remember name of at about 17 weeks, it seemed to settle sickness but gave me very restless legs.
I was back in hospital at 36 weeks and put on medication for high blood pressure and at 37 weeks I was induced.
I was given an epidural and fell asleep awoken by the monitor alarm going off as they had lost her heartbeat.
The Dr arrived and she was delivered by suction, she was given oxygen and they said she was okay.
She was quiet blue around the mouth and hands feet and was like this for a week after.
At 4 years old we were at the shops and Jacinta had her first seizure I thought she had heat exhaustion and was going to faint. I rushed her in to Doctors and he told me straight out it was petit mal, childhood epilepsy.
An EEG confirmed epilepsy.
I cant help wonder if any of these things would have been the cause of Jacinta's epilepsy.
Is there any way Doctors would know what has caused my daughters epilepsy?
When Jacinta was diagnosed at 4 years I was asked questions about my pregnancy and the birth, any head injuries etc.
The Dr said nothing was significant enough.
I suppose there is no real way of knowing? I only want to know as a way of maybe finding a cure.
Thanks
Cheryl.
