due date: January 10, 2006

Let me start off first by saying I am terrified!!! I have two other children 13 and 6 at home, and I have been in the hospital for the last two weeks, once my doctor diagnosed me with previa. I am in constant contraction, on magnesium sulfate one day, indocine another and procardia after that. That has been going on these last couple of weeks. The maternal fetal medicine doctors says I will just have to live with the pain because they cannot stop my contractions and they will not deliver the baby until I start to bleed. I am a single mom, because the father of my baby decided that this was too scary for him to deal with and he left me to handle this alone. My biggest fear is that I will bleed to death and leave all three of my beautiful children alone in this world without me. I pray every night to God, that I make it through this with minor to no complications and a healthy baby. Your stories are inspirations to me and along with my maternal love for my children, are all I have to keep me going from day to day. I am still sore from the amnio they performed on me to test for maturity in the baby's lungs. To feel my baby kick is bittersweet, because althought I am glad she is active, it hurts like you wouldnt believe. Thank you for this website. My other two children were C-Sections and I had no idea what placenta previa was before this pregnancy. Your stories give me hope.