May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor
- Amanda Gill
- Aug 11, 2018
- 1 min read
If you're reading this, I hope the odds have been in your favor because they never seem to be in mine when it comes to pregnacy. Let me explain.
Likelihood of having a pregnancy with a neural tube defect, 0.1%. Not only did my first pregnancy result in a diagnosis of a neural tube defect our baby suffered anacephaly, which is the rarest form.
Warren was born at 24 weeks when I went into spontaneous premature labor. Premature labor (anything before 37 weeks gestation) happens in 10% of pregnancies.
Babies born at 24 weeks gestation have a 50/50 chance of survival.
With Adaline, I again went into spontaneous labor at 36 weeks gestation even after taking Makena (a drug that is intended to reduce risk of preterm labor). During that time my uterus ruptured, something that happens in less than 1% of pregnancies.
Only 6% of uterine ruptures are catastrophic, yet Adaline had to be resuscitated and was diagnosed with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopaty (HIE).
Only 2 to 3 babies out of 1000 are affected by HIE each year and 50% of those diagnosed with severe HIE will die.
Every one of my pregnancies have been an unfortunate exception to the norm. Each of my babies, had such great odds for survival even after the worst of deliveries and yet it didn't matter. Those odds just weren't in our favor.
