this is my daughters story that i wrote for her. please can anyone that reads this and have lost a baby or have one that is alive but have been affected by these virus's please contact me thanks.
hi my name is chloe my husband is baljinder and our beautiful baby is called harkeet.she was born on the 15th of august 2006,and saldly passed away on the 29th of august. my baby was due on the 8th of august,on the 2nd i had a little bit of bleeding so i went in to be checked out and they did a swab test.at that time i was quite sore down below and told the midwives so, but they didnt say anything.on the 14th i was given a sweep of the membranes as i had gone over my dates,and the next day my waters broke at about 10.30 in the morning, i rang my mum who came and picked me up and we went to her house as we'd planned to try and spend as much time at home before going to the hospital.my mum rang the hospital about 12.30 and advised them that my waters had broken and they said to potter about at home and have a bath and to come in when we were ready.we went to hospital at 3pm and it was confirmed that i was in labour but they said my waters hadnt broken. at the time i also metioned that i was very sore and a docter said it was just an imflamed spot. at about 5 pm i was told i could go home if i wanted and come back later or i could go to a ward.we decided to go home.the midwife then went to fill in some details on my hospital records and then told us to our great surprise that i had strep b.which had been found when i had the swab taken on the 2nd of august (almost 2 weeks before).
we new what problems could come from this as my friend had this when she was pregnant,we also new that antibiotics had to be given by drip immeadiatly that labour starts(over 7 hours had already passed).the midwife put a drip on and i was left to do my labour.2 hours later my baby was born (very fast for a first baby).as far as we know the baby was checked and declared fit to go home the next evening.we was not given any information about symptoms to watch out for.in the next few days my baby developed a cough which i told the midwife about, and her reply was babys cant catch a cold or coughs at this age they are immune! over the next few days i told the midwife but she still just kept reasuring us that things were fine. then on the 25th she came and said my baby must have caught a cold and for me to make an appointment with the docter.they said they couldnt see her till 5 in the afternoon by which time my baby was on life support.they at first didnt think she'd make it through the journey to alder hey hospital but she did, but after another 4 days fighting for her life she slipped away.
we were convinced that what had taken our baby was strep b, but to add our sadness it turned out to be another silent killer that we didnt know lurks in our body a cold sore virus called herpes simplex. it can be spread all over the body simply by kissing someone,and sadly no body picked up on it but the symptoms are the same for strep b which the midwife should have been watching for. i want to make people aware of how things live in our bodys without us being aware! sadly its too late for our baby and it is a very rare thing for a baby to die from this but we have since found out that the soreness i had was a break out of cold sores in my priverts that killed our baby. this is not something that is transmitted sexualy its as simple i said earlier a cold sore virus that 90% of people have without even knowing.and if our baby had been treated earlier when i said she was il and the midwife would have listened to me, our baby would still be alive today!
Our feelings about this are very raw and hopefully we will go on to have more children soon!
but nobody can take away our memories of the time we laughed at our babys funny expressions,and the little sound she made when she cried.she sounded just like a baby lamb,we have these memories to keep us going!and to keep her memory alive forever!
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