Hi, I was checking to see what actress reenacted my story, and saw this..I am actually Tiffany from this season's IDKIWP, featured in an episode called Home Alone. I appreciate that you defended me, against the "tiffany is an idiot" posters. Thanks for that. For the others...Obviously in a half-hour show, you don't get every detail of the circumstances, so let me explain a little further. In the international version, the doctors detail how I suffered from a legitimate case of post-traumatic stress disorder. One of them explains that your body and mind need 9 months to get used to the fact that a child is coming. Imagine having been told after 10 years of trying, that you will never conceive. Then imagine going into labor, and having not 9 months, but about 10 minutes to adjust to giving birth. I wasn't even in any pain until my husband took me to the hospital..I had lost a tremendous amount of blood, my blood pressure was at stroke level, and I was not thinking clearly. I consider it lucky that, under those circumstances, my baby and I survived. In the interview, of course I would say I would have done everything differently. No one wants to not know they are pregnant and give birth in the bathroom, with no drugs and their baby's life in danger. I have a college education, good insurance, and a great marriage..if I had known I was pregnant, I WOULD have done everything differently. I did in the first few months, smoke but quit. I had a few drinks at a Xmas party-things I would not have done if I'd known. At my age(38) mine would have been a high-risk pregnancy and I would have seen a doctor frequently. I'm not quite sure why anyone would be mad at me when watching the show. The people I know are amazed that I was able to deliver my baby by myself, especially with having preclampsia. Yes, I realize now the danger I put myself and my child in by not calling 911. Upon giving birth, and in and out of consciousness the next day, I was not thinking clearly. At one point I did call my husband and tell him I had a surprise..again, I'm in shock when I make that call. I was thinking I didn't want him driving 16 hours home in a panic, and in my state of mind, I thought the baby and I were fine. I never said I didn't make any mistakes. I'm thankful that everything turned out ok and I now have a happy healthy 2 1/2 year old little boy. We consider ourselves blessed. I just can't understand why so many people that watch the show would like for something bad to happen, rather than a happy ending. I wish you all the best. You should keep watching the show..maybe you will end up being happy for the women, rather than so mean and judgmental!
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laurac281
14 years ago
Tiffany, your mother was interviewed, and she repeatedly explained how concerned she was about your blood pressure, and you continually ignored that. Maybe your mother got the facts wrong, I don't know. You can blame the editors of the show because what the viewers are presented is someone who continually ignores life-threatening high blood pressure and does nothing about it... not just 1 week before delivery.
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tmanci
14 years ago
Hi..unlike you, I'm not blaming anybody! My mom visited me one week prior to me giving birth. She lives 10 hours away, and had come to help me move.That's when she took my blood pressure and it was high. After she left, that next week, my husband went out of town. Preeclampsia caused me to deliver early, within a week of noticing that my blood pressure was high.
I'm not sure that why you seem to be so obsessed and angry about my episode...it's a tv show. Yes, it's based on facts, but still just tv.If it makes you so mad, why do you keep watching it?? I have no complaint with the producers or anyone else affiliated with the show or network. If you do, perhaps you can write them and ask them to keep the show from airing anymore-tell them it upsets you. Tell them you spend way too much of your personal time analyzing and evaluating shows on their network...and that you don't like my episode. I'm sure they will value your opinion just about as much as I do.
And By the way, it sounds like that other poster WAS talking about you...and your very response proves the poster's point. You recommend people go back and look at all your other posts. WHO has time to do that, and who cares about what you write..except you. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks you spend way too much time watching tv! You need to get yourself a life and stop bitching about other people's!
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NickiDrea
14 years ago
Hi Tiffany, I just watched your episode=)
I am just wondering what you mean by pre-eclampsia caused you to deliver early. I also had severe pre-eclampsia during my pregnancy with my twins. The day it was diagnosed, I had to be induced so the babies would be OK- my BP was 200/120. My doctor specifically told me I was really lucky that I happened to come into the office or I could have died before I went to term.
I was just curious why you think that pre-eclampsia caused you to go into labor. It doesn't. When you have it, they will induce labor if the baby is term or somewhat close to term (I was 6 weeks early but they induced me anyway), but the condition does not cause early labor in and of itself.
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tmanci
14 years ago
Hi Nicki-
I am going by what the doctors told me, in that pre-eclampsia, if left untreated, like mine was, will turn into eclampsia, and thus cause, among other things, early delivery.
Some of the information from medical websites say the same:
Preeclampsia is a tricky pregnancy problem because it only causes symptoms in the later stages – but those symptoms can be very dangerous.
In fact, in the last stages it’s called eclampsia. Eclampsia is characterized by convulsions or seizures, extremely high blood pressure, PRETERM LABOR, coma, and sometimes death of the mother, baby, or both, all the more reasons why you need to be aware of the early signs of preeclampsia. Luckily, by catching preeclampsia early, you can avoid eclampsia altogether. It’s also important to note that eclampsia is very rare. Only around 1 in 2,000 women will experience it because it is usually caught in the preeclampsia stage.(giving birth safely website)
"Preeclampsia is responsible for 15% of premature births in the US each year. It is the leading known cause of preterm birth. According to the March of Dimes, in 2001, 476,250 infants were born prematurely…over half from unknown causes. Preeclampsia represents 30% of the known causes of prematurely--or approximately 70,000 premature births."(preeclampsia.org)
I would imagine that lack of prenatal care, along with no health checks throughout the pregnancy contributed to the early delivery as well. Keep in mind too that because there were no ultrasounds done along the way, the doctors were estimating the prematurity of my son.
The difference in our experiences with pre-eclampsia I would think is due to the fact that yours was monitored and treated..and mine was not.
I'm glad that everything turned out well for you too!
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Grimm-Grimm
14 years ago
I just wanted to say that I think it's really kool you came here to talk about the show and give some incite into further details on what happened, and you were on it. And I wish your family well Tiffani. I think the best way to look at it might be that when people watch a show it can be easy to judge without being in that circumstance or knowing all the facts. I hope you don't take the responses too personally or seriously. Some people just watch shows and come on imdb to talk about them while watching them. I know I do that because it's more fun to watch a show with someone then alone. Even if it is with someone on the internet, so to speak.
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tmanci
14 years ago
Hi monnie101,
I do have to admit-I did take some of the comments personally at first...and I'm not proud of some of the responses I posted when upset and/or angry. Luckily, I finally realized that I do the very same thing-I'll be watching a tv show and think, 'oh, what an idiot' or want to vent about what I'm watching, or even ask that person 'what in the world is wrong with you'...and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what makes tv worth watching!
Thanks for the kind wishes for my family. Blake is three now and I still feel blessed.
I also want to say thanks for what you wrote. It's one of the nicest things anyone has posted, and it was sweet of you to take the time to do it.I really do appreciate it!
Take care and have a great weekend!
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MydnightRose
14 years ago
I haven't seen an episode where I wanted to smack the woman or her partner until Levi and Emily. I think those 2 were morons, the rhythm method? Are you crazy, I learned that didnt work when I was 12! Levi looked like he was in his 30s so I would think he would act more mature. Thank gawd that nurse was there to save their daughters life or she surely wouldnt have made it.
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