Did you have more children after a complicated pregnancy? (possible TMI alert)

My son is 17 months old.

My pregnancy was absurdly difficult. I had morning sickness for six months, knocked-out-cold fainting spells (the post office just loved me), I got so huge I couldn’t operate like a normal human being.

On top of all that, I had a 37 hour labor, birthed a 10½ lb baby that just happened to get stuck behind my pelvic bone and require a vacuum delivery.

After I delivered the placenta, I had a severe haemorrhage. Lost over two pints of blood, four pounds of blood clots. Morphine couldn’t help the pain I was in. It took two hours to stop the bleeding. My hematocrit level was at a 4 even after I was given two units of blood. I very nearly died, so my OB tells me (it was all pretty much a blur. I don’t remember much other than the pain, and the cold).

Pretty much anyone I’ve spoken to who has had as complicated a delivery as I have gave up on having more children afterward (and understandably so). The thing is, “E” is my first, and I have always wanted a big family. I just want to be alive to enjoy them.

Has anyone else had a complicated delivery, and gone on to have a better, normal, healthy delivery?