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My name is Debbie and I experienced
PPROM with my fourth pregnancy. My
first three pregnancies went perfectly,
but this fourth one was TOTALLY
different. I just did not feel right
from the very beginning. My blood
pressure began to get higher as the
weeks went by, there was protein and
sugar in my urine and I began to dilate
at 32 weeks. I was put on bedrest as
much as possible. At 36 weeks my water
broke and labor soon followed. After 12
hours of labor Jason entered the world
at 8lbs. 9oz. He looked so perfect but
he was not. He had respiratory
distress syndrom (hyaline membrane
disease), he could not suck well or
hold down food if it went into the
stomach first. In the NICU, he was
placed on a ventilator, tube fed into
the intestine as to bypass the stomach,
and placed under bili-lights. I am
happy to say that all has turned out
well, by the grace of God, and Jason
has just turned three. He has not
suffered many ill effects from his
prematurity. He does,however, continue
to fight chronic asthma. We have just
had baby #5 and all went well both with
the pregnancy and delivery. There is
hope for a healthy pregnancy and full-
term baby after after PPROM.
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