This is my story of hope for all of
you
out there reading this who have had a
PROM pregnancy in your past and are
afraid of trying again….
My first pregnancy ended at 27 weeks
due to PPROM at 21 weeks. You can
read
that story here as well. Needless to
say I was terrified to try to have
another baby. As fate would have it,
I
never had to decide whether I was
strong enough to try again b/c I got
pregnant quite by surprise.
As you can imagine I was terrified b/c
no one could or would tell me why I
had
ruptured so early with Nicholas, so we
didn’t even know what to look out
for.
My OB wanted to treat me as any other
normal pregnant woman, but luckily my
specialist took control of things
early
on. He put me on modified bed rest at
13 weeks. He had me scheduled to see
my OB every 2 weeks until week 22 and
then weekly thereafter. I was scanned
regularly to check for incompetent
cervix and also screened regularly for
vaginal infections such as Bacteria
Vaginosis. As it turned out I did
have
BV 3 times. I was treated all three
times with Flagil, but the infection
kept coming back. Each time we got it
under control, but I am convinced that
it was b/c of BV that my water broke
with Nicholas and he was born so
early. I also had a UTI that put me
in L&D one Saturday but the meds took
care of that as well.
Isabella was born on February 26th,
2001 at 40 weeks and 1 day! I went
into labor with her at midnight the
day
after her due date. I labored with
her
at home until 4:00 pm that day and
then
went to get checked by my OB. I was 3
cm and 75% effaced and sent right to
the hospital where I had a wonderful
natural delivery and was holding my
full term baby girl in my arms 5 hours
later!! And what's really ironic is
that they had to break my water at
8cm!!
So, all in all, an uneventful
pregnancy. A stressful one, yes! I
will not deny that. I was terrified
every day that that was going to be
the
day that all hell would break loose.
But the women on this list got me
through it with their support and with
their knowledge. It was only through
learning what I did here that I even
knew how and what to ask for in order
to get my Bella here full term and
healthy.
Thanks for reading!
Sterling
PROM PG Story
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