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My story begins with finding out we
were expecting triplets, and after
just getting used to the idea being
told that we were losing our identical
twins at 14-15 weeks. They were
positioned above the healthy baby so
they were left in utero. The high
risk specialist we were seeing told me
I was still high risk, but gave me no
specifics on what could happen. After
the twin pg began to shrink, I felt
confident going to my regular OB,
because I had a 40w term delivery w/ a
singleton before and I wanted
something about this pg to be normal.
On a Saturday in Dec. I had been
cleaning house for my older son's
birthday party, in the midst of an
argument with my husband about him
helping out more I felt a gush of
fluid. It felt just like when my
water broke before, so when I went to
the restroom I was terrified to see
blood. We called the hospital and
went right in. They put me in the
Trendelendberg position (head lowered
feet raised) and kept putting me on a
bedpan, after the second time on the
bedpan another gush and they did a
nitrazine test that was positive, but
the Dr said it could be from the
blood. Another gush a nurse saw
happen and she said it was definately
amniotic fluid, the Dr came in and did
a sterile spec exam and another huge
gush occurred, by now I was absolutely
terrified and knew my baby would not
survive. I was not dilated at all and
having no contractions The Dr at our
local hospital sent me in a ambulance
to a hospital in a town that has a
level III NICU and the
perinatologist. I was in the hospital
for two months before I was induced at
34w5d. I had received a two shot
course of steroid therapy as well as
IV antibiotics when it first occurred
and IV antibiotics again when I
delivered. My son Dalton came out
screaming and it was the most glorious
sound in the world. He stayed in our
room from the time he was born
weighing 4lbs12oz, until the time we
went home 2 days later. The steroid
shots and the stress from low fluid
seem to have helped mature his lungs.
The recuperation after being in bed
for so long is not easy, but it is
well worth it every time I look into
his beautiful eyes.
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