My water had ruptured with my first
son at 38 weeks, born 9/7/99. For
fear of infection, I was induced and
my son ended up being delivered via c-
section the following day.
Almost two years later, I became
pregnant again with a due date of
2/20/02. During mid-December, I
contracted a week long stomach virus
that I thought had been some type of
food poisoning. A week later, my
husband and son contracted a stomach
virus which I then contracted also.
It lasted a couple of days this time.
Two days later, on January 2, I
started feeling extremely tired and
decided to go to bed early. I awoke
about 45 minutes later and realized my
water had broke. Mortified, as it was
seven weeks before my due date, we
went to the hospital where they
confirmed that my membranes had
ruptured. I was not having any labor
pains and was less than 1 cm.
dilated. I was admitted and
administered steroid shots.
They told me there was about a 90%
chance I would deliver within 48
hours. Well, I actually made it 8
days and would have made it longer had
the umbilical cord not prolapsed (a
mortifying event). My son was
delivered via emergency c-section
under general anesthesia (and to think
I actually had prepared a birth plan
and was going to try for a VBAC). He
only weighed 3 lbs. 12 oz. but appears
to be perfectly healthy (he is 8 weeks
at this writing). He stayed in NICU
for 2 1/2 weeks to gain to 4 pounds
before we were able to bring him
home.
All in all, even though we have a
healthy child, I am mortified at
having the third I have always wanted
for fear of my water rupturing even
earlier. I discussed my concern with
my doctor and he vaguely said that my
water would almost definetly rupture
again, however, not necessarily
early. They only tested for Beta
Strep which was negative, so he can
offer no reasons why I had ruptured
prematurely. I am eternally wondering
if there was something I could have
done to prevent it. I will update my
post with the results if/when we
decide to become pregnant again.
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