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On September 11, 2001 at 1:45 am I awoke
to find my pajama pants were wet. I
went to the bathroom and there was a
gush of fluid. I called my OB who told
me that I probably peed myself. I knew
that I hadn't. I was only 13 weeks
pregnant. I went in to the doctor's
office the next morning and was given an
internal. My OB said that she didn't
think that I ruptured since there was
nothing to see, but she would send me
for an ultrasound anyway. I was
pregnant with twins. I knew that as of
the 7th week or so. As the tech was
doing the ultrasound, I could tell the
difference between the two sacs. Baby A
had plenty of fluid, but Baby B had
little if any at all. The doctor came
in and told me that I have a bicornuate
uterus and that baby B had ruptured. My
cervix was closed though. I was
admitted to the hospital for 4 days and
was given IV fluids. I was sent home on
bedrest with bathroom privileges with
weekly appointments for ultrasounds.
Every week we prayed that the fluid
would reaccumulate, but it never did.
The most that there ever was, was 6 cm.
The perinatologist recommended that
they do an AFP test--I refused it,
because I had heard of too many false
positives and I had enough stress. We
had already decided that we were going
through with the pregnancy. I leaked
small amounts until week 19 when I
started gushing pink fluid. I was then
admitted to the hospital until I
delivered. I was monitored for
contractions 3 times a day. I never had
any consistent contractions though. I
received some IV fluids at the beginning
and antibiotics throughout my whole stay
in the hospital. I had ultrasounds
weekly. The fluid always remained very
low, but there ws always a little. I
had steroid injections around week 28.
The doctors were optimistic. My family
was very optimistic also. There was no
other way to be to get through it. I
spent Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years in the hospital and I
would just keep reminding myself that
next year the holidays would be that
much better. At 31 weeks I started
bleeding heavily and started having
contractions . I was taken into the OR
and delivered a set of boy/girl twins
via c-section. They were both breathing
on there own, but were taken to the
NICU. My daughter (the non-ruptured
twin) came home in 2 weeks. She was
3lbs 9oz at birth and 4 lbs when we took
her home. My son was 2 lbs 11oz at
birth and stayed in the NICU for 3 1/2
months. He had a lot of respiratory
problems. He came home on oxygen and
had a feeding tube placed in his belly.
When he came home at 3 1/2 months he
weighed 5 lbs 10 oz. Today he is 10
months old and weighs 14 lbs. 4 oz. His
sister weighs 17 lbs 13oz. They both
keep me busy, but I wold do it all again
if I had to. Although my son has some
breathing problems, he is fine in all
other respects. His pulmonologist is
optimistic that he will grow out of his
respiratory problems. He will most
likely always have asthma. I hope that
this can help someone. I remember
looking on this web site when I was on
bedrest and some of the stories did give
me some hope.
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