My husband and I had been trying to
conceive for the 7 years that we were
married. Finally, after many
treatments we were blessed with our
first child, Brianna who was born on
November 8, 2001. I experienced PTL
with her beginning at 28 weeks, but I
had to end up being induced at 39.4
weeks due to PIH. She is a happy,
healthy 16 month old running all over
the place.
Since it took so long to conceive our
first child, we decided that we didn't
want to wait long to try for the
second. When Brianna was 7 months
old, we did another IUI and to our
delight, it worked the first time!!
Beginning at 8 weeks exactly I started
to bleed very heavily. We went to the
ER and was told that I was
miscarrying. They wouldn't do an u/s
at that early gestational age. We
went across town to our RE and he
happily did an u/s for us and we got
to see our little miracle with heart
beating away!! I continued to bleed
continously and very heavy at times
for 13 weeks. I ended up in the ER a
total of 5 times, and I was
hospitalized once at 12 weeks.
On Halloween night my husband,
daughter and I were shopping for her
birthday party stuff when I felt some
leaking. I chalked it up to bleeding
and didn't think anything of it. When
we got home, I got out of the van and
felt a gush. I looked down and I was
totally wet. I freaked out.
We got to the L and D unit and they
hooked me up and checked to see if I
had ruptured. Indeed I had. I was
also contracting every three minutes.
Luckily I hadn't dialated yet. They
took me to a birthing room, gave us
the speech that we should induce and
let nature take it's course. I was
started on antibiotics and IV fluids
and slowly but surely the contractions
stopped completely.
The next morning I was taken to a room
in the antepartum/high-risk unit where
I would be until the baby was born. I
was put in Trendelenburg position with
my feet higher than my head. I was
unable to sit up, much less walk. I
never developed an infection. I did,
however develop kidney stones and a
recurring UTI. I was on heavy duty
pain medication because of the kidney
stones.
At 28w1 day Noah's heartrate began
decelerating and they wanted to
monitor me closely. He had three
spells throughout the day and my OB
said that if he had one more than we
would deliver. Well, at midnight he
had another. So, I was prepped and
off to the OR we went for an emergency
c-section.
Noah came out with a little cry. He
weighed 3 pounds 1 1/2 ounces and was
15 3/4 inches long. All of the
doctors were pleased with his weight.
He required O2 for his lung
immaturity. He was taken directly to
the NICU. He spent 2 weeks on the
high frequency ventilator, 2 weeks on
the cpap and then until present on
nasal cannula. He came home on
January 28,2003 just 44 days after his
birth date of December 15, 2002. His
original due date was March 7, 2003.
Today he's 9 pounds and 3 months old.
He's on oxygen and an apnea monitor
here at home, but he's doing well. I
was told that my bleeding caused the
PROM. My bleeding went unexplained
until my OB was taking the placenta
out after Noah was born. It turns out
the placenta was in shreds, a
condition called placenta accreta. We
were very fortunate and blessed that
Noah made it as long as he did.
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