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I got pregnant after suffering two
miscarriages, and 3 IVF's. I had an
amnio done at 16 weeks, and it went
very smoothly, no problems at all. I
stayed off my feet for 24 hours, and
then some, as recommended by my
doctor. About 34 hours or so after
the amnio, as I was getting dressed to
go out, I felt a big gush of fluid.
At first, I was not sure whether I was
imagining things, and then a moment
later, I felt another gush, and
another gush. My pants were
completely soaked through. I
immediately called my doctor, who at
first seemed to think it was just post-
amnio paranoia, until I explained that
my pants were completely soaked
through, and that I had emptied my
bladder shortly before it happened.
She told me to get in bed immediately,
and to stay there, and to just wait
and see what happened. That night,
around 2 a.m., I was laying in bed
trying to sleep, when I again felt a
huge gush of fluid, even bigger than
the first. Now I was really
frightened, because this was 9 hours
or so after the first gush, and it
seemed like a bad thing that I had
another gush so far after the first
one. I waited until morning, and
called my doctor. She told me to stay
off my feet, and to come into her
office the next morning (this all
happened over a weekend). So Monday
morning, I went to the doctor's
office. It had now been more than 30
hours since the last gush, so I was
feeling better. Another doctor in the
practice did an exam. He did a fern
test, and found no sign of amniotic
fluid, so I think thought I'd made the
whole thing up. But then he did an
u/s. On Friday, when I'd had my
amnio, there had been lots and lots of
fluid. The baby had been doing flips
and basically swimming around. Now,
the baby looked shrink wrapped, and
the AFI was just 5. And this was 30
hours after the last leak, so I'm sure
it had been even lower. I was put on
very powerful antibiotics, and told to
go on bedrest for the rest of the
week, and to come back at the end of
the week. I didn't experience any
more leaks, and a week later, my fluid
levels were almost back to normal. I
know that PROM as a result of amnio
usually reseals, but it was a very
frightening experience, and I thought
that if anyone came here looking for
an amnio story, my story might help.
My baby was born at 39 weeks, after my
water broke (and it felt exactly the
same when my water broke then as it
did when it broke at 16 weeks). He
was perfect, and huge. In fact, at
the end of my pregnancy, my fluid
levels were borderline abnormally
high.
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