Hello All,
This is Tracy from Hong Kong. I got to
know this website since I got PROM on 3
June 2000.
I had a normal pregnancy and gave birth
to a baby girl on 25 May 1999. Since
Valerie is to cute, my husband and I
decide to have another baby this year,
but this time we want to have a baby
boy, so we went to the doctor and have
IUI operation which means we selectedly
choose a male sperm and put back inside
me.
I got my last period on 27 Feb 2000 and
doctor confirmed I got pregnant. My
expected due date should be 1 Dec 2000.
I didn’t have uncomfortable
feelings during first trimester. I have
good appetite and have no signs of
PROM.
I travel twice during May and it seems
fine to me.
Suddenly on 3 June while I was
sleeping,
I leaked at 6:00a.m. At first, I
thought
after the first pregnancy, I cannot
control my muscle and urinated. But at
9:00a.m I leaked again, so I hurry to
the doctor. He confirmed that I
ruptured. He asked me to bed rest for 1
week and see what happen.
After 1 week, I went back to see him
again and I found that there is no more
fluid surrounding the baby. He seems
can’t move and I was so sad to
see
this situation. The doctor suggested me
to terminate the pregnancy because it
was only 14 weeks of pregnancy by that
time and the survival rate is very low.
But before I went to the hospital to
terminate the pregnancy, my husband
wanted me to keep the baby, afterall
it’s a life and we
shouldn’t
decide his life, so we seek a second
opinion from another doctor. This time,
the doctor also revealed his negative
opinion to this pregnancy because I
ruptured at such an early stage. But he
also supported us to see what happens
to
the baby. If the baby grows in proper
size and live on his own inside the
womb, we won’t do the
termination.
Since then, I bed rest at home for 4
weeks and was admitted to the hospital
at my 18 weeks of pregnancy. I
didn’t have any operations, but
have antibiotics to avoid infection for
10 days. Leaking still happens
throughout the time everyday. Sometimes
leaking was a gush, sometimes
it’s
a little leak.
But starting from my 22 week of
pregnancy, leaking seems have a little
stop. I can stop leaking for 3 days and
then leak again and stop leaking for
another 10 days but leak again. I found
that whenever I am emotional or sit a
lot or walk a lot, then I will leak
more. So I tried to stat on bed most of
the time except going to the washroom
and dinner time. I got ultrasound 4
times during my stay at the hospital.
Baby seems growing very well except his
lung and stomach. Doctor said this is
due to lack of fluid. The last
ultrasound was done on 1 Sep, and
I’m able to get 9cm of fluid
which
almost touch the normal fluid level.
Starting from my 26 week of pregnancy,
I
have to take Adalat 5mg to avoid
contractions and add 10 mg after 2
days.
Doctors said I’m a miracle
because
they thought I would have deliver at 24
weeks, but I could stay until 28 weeks.
They hope I can go to 32 weeks and hope
miracle would happen again.
Suddenly on 16 Sep 1:00 p.m. I started
to have back pain and I informed the
nurse. They asked the on duty doctor to
check up for me but he was so
inexperienced and only diagnosed me as
simple back problems. He said I
exercise
too little and bed rest for too long
such that I have back problems. But
back
pain persisted and at 8:00p.m. a senior
doctor checked up for me again and this
time she reported to the Professor who
handle my case. My Professor quickly
come back to the hospital and diagnosed
me as infection and have an emergency
c-section operation. The baby was born
on 16 Sep 23:05.
This is the first time I got to the
operation theatre and I was so scared
and I am those person who afraid any
kind of pain. But I need to have many
medications because of infections. My
DH
was not allowed to get in because of my
emergency case. My operation was not
long, but I didn’t have a chance
to see him and my baby boy was moved to
the NICU. I was so tired and my husband
stayed at NICU to look after his
condition.
On 17 Sep, doctors from NICU asked me
to
go and see him and I know condition was
bad, when I arrived at 8:35a.m., he
passed away. He was 29 3/7 weeks. But
I’m glad that doctors and nurses
cleaned up him before I arrived. So I
didn’t see him sucked with lots
of
tubes and won’t feel so much sad.
I cried but I can still manage to
control myself because I know it would
happen and the possibility of lung
malfunction is very high. I’m
glad
that I got many information through
this
website and other internet websites.
PROM babies usually have lung problems.
For my baby, his lung cannot breath on
his own and its malfunctioning. Even he
is now 7 months, but his lung only got
5
months big without air sac. Since I
lost
fluid for 2 months in his earlier
development, his lung stop growing
since
then and malfunction is expected.
Doctors give him lots of medications,
and after 9 hours, he still cannot
breath and passed away. If I’m at
the States, I think there’s much
more survival chance of my baby because
doctors can help me to reseal or there
are more medications which can help.
Since steroid would increase my
infection rate, I didn’t take
steroid because my Professor said he
won’t let me take until the last
minute. Also, he said steroid could
only
last for few days. Even I took it
before
I had infections, it won’t help
baby a lot because his lung air sac
didn’t grow at all.
My baby boy looks so pretty and
handsome
to me and out of my expectation, he
seems quite large, 1470 gram and got
little baby fat on his little cheek. At
first, my DH doesn’t want me to
take photos with him because he’s
afraid that I would be very sad to see
those pictures again in the future, but
I insisted and I took lots of pictures
with him. I asked the nurse to take his
hand prints and foot prints. He looks
just like a sleeping baby, but his
cheek
was red because of those tubes.
I feel very bad not only because of
baby
lost, but also I suffer all the
medications due to infection. But on
the
other hand, I’m glad that baby
doesn’t have to suffer any more
and I can go back home to take care my
first toddler, Valerie.
Since we are Chinese and have lots of
traditions and ceremonies, so what I
can
do for my baby is to provide him with
lots of clothes and other baby stuff to
accompany him during the ceremony. We
didn’t give him an English name
but we give him a Chinese name which
means "we will meet again".
Professor said I can get pregnant again
in the future but I worried that I
would
PROM again. I think I ruptured because
I
didn’t have good rest during my
first 2 months of pregnancy and I
travel
a lot. Also, I am so emotional. Another
reason is that my body really
didn’t recover enough after my
first pregnancy.
Tracy Chan
Mom to Valerie, full term (25 May 1999)
PROM baby, PROM at 14 weeks
Bed rest at home from 14-18 weeks
Admitted to hospital and bed rest from
18-29 weeks
Baby born on 16 Sep 2000 11:05p.m. due
to infection with C-section.
Baby passed away on 17 Sep 2000 8:35a.m
due to lung malfunction and cannot
breath
Baby Boy was 29week 3 days and weigh
1470 gram
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