My husband and I have tried to get pg
for 5 years. We did everything from 7
IUIs to 3 IVFs. Well, the third IVF
worked and were pg with twins.
Unfortunately, one of the twins
absorbed into my body around 9 weeks.
So we had one baby left. After a day
of playing golf, we got home and I
felt a gush of fluid. I thought it
might be blood because I had been
bleeding on and off throughout the
pregnancy. When I saw it was brownish
fluid, I knew right away it was
amniotic fluid. We rushed to the
hospital, which is only a minute from
our house, and was admitted
immediately. I saw the doctor that
night and he determined I had broken
my water and would most likely deliver
in the next 48 hours to a week from
now. He also said the baby is not
viable until 24 weeks. We wanted this
baby so badly that I asked him if
there was any chance this baby would
survive. He said yes, but the chances
were small. We didn't care, we had to
do all that we could to save her. So I
drank a lot of water and was put on an
IV and antibiotics to keep away
infection. I stayed at this hospital
until I was 22 and a half weeks. While
I was there I had ultrasounds that
showed I had about 7-8 cm of fluid for
the first week and a half after the
rupture. Then it started to decline to
4 cm at about 22 and a half weeks. I
was then sent in an ambulance to a
hospital that had a level 3 nursery. I
stayed there until I was 32 weeks and
3 days. During that time I had
numerous ultrasounds that showed AFI's
with 4cm to zero amounts of fluid.
At 32 weeks and 3 days I started
to get regular, strong contractions. I
also started to get a fever so my
periantologist decided it was time to
deliver her. I had held on for 83 days
in the hospital, she thought that was
enough! We did the c-section that day
and when Madison came out she cried
and breathed on her own at first. She
then needed to be put on 100%
ventilation for a day. Then she was
put on CPAP and now she has a canula.
She has been in the NICU for 5 days
and is expected to do fine. She did
not have hypoplasia, but had mild
respiratory distress syndrome. She is
improving every day and we couldn't be
more ecstatic. I hope this story gives
hope to others, Madison is truly a
miracle and fought all the odds.
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