After 2 1/2 yrs and 5 ivf's, we became
pg with twin boys. I was ecstatic but
cautious throughout my entire pregnancy.
From the beginning, nothing was easy.
At 6 1/2 wks I bled and was told I had a
subchorionic hematoma that would most
likely resolve itself. I bled on and off
for most of my first trimester. At
11wks, we had a nuchal scan and one of
the twins showed some abnormality. We
were advised to have a CVS on the one
twin. Thankfully, the results came back
to show no abnormalites. Finally I
breathed a sigh of relief and felt
somewhat confident that the remainder of
the pregnancy would be okay. At 18wks I
awoke to soaking underwear and rushed to
L+D after calling my OB. My FERN test
came back negative and my u/s showed
pleanty of fluid around both babies. 3
days later I went back to my OB and the
fern test was then positive for amniotic
fluid. I was put on bedrest at home and
for 4 consistent wks, both babies showed
pleanty of fluid although one was
slightly lower. At 22wks I began to
bleed again, pretty heavily. After a
long night at L+D, I was finally
admitted to the hospital until I
delivered. At this point, both babies
were leaking fluid and we assumed I had
a placenta abruption due to the
bleeding. Since I was only 22wks, the
physicians talked to me about
terminating the pregnancy. This was not
an option for me. I just had a feeling I
wasnt going to go into labor and I did
everything in my power to keep myself
infection free. Every day unfortunately,
I continued to leak fluid. Each u/s
showed moderate to severe oligo with
both boys. I cried all of the time but
had to hold on to the fact that I had my
boys inside of me and would do all I
could to have them be okay.
At 28wks,my bleeding got worse and after
being monitored all day long, the
contractions were getting a bit heavier.
(I had contractions on and off for the
entire 6wks due to having an irritable
uterus and such low fluid). On Aug
7,2003, Zachary and Jared were born via
c-section. Zachary first, 2lbs,10oz and
Jared at 2lbs, 9oz. Good weights for
being only 28wks. Unfortunately, 7hrs
later, Zachary passed away from severe
pulmonary hypoplasia. We had always been
warned that Zachary may not make it but
I had to hold on to hope. Jared is now
15wks (3wks gestational) and still in
the NICU with severe BPD (Chronic lung
disease)Although its been an incredibly
hard road (grieving for Zachary and
jared's health issues) I am thankful
every day I continued with my pregnancy.
I strongly believe in the long run,
Jared will be okay and thankfully, his
"only" issues are his lungs. (This a
combination of lack of fluid;
hypoplasia, and bpd. He has a trach but
we hope to have him outgrow it by 2yrs
old)
For those of you reading this, my heart
goes out to all of you. PPROM is so
unfair, nervewracking, frustrating and
so out of our control. All I can suggest
is stay strong and follow your heart-the
rest is out of our hands.
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