When I was pregnant with my first, I
had a subcorniac hematoma bleed (SH)
from 5 weeks to 20 weeks. My OB seemed
very pro-active with my care as I had
several ultrasounds to monitor the baby
but as soon as the bleed cleared up at
20 weeks, I wasn't monitored as much. I
saw a perinatologist (family friend) at
15 weeks to get his opinion and he
thought that I might go into preterm
labor. My Ob disagreed and I
unfortunately stayed with her. My water
broke at 34 weeks and my son was born.
He had RDS and was in NICU for awhile.
Was there anything my OB could have
done to prevent that from happening?
Now, I'm 16 weeks, 4 days pregnant with
my 2nd. I'm with the same group but a
different OB. They know my situation
but they haven't taken extra steps
thus far. My OB tells me they will
watch me closely near the end but I'm
starting to wonder. I went to see her
yesterday for my 16 weeks appointment
(no u/s) and I told her that I was
experiencing contraction-type feeling
and was wondering if they could be
Braxton Hicks. She told me I was too
early for those and said it was just my
uterus stretching. Later on that day I
was experiencing the discomfort more
and spiked a high temp of 101.5 with
aches and chills. I called the office
and had my OB paged since it was after
5 pm. My husband and I waited for an
hour for a call (I even called back
twice) until we decided to go to ER.
The ER doctor was concerned because of
my temp and my white bloood cells were
very high. He said I had an infection
but he wasn't positive what it was.
They called in the OB on call, who is
also in my group, and she didn't seem
concerned. She released me under the
assumption that I had a UT. Am I at
greater risk for PPROM because of my
past experience and because I have an
infection now? Should I be under a
perinatologist?
Any feedback would be
appreciated....
Sarah
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