At 14 weeks they determined that I was
leaking fluid and I was put on bedrest.
At 21 weeks (I think due to the stress
of my husbands office wanting to send
him to Germany the next day), my
amniotic sac ruptured. I was sent home
to miscarry, but I didn't. 9 weeks
later
I went back in the hospital with
bleeding and when Jon showed signs of
stress and the bleeding continued, Jon
was delivered via classical C-section
and literally had to be pried out as
there was no space around him for
fluid.
It turned out I was having an
abruption.
There was a very high risk he would not
survive due to lack of lung development
and also a risk of slack muscle
syndrome
due, both due to lack of fluid. But he
had an apgar of 8 and then 9 after 5
minutes! He cried right away and was on
oxygen for less than 48 hours. He was a
bit smaller than some of the other 30
weekers I saw there. He was 2lbs 11 oz.
He had some jaundice and one infection,
and had plenty of a's and b's. He came
home 7 1/2 weeks later on a monitor and
amelophylin to control the apnea. He
had
alarms where we moved him vigorously to
wake him and get him breathing (but no
CPR needed), so we were really glad we
were sent home with the monitor. Jon
seems to be healthy and fine, though he
had a bout of RSV which hospitalized
him
for several days on O2 and caused
infantile asthma for about 10 mos.
The doctors don't know why my fluid
leaked or why I ruptured.
- -Julie (mom to Jonny 30 weeker
9/24/93)
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