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Up until the PPROM, I was having a
normal twin pregnancy. I had a 2 year
old son, Harrison, at home, and he was
a normal full-term pregnancy, so I had
no reason to think that anything would
go wrong. At 19 weeks, 2 days, my
water broke around baby "B." In labor
and delivery, they found no measurable
pockets of fluid around the baby and
told me that I would most likely lose
the whole pregnancy either due to
going into pre-term labor or
infection. I was admitted to the
hospital for IV antibiotics and over
the course of the next several days we
saw baby B's fluid reaccumulating and
then leaking out again. However, the
fluid levels around the baby looked
good enough on ultrasound that after
the course of antibiotics, I was
discharged and sent home on bedrest.
I was readmitted to the hospital at 24
weeks and had the steroid injections.
I stayed in the hospital for a week
and then I was sent home again. I was
on "modified" bed rest, which
basically meant that I was taking it
easy. Monitored closely, the fluid
levels around baby B remained
acceptable, however, growth was slowed
and I was having some bleeding. Labor
was induced at 34 weeks and I gave
birth to two beautiful healthy girls.
Phoebe weighed 4 lb 8 oz and Ruby
weighed 3 lb 9 oz. They never needed
any oxygen support and only stayed in
the NICU for 16 days. Now,
thankfully, the girls are over a month
old and are at home and doing super!
We feel very blessed and very lucky.
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