My PROM pregnancy started uneventfully,
except for a small amount of spotting in
my first trimester. Then, at 22 weeks
and 3 days I woke up in the middle of
the night with a feeling of wetness. It
was not very bad so I fell back asleep.
When I woke up in the morning I had a
huge gush of fluid down my legs and we
immediately went into the hospital.
The next couple of days were
devastating. They tested the fluid and
found that it was indeed amniotic fluid.
At that point there was a normal amount
of fluid and my cervix was long and
closed. We hoped that we might be able
to keep our baby, Miles, inside for
another few weeks. We met with many
specialists and they were all very
supportive in giving us information but
not pushing us to make a decision.
The next morning we did another
ultrasound and there was very low fluid.
We did not want our baby boy to suffer
with too little fluid but we did not
want to induce labor at that point
either. I had begun to develop a bit of
a temperature so we did lab work to see
if my white blood cell count was showing
signs of infection. We decided that if
I was showing signs of infection it
would be too much for little Miles to
endure and that we would induce
labor.
My WBC count was high so it was much
easier to decide to induce. My husband
Jason and I went for a long walk and
talked with Miles. It was a beautiful
sunset and we felt it was very special
to be out together one last time.
My labor was short and just before
midnight Miles was born. He was born in
his amniotic sac and lived for 15
minutes. He held our fingers with his
hand, kicked his little legs, and moved
his head. He was such a beautiful baby
and we felt so blessed to have spent the
time with him that we did. We took
pictures of him after his birth and have
them with us in his memory box.
I am now pregnant again and being seen
by a very good perinatalogist - at 23
weeks my cervix was found to have
shortened and funneled. A cerclage was
placed and I later funneled to the
stitch. We now think that incompetent
cervix was most likely the cause of my
PROM, even though my cervix was long and
closed right after my PROM.
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