I was 17 weeks along when my water
suddenly broke late in the night. I
had been feeling pain earlier along
with back pain but did not worry
because 2 days prior was told all was
well. My cervix was close, my placenta
was where it should have been, "don't
worry" they said. I had been spotting
on and off from the very beginning
which is why they had checked my
cervix, again they said don't worry.
Well, i listened to them and went to
sleep. When I woke up i felt a trickle
down my leg and had tons of mucus
discharge. I went to the ER where they
told me my water broke and the baby
was too small to survive. They asked
me to induce labor and i said no. If
there was a slight chance my water
could accumulate i was waiting. I was
in the hospital for 3 weeks after
that. I had no contractions, no
dialation and the baby was strong
according to the daily sonos i had. I
was also on antibiotics daily to avoid
infection. They sent me home on the
4th week with a nurse and a home
attdandant. I lasted 4 days. On March
6, 2004 i began to have pain. I went
to the ER and they monitored me for
several hours and then sent me home
saying i was not dialating. A few
hours later I went back and they
admitted me. I still was not dialating
but the pain was ongoing. They gave me
morphine to help ease it. This lasted
5 days. On Wednesday March 10, 2004,
exactly 9 months ago today, my doctor
told me i was showing signs of
infection, they had to induce. All the
doctors came in to see me and pretty
much tell me that my son would die.
Justin was born at 4:58pm. He never
opened his eyes, he never cried, he
never took a breath, however he did
have a heart beat so he was not
considered still born. He also has
multiple joint problems on his elbows
and knees due to no amniotic fluid all
those weeks. His heart stopped beating
at 9pm. Till this day, the docs can;t
tell me what happened so I am left to
come to my own conclusions daily. I am
also 16 weeks pregnant and scared to
death that it may happen again. I see
high risk doctors but to be honest i
don't believe them anymore. They said
things were fine before amd they
weren't. All i can do is hope and pray
that i can carry this one till full
term.
Thanks for listening to my story, it
helps to talk about it.
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