After years of infertility, due to
endo and blocked tubes 8/05 I got
pregnant 1st round of ivf with
Isaiah , what a feeling to be
pregnant!!! Everything was going
well, until around the 8th week , had
a little spotting here and there, my
ob thought I had a fryable cervix, I
was advised not to have intercourse
until after my 12th week. Went to the
er on 10/26/05 as blood was gushing
out of me, the er dr, examined me and
confirmed with us that my cervix was
opening and I was in the process of
having a miscarriage I started to cry
and was in disbelief that I was going
to lose our baby , he wasnt going to
do an ultrasound or doppler nothing ,
just send me home , he then called my
ob, my ob wanted an u/s done , the u/s
confirmed my little bub was fine ,
jumping around , waving at us, I was
sent home , to be on bedrest until
further notice and diagnosed with a
placenta abruption. Over the next 4
weeks I continued to bleed old blood.
Exactly 4 weeks later I was laying on
the couch , I felt something leaking ,
I assumed I was bleeding went to the
bathroom , and it was clear liquid, I
called my ob , as I knew something was
wrong, but didnt know what , he told
me to come to the hosptital and there
he confirmed it was amnio fluid , and
gave me the choice to induce labor or
be admitted to the hospital to start
ivs and antibotics. So I spent
Thanksgiving in the hospital praying
that God would keep our baby boy safe
in my belly and allow him many more
weeks to grow , until he can survive
on his own. I went to see a high risk
dr and was given 15% chance that my
baby would survive and I would make it
past 2 weeks without delivering. At
the time of this scan, there was no
amnio fluid in his sac. 2 weeks were
like hell, not knowing minute to
minute what would happen and when it
would happen , all I could do was cry
and grieve for the baby that was still
inside of me, I tried to keep my
faith , but with the odds stacked
against me how could I. I found this
website , and I would sneak on here ,
to print off the Green stories , and
read them over and over again to give
me hope, when all hope was almost
lost. We named our baby Isaiah which
means "saved by god" I went back to
the high risk dr at 19 weeks and the
amnio fluid was back up to 7.5 and the
normal level was 15 , the dr was
excited and told us how good that
was , and there shouldnt be a problem
with his lungs developing. I went
back 2 weeks later , and Isaiah was
now breech , and the fluid decreased
to 3.5 cm, the plan was to get to 24
weeks and I would be hospitalized and
start steroid shots to help his lungs
mature. 3 days before my 24th week I
started to bleed , checked into labor
and delivery , my ob didnt want to
check me to see if I was dilated , due
to me being ruptured, but from the
looks of the u/s I was at 1.5 cm and
there was a change in my cervix. It
was a wait and see game, I could go
into labor that night , or 6 weeks ,
they didnt know. So I spent the next
5 weeks in the hospital on strict
bedrest , in between that time I had 3
u/s's with diffetent opinions from the
high risk dr and my ob. Some told me
it didnt look good, then the next scan
it looked more promising , then the
next scan it couldnt get any better
and my son would be born crying. I
went into labor Sunday 1:30 am...I had
an er c-section , my son Isaiah was
born 5:39 a.m. , never cried, he lived
for 15 hours and passed away that same
evening at 9:02 P.M. to this day I
don't know why my son passed away.
Was it because of his lungs, or was it
because the vents were turned up to
high in the NICU ? I was so out of
it , due to the surgery. I'm still
waiting on the medical reports, my
labor is another story in itself, they
knew I was going to have a c-section
for 8 weeks , but I had to go thru
full blown labor and then have an er c-
sect ?? None of it , makes sense!!
Anyways I knew one day I would write
the finale of my story on this website
since the dreadful day of 11/23/05
when my water broke, unfortunatly I
always thought it would be in the
green lettering , not the blue....
But I have met alot of woman whose
babies have survived PROM, so if you
are reading this , please don't give
up hope , and enjoy every minute of
your pregnancy and time that you have
to spend with your baby with they are
in your womb , the NICU or in your
arms, every second matters, because
you never know how long you will have
them for.
Good luck to all going through PROM
and god bless you
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