After two IVF's and 1 son later I became
pg with twin girls. I was so so happy I
really thought my family would be
complete. I had little bits of spotting
here and there through out my pregnancy,
got put on moderate bed rest for my
first trimester and thought I would be
fine. I spotted in the begining with my
son as well so I was a little worried
about it but not to much because my son
came out healthy so I thought maybe this
is just how my body responds to
pregnancy's. Well I had many u/s's done
and each one always showed my girls just
fine. I did however have one of my
placentas low but they said it would
most likely move up.
Anyway it was November 4th
midnight(18wk5dys) I was sound asleep
and wammm my water broke. At first I
thought oh my gosh I am peeing and I
can't stop it!!!!then it was getting to
be so so much and I just knew my water
broke. My husband was just getting home
from work and I told him we need to go
to the hospital.
We couldn't believe it our dreams were
coming to an end. We got to the
hospital and they did confirm that my
waters had ruptured, they didn't say
which one or if it was both , nothing
they sent me home to misscarry my
pregnancy. I was so so scared, what was
I going to do if I just misscarried,
what do I do with my babies!!!!! They
gave me the whole spill about how
normally when one twin goes the next one
will come right after, and that hardly
ever is there a good outcome.
Next day I went to a different hospital
because I wanted to know exactly what
was going on!!! I had an U/S done and it
showed my girls still alive!! My
Daughter Madilyn was the one who
ruptured and my daughter Caitlin was
still in her sac and completly fine.
both still had super strong heart beats.
Trust me i was nervous to see the U/S I
didn't know if I would not see them
alive or not. Well I got sent home and
got a phone call from a perinotoligst,
he said I should terminate my pregnancy
because I could end up with a severe
infection and lose my uterus and would
not be bale to concieve any more, he
said also that the babys would most
likely make it and other things. I
wasn't sure what to do. OMG not be able
to not have anymore kids possibly, that
freaked me out.
I then talked to my pastor and asked him
what should I do, he basiclly said to me
, "you know how some poeple would say I
would die for my children or the person
you loved so much but when it came down
to it would you really, he said
sometimes you need to make the
sacrifices even if it ment losing my
uterus. That really put things in
perspective for me and at that moment I
put it all in God's hands. I decided I
would do whatever it took to try and
save my girls lives. I stayed on bedrest
for 3 weeks at home and was so proud, I
drank up to 120 ounces of water, used
antibacterial wipes every time I went to
the restroom, drank lots of cranberry
juice and ate lots of yogurt(3x a
day)everything these boards recomended I
did. I did bleed here and there alot and
leaked water all the time. Each day was
scary because you never knew even what
the next 5 mins would bring.
Well Friday night(November 25) I went to
the hospital because I was bleeding alot
more then I had been, they monitured me
even said I was having a little bit of
contractions but they subsided
everything was staring to get better ,
my bleeding had slowed down so they sent
me home the next day on Saturday. Well
turns ouot that Saturday night I started
bleeding again but I just layed low.
Well Sunday morning (November 27) I woke
up to feeling wiggling in my cervix, I
just knew it was my daughters foot. We
went to the hospital and indeed it was.
Madiyln Angelia was born that day at
1:30 pm on November 27th,2005 i was only
21wks6/7 , she passed away in our arms a
few hours later. She was so beautiful
and so fragil. We will always love her
so so much.
Well my contractions ended up stopping
and I stayed in the hospital for another
couple weeks. I was in bed and to the
bathroom and that was it. I was destined
to hold on to my other daughter. So many
people could not believe it but to tell
you the truth God helped me so so
much!!!! Well I ended up getting a
fever December 13th(which normally
happens when you get an infection) It
ended up going away but the peri wanted
to do an amnio to make sure my sac was
not infected or I could really lose my
life possibly so he would not risk that.
I ended up leaking a little while later
and told them so they put me in labor
and delivery, all of a sudden i kept
getting these awful contractions and
they would not stop. They hurt so bad,
at this poitn I was now 24 weeks 2/7 (
oh forgot to add I got steroid 2 steroid
shots the day before and the day of) I
ended up delivering my other daughter
Caitlin Gean she was 1lb 4 oz but so
fisty and full of life. She is now a
very beutiful almost 5 mos old girl full
of life. She spent 92 days in the NICU ,
one PDA ligation, ROP laser surgery and
had chronci lung disease, high blood
pressure,and some other typical preemie
problems. She was on ventlater,CPAP, and
nasal canula. She came home 3 weeks
before her due date with no monitors and
only on her vitains. She weight 3 lbs 15
oz when she came home. She is now 7 lbs.
She is so pretty and such a good girl
and is doing alot of things right on
target with her corrected age. I really
know that God is the one to thank for
this miricle, we didn't have to end up
like this but we did and doing so well.
I am not sure what the road looks like
for us but I just have faith in the lord
that he will carry us through and
continue to bless our daughter with
miricles .
The advice I have for who ever is in
this situation is do everything you can
to follow the tips on how to stay
infection free, like eating yogurt,
using antibacterial wipes, all that
stuff. Stay rested in bed and pray. God
is good , I know this is my testiment
and you have to have faith. Pray, Pray
Pray.
Its so hard , I rememember coming on
this website and reading all the stories
good and bad just so I could prepare
myself. I also learned alot about
preemies while on bedrest so I would not
be to overwhelmed when I had come to
that part.
Don't let the Dr's scare you or make you
make a decison about terminating. You or
the Dr's are not God and only The big
guy upstairs will make that choice.
Here is my full story and updates.
My God Bless you.
http://360.yahoo.com/meliciousca
Melissa
Dillon 3 yrs
Caitlin 5 mos (24 weeker)
^Madilyn^
PPROM 18wks5dys
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