on march 6 i was in a car accident, i
was unconcious for a week, my baby was
monitered through ultrasound and said
to
be fine. i was later sent home on
bedrest but readmitted days later to a
nearby hospital.
on march 20 i started bleeding, there
were no signs of PROM and docters would
not check (to avoid disrupting things).
on April 23 i started leaking small
amounts of amniotic fluid and was flown
to another hospital that had a
perinatal
floor and a level 3 nicu. upon arrival
i
met with a member of the pediatric
team.
i was alone and away from home and it
was overwhelming and scary for me. 3
hours later my family arrived and i was
admitted to a floor room.
i was used to the hospitalbedrest
thing
but not to being so far from home, and
my other 2 children 3yrs and 1yr.
i went into labour on 4 occasions, and
slowly dialated before my son was
actually born. it was stressful and i
didnt sleep. i remember saying to the
doctors the last time to just get this
baby out of me, but again after
sleepless (painful ) nights they
stopped
things (thank god).
after 2 weeks of being in this new
hospital, away from home and alone my
water had completely broken. i had no
fluid and then got an infection so
labour had to be induced (it was still
15hrs long) i had a hard time making it
past those 4cm.
because of the long labour my family
was
able to make it to the hospital in time
for the birth. but becase i didnt ever
fully dialate my son was delivered in a
labourmonitoring room and there was no
pediatric team present, my son was
delivered by a resident doctor(who was
great)and literally came out on his
own,
no pushing as they kept telling me not
to so they could get things ready.the
doctor was walking away as he came out
and he rushed back and cut the cord,
the
nurse grabbed him off the bed and ran
down the hallway to the nicu.
i never got to see him really, but i
saw
that he was a greyblue colour and i
knew he didnt cry.
i was scared and dad was white as a
ghost but because of the infection and
spontaious birth i went into shock and
we were easily sidetracked wondering if
i was going to be okay, my body shook
and my temperature rose, and dropped,
rose and dropped.
2hrs later things calmed down with me
and the nurse came in to tell us we had
a baby boy and he was so far
stable.
a few hrs after that the nurse again
came in and asked if we would like to
see him, i was taken by wheelchair to
the nicu where i finally saw this 1lb
14oz, 13inch baby covered in wires and
monitors, my son.
Andrew was born at 27wks on may 7
After 5 long days on the ventilator
Andrew was stable enough to breath on
his own with only a small amount of
assistance.
Andrew is now ten days old and
wiretubei.v free (excluding the
feeding tube) and me and his sisters
continue to pray for him evey morning
and night.he is our little miracle, and
quite a fighter
it was a long and stressful time for
the
whole family while i was in hospital
but
well worth it.
the best advice i can give anyone who
has PROM is when they say bed rest
listen, i swear it was what kept andrew
in that little extra timeand for prems
every day inside counts.
we still will have a long road ahed of
us but that 2 weeks from the time my
membranes ruptured till the time i had
him have made him that much stronger.
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