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This was my second pregnancy ... the
first ending with PPROM @ 13 weeks and
termination @ 16 weeks (see other
story)
... I became pregnant 4 months after my
first pregnancy - (the earliest they
recommened - the first month we tried)
... we kept it a secret until 16 weeks
... during that time I visited my
doctor
weekly starting at 5 weeks ... insisted
on seeing high risk doctor and early
unltrasounds at the high risk clinic
(not just the ones at the regular OB
office)... everything seemed fine ...
cultures were done ... all came back
fine ... even took an anitbiotic once
for suspected urinary tract infection
(ended up I did not have one, but the
doctors office forgot to call me) ...
avoided internal exams/ultrasounds and
sex ... also avoided excessive lifting,
stairs and bending ... switched OB's
around 16 weeks b/c doc got into an
arguement with me about my due date
(long story) ... new doc was very nice
... listened to my concerns ...
scheduled all my follow-ups with
high-risk clinic ... explained (for the
billionth time) how PPROM was unlikely
to happen again ... but his job was to
do whatever made me feel comfortable,
even if he thought it to be
excessive/unnecessary ... at 26 weeks I
began to feel condifent in the
pregnancy
and even had "normal" complications
(gestational diabetes) ... at 32 weeks
I
asked the doctor to see me because I
felt like something was not right ...
baby felt low and I just felt
uneasy ...
he saw me right away and scheduled an
ultrasound and pre-scheduled a weekly
ultrasound for the next 9 weeks
(optimist!) ... he made it clear that
he
felt that there was nothing wrong, but
to make me feel better he would do them
... at the ultrasound the tech looked a
little concerned and asked if she could
do an internal ultrasound ... I
explained to her that I was
uncomfortable due to last pregnancy ...
we reviewed risks vs. benefits and she
convinced me ... the tech sent the
results over to the doc who she said
would call me if he was concerned (by
now I have probably had 50 ultrasounds
so I could tell she was concerned and
measuring the cervix)... did not hear
from doc ... it was a busy day at work
and I had kind of lost track of time
until the office was closed ... called
the next day and they assured me that
the doc had reviewed the results and he
would see me at me scheduled
appointment
Thursday (6 days from now) ... showed
up
for Thursday appointment (with husband)
... and was told doc could not see me
b/c he was leaving (I could see doc
through the window) ... I started
crying
saying that I really needed to see the
doc ... was told no ... asked to make
sure doc had read the results of the
ultrasound and was told yes he had ...
they rescheduled my appt. for
Monday ...
weekly ultrasound was scheudled for
tommorrow (Friday) ... the tech at the
ultrasound was horrified when she found
out that I had not seen the doctor
since
the last ultrasound ... she called the
office and insisted that I be seen
today
... office saw me right away ... saw
different doc (who had just returned
from her own maternity leave)... she
was
very concerned cervix appeared
unstable/possibly open... scheduled me
for non-stress test, fFN and steroid
shots ... and said no more work
(bedrest) ... tests showed no signs of
labor today (Friday) or Saturday ...
Monday morning 7am got up to use
bathroom, bent down to pick up laundry
to put in washer and water began
running
down my legs ... at first thought maybe
it was urine left from not completely
emptying bladder ... but when it did
not
stop called doc ... who said to come
right in ... woke husband who thought
he
was going to sleep in b/c of holiday
(Columbus Day) ... at hospital
confirmed
rupture ... doc examined and felt the
baby was developed enough for delivery
... induced at 10am and delivered at
10pm (during labor the doc said by the
way your fFN test was positive) ...
Thomas Robert was born 5 lbs 6oz and 13
1/2 inches long ... very healthy
breathing on his own ... never admitted
to NICU ... given one finger feed from
dad of sugar water to stablize
bloodsugar (probably due to gestational
diabetes) ... continued with finger
feeds and extra blankets until day 4
when he had jaundice ... 6 days of
lights ... and home ... finger fed and
special bottle fed (breast milk) until
well in to second month ... never
really
did get the breast thing (pumped for 6
mnths) ... everything else normal
development ... he will be 2 in October
... am pregnant again ... doc very
concerned about PPROM this time ...
will
let you know ... just a note about the
transvaginal ultrasound ... both
pregnancies ended with membrane rupture
11 days following the ultrasound ...
doc
says he does not believe in coincidence
and has theory that somehow the
ultrasound triggers a hormone (I forgot
exactly what he said) that triggers the
rupture ...
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