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My water broke after a stressful day at
nursing school. I had been having bad
cramps for about a month, but my Dr
thought it wasn't serious, and likely
due to my 10cm fibroid. My midwife
confirmed that my water broke,(there was
a big gush) and told me that I'd likely
miscarry in the next few days. Well, I
didn't. I continued to leak fluid for
15 more days, and I stayed home on very
stict bedrest. My weekly sonograms
always showed that I had just enough
fluid, and that my baby's heartbeat was
good. During my bedrest period in the
first few days, I consulted a midwife/Dr
in VT, and she told me to take
crampbark, bioflavinods, cal/mag.,
borage seed oil, glucosamine sulfate,vit
C, drink LOTS of water, and eat plenty
of protein (I drank Insure).And lay on
left side. It was about a week and a
half after starting these suppliments
that I stopped leaking and my membranes
sealed. I stayed on bed rest for another
month, as I was having cramps, and my
cervix had thinned quite a bit. My
daughter was brn 16days late!
9/10apgars! I took castor oil to induce!
This website was so helpful to me. The
specialist I saw scared me w/
statistics, and all the defects my baby
could have, but when I saw her heartbeat
on the sonogram, there was no way I
would terminate this pregnancy. I knew
she had a chance-so I stayed VERY still,
took the above vitamins, and loved her.
Good luck to anyone ever going through
this. It is heart renching.
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