This was my 1st pregnancy. We had
difficulty getting pregnant & we did 4
cycles of Clomid before conception.
Up until week 34 it had been a great,
normal pregnancy.
I woke up the morning of week 34 & 2
days, got out of bed, & noticed my
water broke. I went to the hospital
that we planned on delivering at, they
confirmed that it was PPROM & sent me
in an ambulance to a hospital with a
NICU.
The doctors had decided not to promote
my labor at the time, but not to stop
it either. I held out for 4 days,
laboring on & off. Not allowed to
walk around, labor was very painful
laying in bed. The doctors kept
saying every day you can hold out, the
better & now I know they were
right.
I delivered my son, 5lbs. 4oz. after a
difficult labor. And one which they
would not let me get an epidural
because of the risk of infection. He
spend 5 days in the NICU with normal
preemie problems, sucking, jaundice,
keeping tempature.
We brought him home on the happiest
day of our lives! He is almost 1 1/2
years old now, so happy & cute! We
have struggled with doctors worried
about his weight all along & we took
many more precausions with him than we
probably would have with a full term
child. It paid off, he has only been
sick once with the "flu" from my
niece.
We are now wondering if we should try
to have another child, or remain
estatic with the one we have. I am
worried about conceving, let alone
delivering early again. Any advice
would be wonderful!
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