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My pregnancy was pretty uneventful and
I was lucky to have no morning
sickness. On May 17th I went into
work like normal, only had these
nagging cramps. Nothing major at
first. Just bothersome. People told
me it was round ligament pain. Then
the cramping became a little more
intense. I called my Dr.'s office,
but the nurse said it happens in
pregnancy and to call back if I
started spotting. I started spotting
and called back. The nurse told me to
monitor what was going on and call
them in the morning if it was worse.
I'd have to assume they thought I was
outright miscarrying. I was still at
work, but knew something was wrong. I
called my husband crying. He told me
the Dr's office knew what they were
doing and not to worry. But as I was
sitting in a meeting, I can't explain
it other than to say I had terrible
pressure and felt like I couldn't feel
my bladder. Luckily, my meeting ended
and I drove the hour home in silence.
Just saying goodbye to my baby. I got
home, went to the bathroom and my
water broke. Followed by a lot of
blood due to abruption from the sudden
fluid loss. The Dr's office told me
to go to the ER. Worst advice. They
had an old ultrasound machine and
could tell us nothing after 4 hours,
but that the baby was still there. No
answer on if it was alive or dead. So
they sent us home. The next day my
Dr. had us come in for an ultrasound.
I had lost all of my fluid, but the
baby was still alive. We heard it's
heartbeat again and saw how it had
been swallowing fluid. Then she told
us how bad the outcome was. It broke
our hearts seeing our baby's heart
working away with no fluid to help it
survive. I was referred to a peri at
a different hospital. She confirmed
the diagnosis. She told us to take
the weekend to give ourselves time to
absorb the news, but said it was
unlikely the tear would heal itself
and that the baby would probably die
on it's own in less than a week. Or
I'd get an infection and would have to
terminate. Contractions started again
5 days later. I called the Dr.
because nothing was coming out. No
blood, no tissue, nothing, but this
time I knew what the cramping was.
They had me come in right away. I
delivered the baby at my Dr's office
and had an emergency D & C. Tests
showed I had a low grade placental
infection (probably from my water
being broken) and they couldn't do any
testing on the baby as a result. So
today, more than two months later, no
idea why we lost our beautiful baby
and while we prepare to try to get
pregnant again, the fear of PROM
happening again is always with me.
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