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Having had a previous PROM premature
baby getting pregnant the second time
i was hopeful that i would go full
term and it was a one off.By now i
wasn't working, i was a stay at home
mum to my 18 month old daughter Chloe
and was loving every bit about her,
and was not as stressed as i would be
if i was working.Though i found myself
gradually getting more and more
worried about this pregnancy,even
though it was going smoothly.I worried
everytime i went to the toilet,would
my waters break?.Every cough and
sneeze,would it make my waters break?.
i was becoming obsessed!i worried
about every pain and twinge.My midwife
wasn't worried about me having a early
delivery.I was,though i never
mentioned it and i should have done.At
about 16 weeks i found out i have anti
small c antibodies in my blood and it
could cause jeundice and the baby
might have to have a blood tranfusion
when born or even in the womb.So yet
another worry.I tried to keep positive
and none of my worries were founded as
yet.I was having monthly bloods done
to keep an eye on my anti-bodies and
doctor seem convinced i wouldn't have
a premature delivery.I know now that
after researching on the Prom website
i should have had a test for
infections and my cervix checked etc
for funneling.Well i got to 29+4 weeks
and i was thinking im nearly 30
weeks,my baby could survive if i had
it at 30 weeks.I got up to go to the
toilet at 7am and then Whoosh! they
went! all on the floor and i just
stood in the bathroom in shock.My
husband was in bed and i remember how
effected he had been about seeing his
daughter in the scbu. i stood there
for 5 minutes just to prepare what i
was going to say to james(husband).I
knew what lay ahead but we would get
through it.My bump had shrunk alot and
the baby looked like it was in a
hammock in my womb! i was scarred the
baby wasn't going to make it.My mum
drove from kent to help with chloe and
to take me to the hospital.Why i
didn't call an ambulance i don't
know.i probably thought it wasn't much
of an emergency!.Now i would have
called the ambulance,it is an
emergancy,they told me at the hospital
i should have done.Well i had my son 5
days later(same as last time)in a
different hospital.I had to be
transferred in labour in an ambulance
for a 2 hour journey.They gave me
medicine to stop contractions but it
made me breathless and my heart beat
very fast.They didn't have a cot for
my baby at my hospital!i just wanted
my baby safe wherever i gave
birth.They had to break another bag of
water in front of his head for him to
be born,how ironic!that was the reason
i was having my baby early in the
first place.My son cried and he was
handed to my husband,i wanted him to
hold him first.Our relationship had
become strained over the past few
months.We just didn't talk about how
we felt and we grew apart.You must
talk to each other about how you
feel.The father sometimes get
forgotten.I become so wrapped up in
this pregnancy and being a mum i had
no time for him.We are over it all
now,we are stronger for it.Our son
joshua had no problems other than he
needed a little oxygen to get him
pinker.Joshua was being tranfered to
our hospital 2hours away and the
ambulance was so old and the cot
wasn't the right temp,i should have
put a stop to it.It just didn't feel
safe.Anyway he had an apnea(forgot to
breath)in the ambulance.Ive never been
so scarred.The nurse revived him and i
was releived to get to the
hospital.They said he was running a
temp.It was because of that old
incubator was to hot.I should of
complained but i was just glad that he
was safe now.i was breast feeding but
he had trouble putting on weight.He
couldn't go home until he was.He went
home on being bottle feed with
formula.After 5 weeks in all he was
home.What a relief.We realise that the
outcome for one or both babies could
have been alot worse and i really feel
deeply for the families that arn't so
lucky.I am now 14 weeks pregnant with
my 3rd child.I am worried,but im
hopeful after getting good advice from
this website it will help me through
it. im seeing my consultant at the end
of the month.Im going to see what his
plan is.But i am going to insist to be
checked for infections and i would
like my cervix monitored at least
monthly.Well we will see.im alot wiser
now and i ready for anything this
pregnancy throws at me!Good luck to
you all and i hope my stories help you
in your PROM journey.
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