At 24 weeks 2 days pregnant I went to
the hospital for bleeding. I was sent
home diagnosed with an inflamed
cervix. This was not the first time
bleeding had occured. Infact, my first
trimester was pretty eventful. I had
already been to the emergency room
twice and had a colposcopy done.
At 24 weeks 5 days I headed back to
the hospital for what I thought were
cramps. This time they did an
ultrasound and found out the baby had
no amniotic fluid. I was immediatly
rushed to the local hospital because
they had a level 3 NICU in case the
baby came that night. When I arrived
at the hospital they treated me like
they were delivering the baby that
night. They put me in a labor and
delivery room and ran a bunch of
tests. I was not allowed to eat or get
up to do anything. They gave medicine
to stop labor. Thankfully the
contractions stopped and they told me
the plan.
I would remain at the hospital on
complete bed rest until the baby came.
I would also be given 2 rounds of
steroids to mature her lungs (which
made all the difference in the world
when she was born). If everything went
well they would induce me at 34 weeks.
But there were a number of things that
could cause me to go into labor or
need an emergency c-section. Since
there was no amniotic fluid to protect
her in the womb, infection would be a
big problem. She could also lay
against her cord and cut off oxygen
since the cord could not float freely
in the fluid. At 25 weeks the average
amount of days for someone to hold off
labor is 10 days. We managed to last
four weeks on bed rest.
I started contracting on August 15th.
I was given two injections to stop the
contractions and had bloodwork done.
It was negative for infection. On the
16th I counted contractions every 7-10
minutes all day long. A doctor
examined me and said I was 2cm
dialated but I was not in active
labor.
On the morning of the 17th I had
bloodwork done again and it was
postive for infection. Since I was 28
weeks along they decided to let me
have her. I was taken to a labor and
delivery room. I was then started on
pitocin to induce labor.
After only 3 pushes out came a lb 14oz
gurgling little girl. My husband cut
the umbillical cord and she was
immediatly given to the NICU staff.
About 5 seconds later she was crying.
They said she was doing fine and
breathing on her own. Her apgars were
7 and 8. I got to see her through an
incubator and she was taken to the
NICU.
I was discharged 2 days later feeling
happy and sad at the same time. The
hospital was kind of like my home for
4 weeks and I had to be away from my
little girl. However, I was ready to
go home and get back to normal. I
recovered from giving birth quickly
which shouldn't be too surprising (she
was only about 2lbs). The only thing
that was painful was where my epidural
was and that only lasted about 2
days.
Kylee spent a total of 67 days in the
NICU. She was on CPAP for 2 days and
only used a nasal canula once or twice
from then on. We battled NEC (an
intestinal infection), anemia, MRSA,
and bottle feeding problems. Like
every preemie she definatly had her
good days and bad days. As I look back
on it now I feel blessed. She never
had to be put on a ventilator and all
of her illnesses were minor. She never
had to have any surgeries and was
always one step ahead in her
development.
She is now home and thriving. If you
want to follow her progress or see
pictures of when she was first born
visit
http://babyfoushee.blogspot.com.
Also feel free to contact me if you
have ANY questions.
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