I ruptured at 24 weeks 3 days while
camping 2.5 hours from home. It
started out at a trickle, I had
convinced myself it was just pee, but
decided to go to ob triage "just to be
safe." They immediatly called an
ambulance and transferred me to the
bigger hospital with the better NICU
for the duration of my pregnancy. I
recevied the steroid injections as
well as antibiotics for a week. The
docs were convinced I'd deliver within
10 days. The first week my AFI
(amniotic fluid levels) dropped from
20 to 12. At 25 weeks I had no
measurable fluid. I was sent over to
labor and delivery multiple times
because my daughter (Kendall) kept
having lots of decels during the twice
daily monitoring. The doctors were
convinced she was going to come any
day even though I never had any
contractions.
Between 26-28 weeks my AFI was always
between 3-6. Between 28 and 29 weeks
my belly doubled in size. I had
bloody looking stretchmarks. The
residents thought maybe it had sealed
over. When they checked it at 29
weeks, my AFI was 17. My doc would
have been thrilled with anything above
10. The did the swab and ferning test
and it was negative. The made me walk
around the hospital all day and did
another swab and ferning test after
which came out negative again. That
was how they determined I sealed over
and let me go home on strict
bedrest.
When I was discharged my doc told me
if I started leaking again I had to
come right back. He was adament about
me being in the hospital if I
continued to leak. After only a
couple of days home that familiar
trickle started again, only this time
it was much heavier. I was readmitted
to the hospital. They wanted me there
for more antibiotics (48 hours of IV
and then 5 days of pills) and
monitoring twice a day. I think he
was worried I was going to develop an
infection pretty quickly the second
time.
From 30-34 weeks I never had any
measurable fluid. Kendall continued
to thive though so they let her stay
put. I never had any contractions
until I was induced. It is protocol
at my hospital to induce pPROM moms no
later then 34 weeks because the risk
of infection can go way up. They
started my induction at night with
cytotec. I was supposed to get 3
doses of that and then start pitocin
in the morning. I only needed 1 dose
of cytotec and 30 minutes after I got
it I was in full blown labor. My
daughter was born weighing 5lbs10oz,
19in long. She spent 8 days in the
NICU and had a very uneventful stay.
She needed IV antibiotics for 7 days
and the bili lights. She is now a
happy, healthy 7 month old. The 2
month stay in the hospital was
horrible, but looking back now I'd do
it again in a heartbeat.
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