By Sonia, White Plains USA
PROM at 15 weeks + 2 days. Delivery at 39 weeks + 2 days.
Story added: 2012-07-12

Like many women on this site I often thought what would the outcome be of my pregnancy, specially on those first weeks after prom, where every doctor we talked to, would advise to terminate the pregnancy and after my negative to do so, would look at me like I was out of my mind to continue the pregnancy. I prommed the very next day after an amniocentesis, and I remember being there at the ER, the doctors did a sonogram and would not tell me anything, they kept me waiting for other group of doctors to come and deliver the news that my baby had zero chances of surviving after my water broke and there were only 1cm of fluid, even at one point it got to 0cm! so, they told me about the risk of getting and infection that would put my life at risk, or in the best case my body would get rid of the baby in one week, they even said that I should make a decision right away, they gave me 1 hour to decide what to do, since I was waiting for my husband to arrive at the ER to be there with me. I told them that I would not terminate my pregnancy, after all I had no signs of an infection, and so, decided just to keep to my faith, after all I had nothing else to rely on, just God would decide on the life of my baby. So I stayed overnight at the hospital, and the next morning I was discharged since the baby was not viable, so there was not point of keeping me at the hospital... I went home and began the many months of bedrest, getting up only to go to the bathroom, I kept praying and so all my family and friends that knew what was going on. I remember being extremely sensitive and my nerves were really shattered, I cried often and also I was very nervous about everything, I would have a nervous breakdown many times over nothing, my poor family endured my hormones out of whack with me..... I remember reading here on this site about the vitamin c and e, and started taking them everyday along with the prenatal, wich I think help me a great deal, since it is thought to prolong the latency, wich means the time between you prommed and the actual time you deliver your baby. I highly recommend it. At one point I went to see a very famous doctor in NYC, one of the few that did the amniopatch, who after charging me 500 buck told me that I was not a candidate for the procedure and to basically go home and wait between 6 to 8 weeks to lose my baby, or in the best case to expect a baby born with cerebral palsy and limbs all out of place. That afternoon my husband and I decided not to listen to any doctor anymore, we would stick to our faith and pray for the best outcome. Somehow and very slowly my sac resealed and the fluid started to accumulate, first from 1cm to 2cm, then to 3 and 5 and I remember one time it went to 10cm! I could not believe that, I had to ask the sonographer to measure it many times! Eventually I got to 24 weeks, then to 32, where they decided to put me in the hospital, but after checking my cervix and determining that I was not leaking, they released me back home to continue the bedrest there wich was great news considering that I had a 3 1/2 little girl waiting for me there. I was happy to get back to her and my family at home. By the time I was 35 weeks I started getting up and practically finished my bedrest as I started feeling great and my fluid went up to 25cm to one point wich was increbible for us.!! So, the doctors decided to program a C-section at 39 weeks, where my amazing little princess was born healthy , even though she had 2 episodes of respiratory distress , but now one week later she is home and doing great thank God almighthy, that made all this possible. We named her Milagros, wich means miracle in spanish, and I hope my story gives hope to somebody that is going through the same thing. Please never give up hope, keep your faith strong, after all only God can decide everything.