By Sara Vega, Nutley, NJ usa
PROM at 23 weeks + 3 days. Delivery at 23 weeks + 4 days.
Story added: 2001-10-27
My husband and I have been married for
16yrs. We have been TTC for the past
12yrs. We had an unsuccessful IVF 4
years ago and a successful one this past
May. I was on partial bedrest. All my
doctor ever said was I want you to rest.
I was never put on Bedrest and I wonder
if it would have made a difference. My
water broke in my sleep on Oct 16 at 10
pm. They rushed me to the hospital and I
was put on an IV and antibiotics and
given steroids for the babies' lungs.
Doctor said babies could decide to come
out early or perhaps we could hopefully
hold on for a few more days which would
make a world of a difference. At that
point the babies would be 24 weeks, a
much better survival age for premies.
The next night I sent my husband home at
9:30 pm. At about 10 or so I was feeling
something but not quite sure what it
was. I was having bad gas pains but they
had put the monitor and checked my
cervix and everything looked fine!
Anyhow, by 11:30 I asked a nurse if it
was possible for one of the baby's feet
to stick out, she went to get a nurse
and a doctor and sure enough the dr.
yelled out for an emergency c-section. I
had 2 seconds to call my husband back to
the hospital. I was put under general
anesthesia and not even 1/2 hour later
it was all done. Angelica Clarisse was
removed by c-section and Victoria Faith
was vaginally delivered. Their kidneys
were not entirely developed and they had
high levels of pottasium. Victoria also
had some brain hemmoraging. Angelica and
Victoria lived 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 days
respectively. We took pictures with them
and the nurses created memorial boxes
for each. We had their bodies cremated
and yesterday was the Memorial Mass. I'm
still trying to deal with the question
of why the Lord would let me finally get
pregnant and then take my Angels away
from me..................Hopefully, we
can try again next year. At the cost of
these IVF's, I'm not sure if we'll ever
get another opportunity......