By Digna Dreibelbis, Wescosville ,PA USA
PROM at 20 weeksDelivery at 31 weeks + 5 days.
Story added: 2001-12-19

My story is a miracle of miracles. Due to an abusive 1st marriage I had my tubes tied after my second daughter who is now 13. I also have a 15 year old. A couple years after separating from my husband I met my current husband. He is truly my soul mate and I adore him. He never had any children due to his first wife having undiagnosed infertility. I always wanted more children and started looking into a way to accomplish this. We went to an infertility specialist who quoted us a price for IVF. We decided against this because of the cost and I started looking on the Internet for a solution. I spent hours and found a doctor in North Carolina who preformed tubal reversals as an outpatient procedure. I begged and pleaded with my then fiancé because I new in my heart I had to do this. He was afraid he might lose me in surgery and did not want me to have it done. I took the money that I was saving for our wedding and used it for the surgery. Luckily the surgery was less then 1/2 the cost of one IVF treatment. After the surgery we became pregnant 10 months later. It was confirmed after a dye test that my right tube was blocked that’s why it took longer for me to get pregnant. I became pregnant with only my left tube open. Everything went well even though I had some spotting which the doctor said was normal for many women. Then 2 days before I was to have an ultra sound on my 5th month my water broke over night while I was sleeping. It happened slowly so I thought I had lost my urine. I even went to work that morning and called the doctor’s office from there. They had me come in right away and confirmed that I had no fluid left. I was devastated and in shock. The doctor placed me on complete bed rest right away. I was sent home and told they would admit me to the hospital at 24 weeks, if I made it that far. They gave us the bad prognosis and every week that I went back we were told the same thing. We decided to go on with the pregnancy. I read everything I could get my hands on about prom. I knew that labor could be put off if I drank lots of water since the more I drank the more the baby put out which would prevent dehydration and labor. I drank water non-stop for 10 weeks. I went into labor at 31 weeks and 5 days. I prayed my heart out and I was never afraid I would lose my son. I had faith in God that everything would be ok and I believed it. My son let out a loud cry when he was born and was 3lbs 13 ozs. He stayed in NICU 8 days and was sent home at 4lbs-6oz. He is a beautiful healthy 8- month old (corrected age 6 months). We named him Carl Gregory after his 2 grandfathers. He is doing everything a 6 month old does and more. He is now learning to crawl and he rocks back and forth and scoots on his belly. I was heartbroken when I read stories here about pregnancies that were terminated because the doctor’s said that was best. Never believe what they tell you, trust in God. Don't just pray, believe it will be ok. If God had taken our son then we would have accepted it as such when the time came. However we refused to believe that he would not be, and today we have a beautiful healthy happy son. Feel free to email us anytime.
Carl, Mommy and Daddy love you.
You are our little angel and God’s gift.