By Stacie, Henderson, TX USAI want to share my story to give hope for those who are dealing with PROM.
PROM at 13 weeks + 1 days. Delivery at 31 weeks.
Story added: 2003-05-31
I thought I was pregnant with twins, but after four ultrasounds a third sac appeared. I was 12 weeks pregnant with triplets. My doctor noticed that Baby C had an unusual heart beat so he sent me to a fetal specialist. We were told that Baby C had several birth defects and that it would not make it. The specialist thought that there was a possibility that Baby B could be an identical twin of Baby C. He had me get an amniocentisis, at thirteen weeks, to find out if Baby B had birth defects, too. It turned out that it was not an identical nor did it have any birth defects. Unfortunately, the next morning I woke up and realized that I was leaking fluid. I knew immediately that one of the baby's sacs had ruptured. My OB confirmed that it was Baby B, my healthy baby's sac. He said that it looked as if I had miscarried it. He could not see the sac anymore. I was devasted! It seemed as if I had lost two babies. One week later an ultrasound showed that Baby B's sac had a small amount of fluid and that the baby looked okay. My OB and specialist were still not very optimistic that it would survive. We did an ultrasound every week to determine how much fluid the baby had. Luckily, the fluid that it had was just enough to keep it alive. Baby C's heart quit beating and we lost her when I was eighteen weeks. One morning when I was in the shower, I looked down and saw blood every where. I went to the hospital immediately to do an ultrasound. The babies were okay. It looked as if my placenta had a slight tear. I spent one night in the hospital and then went home to spend the remainder of my pregnancy in bed. I hired someone to take care of my two year old and I while my husband went to work. I went to the hospital three more times with severe leaking and bleeding. Finally, my OB sent me to Presbyterian Hospital, in Dallas, to stay until I had to deliver. I was 27 weeks. I was terrified! I leaked fluid and bled constantly. I was given steroids twice. I began having contractions off and on during week 30. I was given a shot to help stop the contractions on three different occasions. I was loosing a lot of blood, so they decided to do an emergency C-section when I was 31 weeks. Later, I found out that leaking amnio fluid for such a long period of time had caused the tearing of my placenta. It was too dangerous for my health as well as the babies to continue the pregnancy. My precious Sarah (Baby A) weighed 3lb. 15oz. and my darling Katherine (Baby C)weighed 2lb. 10oz. They were perfect! They were kept in the NICU for one week. They were moved to our local hospital to learn how to eat. Now, they are almost six months and are doing great! Sarah is huge! She weighs approximately 14 lbs. and Kate weighs 11. We are so blessed! I hope that our story will help others remember to have faith.