By Caroline, Las Vegas USA
PROM at 16 weeksDelivery at 20 weeks.
Story added: 2003-09-07

My first pregnancy ended in a D&C after 8 weeks when the heart beat was not found on the U/S. After that I lost my job and subsequently my insurance. I then had 4 more miscarridges before the 12 week of gestation. I had the misscaridges at home with my husband at my side. My 6th pregnancy i started bleeding again, with what i believed to be a threatened misscaridge, i went to the E/R. Through the E/R they found me an ob/gyn, who then found me a perinatal DR. I continued to bleed. I was 10 weeks. on the U/S the peri/dr. told me i had less than 50% chance of this baby surving and to be on bed rest. The specialist informed me that the D&C was probibly the reason for my bad luck that the Dr. who performed the operation had not used seaweed to dialate my uterus so he had probibly damaged me. I took his advise and was thrilled when we passes the 12 week. I stayed on bedrest and week 13-16 passed. week 18 the specialist told me I had PROM. that i had NO fluid at all and the baby would most likely die inside me and i would be lucky if i did not also. At 19-5 my husband and i went to the E/R with severe cramping and the dr. told me the baby was not developing, her heart was slowing down and he also recomended an induction. Two days later I had the procedure. I wish i did not. I wish i had the courage to leave her in Gods hands. I wish we had a neonatal specialist in las Vegas. I wish there was more information for me to see if there is anything i can do to prevent this from happening again. What do I do Now? my heart is broken in a 1000 pieces and no one seems to know anything. I am tired of people patronising me telling me every pregnancy is different, next time.....are there any medications that can help strenghten my reproductive organs?