By Mel, Echuca Australia
PROM at 19 weeks + 6 days. Delivery at 23 weeks + 6 days.
Story added: 2004-05-27

My Pregnancy was going along well until around 14 weeks when i started spotting a little and had some slight back pain. The doctor sent me for an early ultrasound to which everything looked fine and as the bleeding had stopped, they said it was nothing to worry about. Up till my 19 week ultrasound i had been having quite alot of discharge which was a pinkish color, swabs came back ok, so again, they weren't concerned.

Then to my horror i had a major bleed at 19weeks and 6 days. We went straight to the hospital who preformed an ultrasound and found that our little girl was doing just fine, so they sent us home. Two days later i noticed alot of fluid leaking and went to my doc who confirmed that my membranes had ruptured and the poor chances she had to survive. Never at any stage however did we give up hope.

I was bed ridden at home until around 22 weeks and was then transferred to a city hospital. All the while leaking fulid and bleeding would be on and off. After a week in hospital it was confirmed that their was no longer any fluid surrounding our baby. But the bleeding seemed to have stopped so we were hopefull, she seemed so strong. 6 days later i had some slight backache and was worried as our darling who was normally active hadn't kicked for over an hour. The nurse chose thankfully to send me straight to the ultrasound where a doctor confirmed our greatest fear. Our darling little girl had died. She had been such a fighter, i really thought she would make it.

The next day on the 19th of April 2004 i gave birth to our darling "Molly Grace". We held her for a while and said our goodbyes. It still hurts so much and i think it always will. I'm thankfull for my 8 year old son who keeps me going.