By Angel, BRONX,NY USA
PROM at 22 weeksDelivery at 24 weeks + 1 days.
Story added: 2005-01-29

A couple of days before X-Mas I noticed that my panties were wet with fluid so I got up out of my sleep and immediately called my doctor. I knew this wasn't urine so I went to the OR. They did all the tests to see if it was amniotic fluid I was leaking and of course they all came back negative but they did see that my AFI was low. They put me on bedrest until my next U/S (4 days later) and kept me on bedrest at home because the fluid was the same (low). On New Years morning I noticed a trickle down my leg, went back to the hospital and right before they sent me home again the test came back positive so they admitted me. I really was leaking! I decided that I could never terminate the pregnancy because I could feel him kick and his heartbeat was still strong as ever and I didn't care if he could have side effects from all the medicines they would have to give him if he did survive which was very slim. All I wanted was my baby to be alive. I was on bedrest until I delivered my baby. I can't remember or I choose not to remember everything that happened at my short hospital stay. All I can remember is my baby's heartbeat was still strong, I continued to pray and his kicks were no longer a wonderful sensation since there was no fluid around him for cushion. On the night of of Jan. 8 I went into labor....No one could tell me that my baby wasn't going to survive. I was happy, he still had a heartbeat and I knew that God would never take something I wanted so bad. It was time to deliver may baby and I still had faith because he had a heartbeat. When they gave me my baby he was still warm but no heartbeat. I have never felt so empty in my life! I trust God with all my heart and I know that it was his will but I miss and want my baby so bad