By Kimberly, Wrightwood, CA USAI know you are supposed to post seperate pregnancies seperate but to fully understand this one I must give some info on my first pregnancy.
PROM at 34 weeksDelivery at 34 weeks + 1 days.
Story added: 2006-02-22
During my first pregnancy I was carrying a baby with no chance of life. I was stalling preparing for her death. I finally got my labor suitcase ready and took it with me to my OB appointment at 33 weeks. I also took a special hospital tour that day. It was that day I found out she had passed and delivered the next day.
With this pregnancy everything was going well except two episodes of bleeding. One in the first trimester due to intercourse and the other in late second trimester because I overtaxed myself at Disneyland's 50th Anniversary.
I toured the hospital (a different one) on a Saturday all excited for a delivery in the following month. My husband and I did a dry run and packed my labor suitcase and took it with us.
Apparently packing my suitcase and touring a hospital causes me to deliver.
I returned home and at 6 o'clock that evening I woke up from a nap, went to the bathroom, and sat down at the computer. A felt a gush and thought I peed myself. It didn't stop. I took out my books and read about how to tell the difference between urine and amniotic fluid. It didn't smell like urine. I was excited and called my OB. I couldn't get a hold of him and knew he would send me to the hospital anyway. I went to the same hospital I originally delivered at knowing she may need special care.
They talked about keeping me pregnant until 37 weeks but when they checked me about 5 hours after my water broke I was already dilated 5 cm. They then explained to me that the NICU team would be present at my delivery and she probably would be in the NICU until "term."
I delivered and the NICU team initially denied her meaning she was to go home in 2 days. My husband and I were excited. She went home and we experienced a glorious 28 hours before she went completely unresponsive. I called 911. The paramedics came and would not transport. She aroused by then. They even made us believe we were over protective parents and that nothing was wrong. We did not listen to them and transported her ourselves.
We took her to the special Pediatric ER of the Children's Hospital adjoined to the hospital I delivered at. She was cyanotic upon admission with a rectal temperature of 93 degrees due to sepsis. She had pneumonia, possibly because we live at high elevation and delivered at low elevation. Her bilireuban levels were so high they were talking about a blood transfusion. Luckily she didn't need one because she responded well to the bili lights. She stopped having the ability to suck, swallow, and breath at the same time and had to be on TPN and then gavaged. She had episodes of apnea and bradycardia. She was admitted into the NICU where she stayed until gestational age of 39 weeks.
I am happy to report that she is now healthy and happy.