By Lori, Green Bay, WI USA
PROM at 16 weeks + 6 days. Delivery at 28 weeks + 3 days.
Story added: 2006-03-11

After years of infertility, due to endo and blocked tubes 8/05 I got pregnant 1st round of ivf with Isaiah , what a feeling to be pregnant!!! Everything was going well, until around the 8th week , had a little spotting here and there, my ob thought I had a fryable cervix, I was advised not to have intercourse until after my 12th week. Went to the er on 10/26/05 as blood was gushing out of me, the er dr, examined me and confirmed with us that my cervix was opening and I was in the process of having a miscarriage I started to cry and was in disbelief that I was going to lose our baby , he wasnt going to do an ultrasound or doppler nothing , just send me home , he then called my ob, my ob wanted an u/s done , the u/s confirmed my little bub was fine , jumping around , waving at us, I was sent home , to be on bedrest until further notice and diagnosed with a placenta abruption. Over the next 4 weeks I continued to bleed old blood. Exactly 4 weeks later I was laying on the couch , I felt something leaking , I assumed I was bleeding went to the bathroom , and it was clear liquid, I called my ob , as I knew something was wrong, but didnt know what , he told me to come to the hosptital and there he confirmed it was amnio fluid , and gave me the choice to induce labor or be admitted to the hospital to start ivs and antibotics. So I spent Thanksgiving in the hospital praying that God would keep our baby boy safe in my belly and allow him many more weeks to grow , until he can survive on his own. I went to see a high risk dr and was given 15% chance that my baby would survive and I would make it past 2 weeks without delivering. At the time of this scan, there was no amnio fluid in his sac. 2 weeks were like hell, not knowing minute to minute what would happen and when it would happen , all I could do was cry and grieve for the baby that was still inside of me, I tried to keep my faith , but with the odds stacked against me how could I. I found this website , and I would sneak on here , to print off the Green stories , and read them over and over again to give me hope, when all hope was almost lost. We named our baby Isaiah which means "saved by god" I went back to the high risk dr at 19 weeks and the amnio fluid was back up to 7.5 and the normal level was 15 , the dr was excited and told us how good that was , and there shouldnt be a problem with his lungs developing. I went back 2 weeks later , and Isaiah was now breech , and the fluid decreased to 3.5 cm, the plan was to get to 24 weeks and I would be hospitalized and start steroid shots to help his lungs mature. 3 days before my 24th week I started to bleed , checked into labor and delivery , my ob didnt want to check me to see if I was dilated , due to me being ruptured, but from the looks of the u/s I was at 1.5 cm and there was a change in my cervix. It was a wait and see game, I could go into labor that night , or 6 weeks , they didnt know. So I spent the next 5 weeks in the hospital on strict bedrest , in between that time I had 3 u/s's with diffetent opinions from the high risk dr and my ob. Some told me it didnt look good, then the next scan it looked more promising , then the next scan it couldnt get any better and my son would be born crying. I went into labor Sunday 1:30 am...I had an er c-section , my son Isaiah was born 5:39 a.m. , never cried, he lived for 15 hours and passed away that same evening at 9:02 P.M. to this day I don't know why my son passed away. Was it because of his lungs, or was it because the vents were turned up to high in the NICU ? I was so out of it , due to the surgery. I'm still waiting on the medical reports, my labor is another story in itself, they knew I was going to have a c-section for 8 weeks , but I had to go thru full blown labor and then have an er c- sect ?? None of it , makes sense!! Anyways I knew one day I would write the finale of my story on this website since the dreadful day of 11/23/05 when my water broke, unfortunatly I always thought it would be in the green lettering , not the blue.... But I have met alot of woman whose babies have survived PROM, so if you are reading this , please don't give up hope , and enjoy every minute of your pregnancy and time that you have to spend with your baby with they are in your womb , the NICU or in your arms, every second matters, because you never know how long you will have them for.
Good luck to all going through PROM and god bless you