By Silje Ulvestad, Drammen Norway
PROM at 15 weeks + 4 days. Delivery at 28 weeks + 6 days.
Story added: 2007-02-13

WILLIAM, born after PPROM 15+4w and 21w.

I want to tell my story of a miracle- boy that made it!!

I have had 3 PPROM-pregnancies, in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

My baby-boy William is our only surviver. The stories about our two angles, Vilde and Vetle, is published at PROM at 17weeks and PROM at 18weeks.

THE PREGNANCY
I got pregnant with William in may 2006. Started bleeding in week 8-9, as with my other two PPROM- pregnancies.

I had an hematoma in the uterus, which caused med to bleed old blood for weeks. I believe it is the cause of all my PPROMs....

At 15weeks 4 days I ruptured. Got hospitalized for 2 weeks. I put myself on strict bedrest, only getting up to go to the bathroom. Started drinking lots of water (3l pr day), taking 1g of vitamine C every day.

MIRACLE
A miracle happened! After a full rupture, with NO fluid left, I resealed right away!! I slowly built up fluid, until I had normal amount again.

I went home, and stayed at bedrest there, for 3 weeks.

RE-RUPTURE
At 21 weeks I re-ruptured again, after William kicking really hard for some days. I got hospitalized again, and stayed there for the next 8 weeks, until birth.

I had AFI from 2-8cm during the next 8 weeks. Baby growing perfectly normal, showing no signs of stress.

I was fortunate to have a doctor that supported me all the way!

BIRTH
At 28weeks 5 days, I got into labour, without any signs of infection. William was born at 28w6d. He was 1242g and 40cm. He was very sick, with an apgar of 3-6-7. He took a breath at first, but then he stopped breathing. He needed to be on a ventilator, getting NO-gas and surfactant.

HOSPITAL STAY
He was on ventilator for 5 days, after that on CPAP for 10 weeks. He got 2 infections, none of them making him very ill. Was back on ventilator for 3 days during one of them.

After 10 weeks on CPAP he got oxygen from a nasal-cannula.

HOME
After 13 weeks on hospital he came home! Now weighing 3368g, and beeing 49,5cm!
We could have come home earlier, but I was too afraid.... He still needs o2, but very little. Only 0,16l/min. We believe he will be off it in some weeks time.

I wanted to share my story, because it is a true miracle!! William is here now because of his two angel-ciblings! We terminated their pregnancies, but we could not do it a third time... We had to give William a chance, and he made it!


1st PROM
2nd PROM