By Mariana, Brasília, DF Brazil
PROM at 22 weeksDelivery at 23 weeks.
Story added: 2000-04-28

The pregnancy of my second daughter was just great, we were so thrilled with that. The due month was July. On sunday morning, March 26th, after going to the bathroom I felt my water linking. I started the labor of my first child (now 6 years old) with a water link in the 39th week, so I was pretty sure of what was happening. I called immediatly my doctor who recommended strict bedrest and asked me to drink as much water I could.

Our hope was to refill the sac with fluid and re-seal it. Next day morning, I went to the doctor to make a ultasonogram but I had no fluid at all. The baby was great and I had no infection, so he decided to continue with the bedrest and water diet as long as we could.

On thrusday, March 30th, I stated labor. First contractions at 6 a.m.. My daughter Juliana was born of natural birth at 10h08 a.m. with 550 grams and 28cm. It was a very difficult labor, when I cried most of the time, no with fisical pain, but with a heart pain. All doctors had been advising us of the low chances of survival of the baby. All that was very confused in our minds.

As she came out I didn't want to see her. I was trying to not get so much envolved with her, in ordder to avoid pain if the dies. After two days, when I was already at home I felt so bad about it. Me and my husband decided to visit her from that day on. After all she was our daughter and she was alive. I am sure that even though she dies we will feel a lot better about. She is completing 7 days today, and no complications have occoured, but she is having a big fight. She is still in the oxigene in the hospital's NICO. I was happy to find out so many cases of PROM, and hope count with all of your prayers to help Juliana.
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Unfortunatly my little Juliana died last thursday.
She survived 21 days.
She became now our guard angel.
Best wishes for all of you.

With love, Mariana