The stories where the baby survived are marked with green,
the stories where the babies did not make it are marked with blue.
Black means it was a pregnancy with multiples
with different outcome for the babies, or that the outcome is unknown.
| Name (Year) |
PROM week | Delivery week | PROM Days | Lacie (1998) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I was 19 weeks pg and my water broke. I was so scared I knew that my baby could not survive if I went into labor at this point. This was our first child and I didn\'t know what ... Read more » | Sue (2000) |
19 weeks | 24 weeks. | 35 |
| I had bled at about 12 weeks. The dr. wasn\'t the least bit concerned. I began bleeding again heavily at 19 weeks. Upon examination, polyps on the cervix were discovered, causin... Read more » | Rickie (2000) |
19 weeks | 27 weeks. | 56 |
| My water broke at 19 weeks. I went the hospital where they tested and said it was not amniotic fluid. They sent me home and told me to call my dr. in the morning. Morning came a... Read more » | Shelly (2000) |
19 weeks | 34 weeks & 5 days. | 110 |
| Hello everyone!!! First i would Like to thank all my PROM friends Katrina, Linda and many others for caring enough to offer me hope and encouragement in pretty rough times.... Read more » | Liz (2000) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 |
| My water broke last week. We rushed to the hospital and the doctor did an ultrasound and said there was very little fluid around the baby. Meanwhile his heart was beating fine... Read more » | Yolanda (2000) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks. | 7 | Multiples |
| After a long battle with dealing with the lost of our sons Esar Alfred & Naszeem Shakur we finally got pregnant 14 months later. I got pregnant with my second set of twins 14 ... Read more » | Kristine (2002) |
19 weeks | 30 weeks. | 77 | Multiples |
| I want to share my story with you because when I was going through my very difficult pregnancy all of these stories and several other websites helped me. My husband and ... Read more » | Buffie (2002) |
19 weeks | 29 weeks. | 71 |
| I was hesitant to add my story at first because it doesn't have a happy ending but I thought I owed it to all the wonderful prom queens who were there for me during my hard mont... Read more » | Kneeland (2002) |
19 weeks | 22 weeks. | 21 |
| My name is Windi and I am a mother 3 children who are alive in Heaven. I lost my first pregnancy in April of 2001 at 9 weeks. I was told that as many as 25% of pregnancies ende... Read more » | Julie (2002) |
19 weeks | 21 weeks. | 14 |
| my baby boy was perfect. we did cvs test which i think might have been problem . i had for weeks everyday discharge and mucus coming down and dr. said probably yeast infection. ... Read more » | Alison (2003) |
19 weeks | 37 weeks & 4 days. | 130 |
| I had an ultrasound at 17 weeks because I thought I had a spot of blood. U/S showed healthy baby, no problems, lots of fluid. About a week later I noticed some wetness in my p... Read more » | Cathy (2003) |
19 weeks | 24 weeks & 5 days. | 40 |
| We found out that I was pregnant in October of 2002. At 43, I had figured that my conceiving days were over. So we were surprised but very happy. Our son Chris, who is now 8,... Read more » | Sharon (2003) |
19 weeks | 23 weeks. | 28 | Multiples |
| At 18 weeks I started to bleed quite heavy, we rushed to the hospital, where they kept me in doing every test going. They eventually found that baby and I were fine but I had lo... Read more » | Tammy (2003) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 6 |
| I was at work and I had to go to the restroom. I had a case of diahrea and at the same time I felt a large gush. I was unable to tell if it was from the rear or the front. I wen... Read more » | Shea (2003) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks. | 7 |
| I'm 29, married to my high school sweetheart, with 1 daughter who is 20 months. I had my PPROM on December 6,2003 @ 6:30pm, and my miscarriage on December 13,2003 @ 6:35pm. ... Read more » | Calvin & Kishea (2004) |
19 weeks | 26 weeks. | 49 |
| It took us a long long time to send this story, simply because we were scared of the outcome ourselves. We had tried to get pregnant for five years and finally it happen. A few ... Read more » | Kristin (2004) |
19 weeks | 31 weeks & 3 days. | 87 |
| At 14 weeks I had siginificant bleeding that began about 2 am and finished by 6. The ultrasound was inconclusive but didn't indicate any problems with the placenta. At 19 ... Read more » | Moriah (2005) |
19 weeks | 34 weeks. | 106 |
| Our story starts like a lot of the others; I woke in the middle of the night to a gush of fluid. It was clear, so I assumed it was incontinence, something I had heard to expe... Read more » | Teresa (2005) |
19 weeks | 27 weeks & 5 days. | 61 |
| My husband and I struggled with infertility for 6 years and finally, after 7 IUI’s we tried IVF as a last ditch effort and were successful after the first try. Actually, we w... Read more » | Joy (2005) |
19 weeks | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 17 | Multiples |
| I had a completely uncomplicated first pregnancy and even this pregnancy was going great despite getting really big fast, we were excited about having ID twin boys. It was a hol... Read more » | Kelly (2006) |
19 weeks | 31 weeks & 2 days. | 86 |
| I hope that this will help provide some hope to those going through PROM pregnancies. I know that when I was going through it, I lost hope on several occasions. Reading ot... Read more » | Erica (2007) |
19 weeks | 21 weeks & 6 days. | 20 |
| My membranes ruptured at 19 weeks. I was admitted to the hospital and encouraged to induce labor. My husband and I decided against that beacuse his heartbeat was still strong an... Read more » | Deena (2008) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks & 2 days. | 9 |
| On Sunday, Jan.06,08, I experienced PROM. I was using the restroom and I felt something warm. At first I was unsure until I wiped myself. I saw something that looked like a thic... Read more » | Thuy (2008) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 |
| I was not feeling quite right over the weekend and decided to call my doctor on Monday. I hadn't felt the baby move yet and was concerned, so they said to come in and the first... Read more » | Angela (2009) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 |
| After years of struggling with infertility and 4 prior miscarriages I finally became pregnant and we were very happy. I had a very uneventful pregnancy up until I hit exactly 1... Read more » | Danielle (2009) |
19 weeks | 24 weeks & 2 days. | 37 |
| I never imagined anything bad would happen to my pregnancy and as the weeks passed I swore we were gonna be that 5% chance that made it through with just an early delivery. I ... Read more » | Regina (2009) |
19 weeks | 24 weeks & 6 days. | 41 |
| Jonathan (meaning "gift from God) is a miracle baby. In 2008, I had never expected any problems with pregnancy but at 14 weeks I began bleeding a little. My OB said it was ... Read more » | Beverly (2010) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 |
| On 19 May 2010 I awoke to find pink tinged tissue after using the bathroom. This immediately sent me into a frenzy. Knowing what blood means this late in the game I went to ... Read more » | Elissa (2011) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 1 |
| I was pregnant for the first time and my husband and I were thrilled. We found out that we were having a little girl. We had done it all, registered, got a crib and changing table, and ... Read more » | Inasha (2011) |
19 weeks | 27 weeks & 6 days. | 62 |
| Hi, Im from the Maldives, but living in SriLanka. My water broke mid of 19th week! I was sitting down for sometime and as I got up I felt a gush of water. I had never thought for a sec... Read more » | Heather (2012) |
19 weeks | 28 weeks & 5 days. | 68 |
| Well he is my story in Oct I started to bleed called my doctor they told me it sounded like I was having a miscarriage and if I started passing blood clots to goto the ER. No blood clot... Read more » | Cherry Vi (2012) |
19 weeks | 23 weeks. | 28 |
| My pregnancy was uneventful until I experienced pPROM around 1:30am of June 9, 2012, when I was 19 weeks along. I felt a sudden gush while I was sleeping. I had my check-up in the morni... Read more » | Shelley (2013) |
19 weeks | 30 weeks. | 77 |
| IVF, initially a triplet pregnancy; 13 wks selective reduction of twins babies A&B sharing placenta, continued pregnancy of singleton baby C with own placenta; 14 wks flu-like with feve... Read more » | Tineka (2013) |
19 weeks | 32 weeks & 2 days. | 93 |
| Hello, before I start I\'d like to say thankyou too all the Mothers who have shared there stories. This support page helped keep me possitive throughout my pregnancy. After trying to co... Read more » | Molly (2002) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 5 |
| This is my first of 3 PROM stories. When I was just over 19w pregnant in the middle of the night my water broke. I had no idea what was happening and called the doctor and w... Read more » | Dee (2003) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks & 4 days. | 10 | Multiples |
| We had been trying to get pregnant for over three years with no success. After months of fertility drugs, IUI's, and finally IVF, I was finally pregnant with twins. Everything ... Read more » | Paula (2003) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| After over 5 years of infertility, we finally conceived twins via our second IVF/ICSI cycle. We were both just thrilled to be completing our family all at once. Other than ... Read more » | Emily (2003) |
19 weeks | 21 weeks & 4 days. | 17 |
| My story began after having had 2 Blighted Ovums and one Miscarriage. We learned after our last loss that I had an Autoimmune Disease. I had elevated Killer Cells which attacked... Read more » | Beth (2004) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks & 2 days. | 8 |
| I have been with my partner for 18 years. After 12 years of using the same birth control method we were very surprised to find out we were pregnant. After the initial shock ... Read more » | Craig (2004) |
19 weeks | 27 weeks & 3 days. | 58 |
| Our story began much like mos tof the others. My wife had a very normal pregnancy until one morning she awoke in the middle of the night spotting a very light pink liquid. It ... Read more » | Vicky (2005) |
19 weeks | 33 weeks. | 98 |
| My waters broke at 19+1. They went with a trickel at first but then started gushing. A few times i would stay dry but then it was as though the baby was bloking the hole and th... Read more » | Diane (2008) |
19 weeks | 28 weeks. | 63 |
| Hi I had a m'c in 2004 & a perfect preganancy on my 2nd child in 2005 so didn't expect this one to be any different....but how wrong was i. I had crampy pains from 6wks so i ... Read more » | Michele (2008) |
19 weeks | 21 weeks & 4 days. | 17 |
| Hope was the only thing I had at 19+1 when I was rushed to the Emergency Room and told my membranes had ruptured. My doctor was on vacation and yet stayed on the phone with me ... Read more » | Holly (2009) |
19 weeks | 30 weeks. | 76 |
| I learned I was pregnant on labor day 2008. We were excited since we had been trying to get pregnant for a few months. Shortly after we found out we were pregnant I started bl... Read more » | Kelly (2016) |
19 weeks | 34 weeks. | 104 | Multiples |
| I found out that I was pregnant with monochorionic diamniotic twins at 8 weeks when I started to bleed. The ultrasound showed a moderate sized subchorionic hematoma. The hematoma reso... Read more » | Fran (2002) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 19 weeks & 3 days. | 1 |
| I found out that I was pregnant on October 17, 2001. My husband and I were so excited as this was our first pregnancy and we conceived very quickly. Our due date was June 24, ... Read more » | Jennifer (2004) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 34 weeks. | 103 | Multiples |
| Up until the PPROM, I was having a normal twin pregnancy. I had a 2 year old son, Harrison, at home, and he was a normal full-term pregnancy, so I had no reason to think that a... Read more » | Shae (2005) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 3 |
| My story of how my bag of waters broke seems a little different than what I would think it would be like to have my bag break. When I was 18 weeks along, I was sitting af... Read more » | Karen (2007) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 39 weeks. | 138 |
| I wanted to share my story to give people hope and because I found comfort on your site through a really difficult time. I have 3 older children and with a new partner in con... Read more » | Georgeann (2007) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 3 |
| Hi my name is Georgeann Todd I am just able to sit here and write my story.I was implanted with 2 embryos on Feb 4th 2006 and with a miracle, one of them took. I was told early ... Read more » | Jen (2008) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 39 weeks & 2 days. | 140 |
| We found out we were pregnant with our first on November 15, 2007. We were so excited! The pregnancy went along very smoothly - no morning sickness, and I felt great. At ... Read more » | Karen (2009) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 26 weeks. | 48 | Multiples |
| In January 2008 I had my first round of IVF and found out a few weeks later that I was pregnant with twins. At 9 weeks I started bleeding and found out I had what was called sub... Read more » | Jeanne (2011) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 33 weeks & 2 days. | 98 |
| Archie heres his story, on my 19th week plus 2days of pregnancy i thought i kept wetting myself, i phoned my midwife who said it could be but it also could be my waters i could have r... Read more » | Amy (2000) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 3 |
| I am 34 years old. This was my first pregnancy. We\'d been trying for 6 months but my husband knew we wouldn\'t get pregnant until we were married. He was right, and once we wer... Read more » | Lisa (2001) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 19 weeks & 3 days. | 0 |
| Our loss occurred on July 31, 2001. I've waited several months to tell my story because it's just been too painful. (It's a little long, so I apologize ahead of time!) ... Read more » | Yvonne (2002) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 20 weeks. | 5 |
| after 3 early mc's i was relieved to have got passed the first three months, Then we were advised to have an amnio which we did. Every thing was fine until xmas day 2 wks and 6 ... Read more » | Marlene (2003) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 20 weeks & 4 days. | 8 |
| My husband and I married late. Neither one of us had been married before. We wanted to try to have a family. On our first attempt we had a miscarriage at about 10 weeks. We went... Read more » | Amber (2004) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 26 weeks & 4 days. | 50 |
| This was my first pregnancy and a very stressful one. I began having heavy bleeding at 10weeks and then again at 14 weeks. Ultrasound showed a blood clot behind my placenta ca... Read more » | Stacey (2004) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 35 weeks & 5 days. | 114 |
| My PPROM story begins like so many others. During the first trimester of my pregnancy I had a significant amount of bleeding. It started when I was 13 weeks 3 days with some s... Read more » | claire (2004) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 28 weeks & 3 days. | 63 |
| I started bleeding at about 8 weeks into my pregnancy and bleed on and off untill 19 weeks, had about 5 ultrasounds and was told everything was fine, there was just no answers a... Read more » | Rhonda (2006) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 20 weeks. | 5 |
| This was my third pregnancy and everything seemed to be going well until my nightmare began. I had some light bleeding that my doctors attributed to a cervical polyp that they "... Read more » | Shalonda (2006) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 20 weeks & 5 days. | 9 |
| After having the wedding of my dreams in June 2006; my husband and I hoped for a honeymoon baby. Close enough I conceived in July. I was put on bed-rest Nov 3rd @ 18 wks 5 day... Read more » | Elly (2007) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 14 |
| After having had a miscarriage, and 2 ectopic pregnancies (both of which resulted in the loss of a fallopian tube) we resorted to IVF to help us get pregnant. On the 2nd attemp... Read more » | Rebecca (2009) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 35 weeks & 6 days. | 115 |
| I was 19 weeks pregnant when at work I felt a sudden rush of fluid. I thought that I had urinated on myself and didn't think much of it. It continued over the next few days bu... Read more » | Victoria (2011) |
19 weeks & 3 days | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 3 |
| Hello everyone, I am new to this site and wanted to share my story. I, like so many of you had the unfortunate experience of PPROM with my first child at 19+3 weeks. I had no idea wh... Read more » | Molly (2002) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 20 weeks & 2 days. | 5 |
| This is hopefully the last of my PROM stories. After my first two PROM losses I again tried to get pregnant. This time it wasn't so easy. My husband and I were referred to a ... Read more » | Stefanie (2002) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 29 weeks & 2 days. | 68 |
| My husband and I tried for four years to become pregnant. Finally after IVF/ICSI, I became pregnant. We were both so thrilled. I read several pregnancy books and even kept tr... Read more » | Chris (2004) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 2 |
| I was diagnosed with a unicornuate uterus several years ago. After 12 IUIs and 2 IVF cycles, I finally became pregnant in October 02. I asked both my RE and my OB whether my u... Read more » | Thee (2004) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 1 |
| Hello everyone, I am new here found the group after looking for some information about PROM. In February,When I was just over 19+w pregnant in the middle of the night my water... Read more » | Yas (2004) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 2 |
| First of all , thanks for such a nice and useful site which helps the people like me whom suffer from PROM . I had it without any sign when i was in the restroom . I was at work... Read more » | Janet (2006) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 32 weeks & 6 days. | 93 |
| I am writing Addison's PROM story with tears of graditude and joy in my heart. Our little Addison's journey started out rocky from the very beginning. Her mother, my niece, an... Read more » | Christina (2009) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 36 weeks. | 115 |
| after having had 4 miscarriges we fell pregnant with liam the pregnancy was full of problems from day one i had alot of bleeding and was a regular at the scanning. at 19 weeks ... Read more » | Danielle (2010) |
19 weeks & 4 days | 24 weeks. | 31 |
| I lost a baby to Pprom last July a 24 week old still born. I got pregant again, a month later. Scared to death most the pregnancy but I now have a beautiful 3 week old girl b... Read more » | Jennifer (1999) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 20 weeks. | 2 |
| I\'m 27 years old and have been healthy all my life. I was shocked when I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks with my first child. My second child (Alyssa, now 2) was full term, perfe... Read more » | Jeannette (2002) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 12 |
| Hi my name is Jeannette! My first pregnacy was pritty normal she was born 8-3-99 at 36 weeks. But after that we have had 3 miscarages before 13 weeks. This pregnacy... Read more » | Jeannette (2003) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 23 weeks. | 23 |
| Update Story: My little girl was born still born on 12-22-02. She was 1lb 2oz 12inch long. On 12-22-02 I woke up at 6 am to go to the bathroom. I looked down and there was ... Read more » | Althea (2004) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 0 |
| Thanks for joining to read my story! I was 19wks pregnant with no complication up until this point. I began to have intense cramping. I made a trip to the ER on Valentine's Day... Read more » | Esther (2004) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 20 weeks. | 3 |
| This is my 2nd loss to PPROM. My water broke both times while I was sleeping. I felt nothing to warn me. Everything had been normal with both pregnancies until then. With ou... Read more » | Christine (2004) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 0 | Multiples |
| My husband and I have a 2 year old. We decided to do IVF treatment again as we did with our daughter. I found out we were pregnant with twins in June. The pregnancy was diffi... Read more » | Melissa (2005) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 26 weeks. | 45 |
| Our Baby has Wings, After becoming pregnant I suffered from various complications. I had hyperthyroid, but the most important being that I bled for the entire first trimes... Read more » | Althea (2010) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 26 weeks. | 44 |
| Hi, after finding out i was pregnant for the 3rd time i was very happy. In my 1st pregnancy i unfortunately miscarried at 19 weeks after bleeding from about 8 weeks into pregnancy, i wa... Read more » | Julie (2011) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 32 weeks. | 86 |
| I had an SCH at 9 weeks that did not resolve. At 19w 5 days my water broke. I was on home bed rest until 24 weeks. I was then on hospital bedrest until I hit 32 weeks. During my hos... Read more » | Heidi (2012) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 22 weeks & 7 days. | 23 |
| I had a very difficult pregnancy right from the start. This was my 2nd pregnancy, I had an 18 month old boy at the time I found out I was pregnant and had a full term and normal pregnan... Read more » | Priya (2003) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 21 weeks & 4 days. | 12 |
| My story started out with a healthy pregnancy. Everything was going great. As we are from India and presently living in US, we started planning to leave to our country to be wit... Read more » | Angelina (2004) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 28 weeks & 3 days. | 60 |
| I woke up to go to work one Friday morning and felt like I had wet the bed. Embarassed, I took a shower and began to get dressed when I felt a big gush of fluid. I thought to my... Read more » | Samantha (2004) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 20 weeks. | 1 |
| After TTC for 3 years, Jan 2003 I found out I was pregnant and was due October 20th 2003. We were so happy, as to we were waiting for this for 3 long years. Everything was goi... Read more » | Mel (2004) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 23 weeks & 6 days. | 28 |
| My Pregnancy was going along well until around 14 weeks when i started spotting a little and had some slight back pain. The doctor sent me for an early ultrasound to which ever... Read more » | Christina (2006) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 20 weeks & 3 days. | 4 | Multiples |
| Nick and I decided in April 2006 that it was the right time to start trying for a family. We've been together for a long time and married in November 2005. Well, had we known ... Read more » | Krista (2007) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 27 weeks. | 51 |
| My Fiance and I where extatic to learn that we where expecting we found out we where pregnant on July 13th 2006 by way of four at home pregnancy tests (yes you heard me right ... Read more » | Emma (2007) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 33 weeks. | 92 |
| Hi, my name is Emma and I am married to Gareth. We already had a healthy 2 year old son when I became pregnant for the secong time. At 6 weeks into the pregnancy I experienced... Read more » | Chelsea (2008) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 23 weeks & 2 days. | 24 |
| I found out I was pregnant on March 14, 2008. I was ecstatic. My husband was deployed to Iraq in August of 07 and had come home on his mid tour leave in Feb 08. We were trying for a... Read more » | Maria (2013) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 29 weeks & 2 days. | 66 |
| I can\'t believe I am actually sharing my story here. I remember being on bed rest and reading over and over these stories. Specially the ones close to my gestation. They gave me hope... Read more » | Andrea (2013) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 29 weeks & 4 days. | 68 |
| Most mums experience feelings of anticipation and excitement as each pregnancy milestone is reached - 12 week scan, finding out a baby\'s gender at 20 weeks and reaching the final trime... Read more » | ||||