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 | Melissa (2000) |
21 weeks | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I found out i was pregnant in November, about 2 months after I got married. We were both scared and completely excited. Everything was fine until April 3, 2000, I was ex... Read more » | Stephanie (2000) |
21 weeks | 21 weeks. | 0 |
| Well I\'m not sure if I put the gestational age right but I think so... I had started having back pain at work but it would ease after I got home and was resting this happened f... Read more » | Steve (2000) |
21 weeks | 23 weeks. | 14 |
| My wife had gone to the OBG and complained about leaking fluid around 21 weeks. Since we had already delivered a full-term girl, I guess the OBG wasn\'t concerned. Instead, she ... Read more » | Sterling (2000) |
21 weeks | 27 weeks. | 42 |
| My story starts at week 13 when I started bleeding. Docs couldn't figure out where it was coming from but I was put on bed rest until it stopped, which it did about a week ... Read more » | Kay (2000) |
21 weeks | 33 weeks. | 84 |
| On December 22 I was visiting my mother and had a big gush of bright red blood. I was in my 14th week of pregnancy. My mom took me to the emergency room and they said I was prob... Read more » | Jennifer (2001) |
21 weeks | 24 weeks. | 21 |
| I posted my story under the guestbook but wanted to place it here instead. I have recieved several emails from my posting in the guestbook. It\'s comforting to have the support... Read more » | Rosann (2001) |
21 weeks | 31 weeks & 2 days. | 72 |
| I could not e happier when I found out I was pregannt for child number 2. I found out that I was pregnant shortly after a infection of some kind (Yeast?). I was thrilled. The ... Read more » | Jodi (2001) |
21 weeks | 21 weeks & 2 days. | 2 |
| It was Nov. 4 1995. I woke up in great anticipation as it was my first born's first birthday (I was also 4 months pregnant). I had a busy day of birthday plans ahead of me. ... Read more » | Jodi (2001) |
21 weeks | 27 weeks. | 42 |
| I'll start by hoping this story will help and give hope to someone in need. At the age of 28 I gave birth to a son (textbook pregnancy). At 29 I prommed at 21 weeks an... Read more » | Elizabeth (2002) |
21 weeks | 30 weeks & 4 days. | 67 |
| At 21 weeks my water broke,and I thought I had lost my baby. There was a lot of blood and I thought that I was miscarrying. I arrived at the hospital and the nurse found the ... Read more » | Vickie (2002) |
21 weeks | 23 weeks & 3 days. | 17 |
| i have had 2 babys both normal text book pregnancys little girls well not so little now 1 at 14 and 1 at 12. i was pregnant with our little boy at 21 weeks and went to bed... Read more » | Karen (2003) |
21 weeks | 21 weeks. | 0 |
| On March 24, 2003 I lost my son at 21 weeks. I had a perfect pregnancy, I had even gone to see my doctor the Tuesday before and things were good. My water broke, I still can't f... Read more » | Carla (2003) |
21 weeks | 28 weeks & 3 days. | 52 |
| My water broke at 21 weeks, but I didn't know it had happened. I had a small gush of what looked like just bleeding that I noticed in the toiled so I called the doc's office. ... Read more » | Gillian (2004) |
21 weeks | 29 weeks. | 56 |
| The day I found out I was having a baby was the happiest I have ever felt in my life. The next week I was due to have a hysterectomy after years of fibroids and other problems. ... Read more » | Carol (2005) |
21 weeks | 26 weeks & 4 days. | 39 | Multiples |
| My story is bittersweet. I was pregnant with twins. My daughter lived and is thriving. My son was not so fortunate and died in my arms after six days. Here is my story. I h... Read more » | Jeanette (2005) |
21 weeks | 34 weeks & 4 days. | 95 |
| Hi everyone, I was 34yrs old and having my 3rd baby. The first two were totally normal pregnancy, other than some mild hypertension where they induced me at 37wks and I de... Read more » | April (2006) |
21 weeks | 33 weeks. | 84 |
| When I found out I was pregnant last March, I anticipated an easy/smooth pregnancy -- thinking that the hardest part about it would be taking care of the baby once he/she was born! ... Read more » | Loria (2007) |
21 weeks | 21 weeks & 2 days. | 2 |
| On Aug. 31 I started feeling what I thought were contractions. I felt this weird tightening every few minutes but tried to ignore it and went to bed. The next morning, I did ... Read more » | Cynthia (2008) |
21 weeks | 23 weeks & 2 days. | 16 |
| Everything was fine. I was just standing there, waiting in line for lunch at burger king when my water broke. I called my husband at work and asked what I should do, he ... Read more » | Shannon (2008) |
21 weeks | 27 weeks & 3 days. | 45 |
| Aedan was a surprise.... we were not expecting to get pregnant but we were so happy when we found out. I took all the neccesary precautions. I went to all my Dr appointments, I ... Read more » | Jamie (2003) |
21 weeks | 22 weeks. | 6 |
| I hadn't even had a normal cycle after my first trimester miscarriage when I discovered that I was pregnant again. I was anxious and hopeful, and wished every day for this preg... Read more » | Tabatha (2005) |
21 weeks | 21 weeks. | 0 |
| We lost our baby girl on February 8, 2005. My water broke at 11:30pm on Monday and I was taking to the hospital. At the hospital they told me that all my water had gone. The ... Read more » | Tarryn (2006) |
21 weeks | 34 weeks & 2 days. | 92 |
| We want to share our story to give others hope. POSITIVE THOUGHT, PRAYER and a GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM definitely helped us. Miracles do happen and our little boy Seth is a testamen... Read more » | Becky (2006) |
21 weeks | 36 weeks & 6 days. | 110 |
| My name is Rebecca and Im 27 years old. I have PCOS which causes infertlily and was never able to concieve. After 7 years I lost 55 lbs and out of the blue i got pregnant. I ... Read more » | Lara (2007) |
21 weeks | 22 weeks & 4 days. | 10 |
| Hi. I'm Lara, and my story is like many of yours. I found out I was pregnant in April,and after trying for 15 months, we were ectstatic. It was our first. Things seemed to start... Read more » | Mary (2010) |
21 weeks | 31 weeks. | 70 |
| Problems with my second pregnancy started at just six weeks when I started bleeding. I was told it was implantation bleeding. I bled for about three days. A week later I start... Read more » | Kathryn (2010) |
21 weeks | 39 weeks. | 126 |
| I thought I was going to have the perfect pregnancy. I was 30 years old, and we got pregnant the very first month we started trying. We were having so much fun talking about names and... Read more » | Destiny (2013) |
21 weeks | 27 weeks & 3 days. | 44 |
| I am not certain exactly when I pprom\'d but it was somewhere between 18-21 weeks but my first huge gush was at 21weeks, 1 day. It was blood so it took 2 1/2 weeks of being in and out o... Read more » | Susan (2001) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 28 weeks. | 48 | Multiples |
| After 3 years and 8 miscarriages, medications and surgeries, we were pregnant with twins. We were so happy. We were very scared but so hopeful. After we reached 14 weeks, we tho... Read more » | Mary (2002) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 22 weeks & 5 days. | 10 |
| My name is Mary and I believe that God will repay me even though my baby did not live. This was my first birth. At 21 weeks and 2 days my water broke. I made the doctors take... Read more » | Becky (2002) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 31 weeks & 4 days. | 72 |
| I feel compelled to share my PROM story because only a year ago, I bookmarked this site while on bedrest and passed my time by reading others' stories. Reading about good outcom... Read more » | Deanna (2004) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 35 weeks. | 96 |
| This was my fourth pregnancy after three perfectly normal pregnancies and births. The only thing different about this pregnancy was that I became pregnant while taking birth co... Read more » | Marni (2005) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 23 weeks & 3 days. | 15 |
| My pregnancy was not very easy from the start. I spent the first months nauseous, tired, and an ocean away from my husband. As soon as I returned to Canada I had a terrible scar... Read more » | Ursula (2006) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 21 weeks & 5 days. | 3 |
| I’ve often heard people say that something was a “defining moment” in their life. I never really understood how one could determine what defines their life until it was al... Read more » | Trina (2006) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 22 weeks & 3 days. | 8 |
| I found out I was pregnant in May 2006. We had suffered 3 previous miscarriages. The doc determined that I was deficient in progesterone. This was the first pregnancy with promet... Read more » | Terri (2007) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 23 weeks & 5 days. | 17 |
| I had a PROM at 21 weeks and 2 days, I thought I had peed the bed. After talking to my family doctor I went to emergency where I was moved to the birthing ward and put on bedres... Read more » | Mary (2007) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 34 weeks. | 90 |
| At aged 30 and 32 i gave birth to a baby boy and then a baby girl. Absolutely problem free pregnancies. When I turned 34 we decided we would like one more and as usual i was ... Read more » | Tharyn (2008) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 22 weeks. | 6 |
| Hi, I've tossed and turned on the idea of posting a story to this board, but I'm at a stage where I feel I just should - if not to just get it out there in writing - but also fo... Read more » | Christy (2009) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 23 weeks & 3 days. | 15 | Multiples |
| My husband and I knew we wanted kids from the start. By the time we decided we were ready and went off birth control, my father-in-law found out that he had lung cancer. We sp... Read more » | Terri (2010) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 32 weeks. | 75 |
| My story is long, but I wanted to include as many details as possible to hopefully help others in my position. Please feel free to e-mail if you have questions. -- After a ... Read more » | Kayleigh (2010) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 24 weeks & 2 days. | 21 |
| i found out i was pregnant very early at about 5weeks,a few days later i started bleeding i didnt think it was anything bad as i bled a little with my previous pregnancy we got taken fo... Read more » | Michelle (1998) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 25 weeks & 5 days. | 30 | Multiples |
| After 3 year of infertility, 6 artificial inseminations, 1 miscarriage and finally in-vitro fertilization, we became pregnant with triplets in May of 1997. I miscarried one arou... Read more » | Andrea (2001) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 27 weeks & 6 days. | 45 |
| When my husband and I got married in 92, I soon found out after that I was pregnant. After we got over the shock, because we weren't trying, we were excited about it. At about ... Read more » | Linda (2002) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 0 |
| I buried my 21 week old son James Douglas, on Saturday February 16th,2002. I did not want him to always be alone, so I purchased my own place to be buried. We will share a famil... Read more » | Tania (2004) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 0 |
| On July 16 I was on my way to work feeling great and looking really pregnant..with no warning water began gushing down my leg in a New York City train station..I immediately kne... Read more » | Lisa (2004) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 22 weeks & 6 days. | 10 |
| When I first became pregnant, my fiancee and I were on vacation in San Diego for a vacation/wedding. I took the test at the end of the trip because I was a week late and feelin... Read more » | Gina (2005) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 29 weeks & 2 days. | 55 |
| On 7/13/1999 26 weeks- we didn't know I had this problem (C-section). My water broke on 7/11/1999 and I was kept in the hospital until I began to get a fever. I was delivered ... Read more » | Denise (2005) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 23 weeks & 7 days. | 18 |
| June 5, 2005 began like any other day. I was experiencing some pains like a band squeezing my middle and my back was sore. About 8pm I went to the washroom and was spotting. A... Read more » | Millie (2006) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 22 weeks & 2 days. | 6 |
| This was my first pregnancy and all went smoothly for the first 13 weeks. Then at 14 weeks I began to pass what I later heard described as 'large liver-like clots'. I was of cou... Read more » | Christie (2007) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 33 weeks. | 81 |
| After stuggling with infertility and going through many tests and procedures, we got pregnant with our second IVF cycle. We did have a vanishing twin which is the reason they... Read more » | Stacy (2007) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 34 weeks. | 89 |
| My husband and I had been together 11 years when we decided to get serious about having kids. We knew we had fertility problem, and began seeking treatments. We did treatments ... Read more » | Danielle (2008) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 25 weeks & 3 days. | 28 |
| I PROMed right after I woke up on the morning of 21 weeks, 3 days. I thought I had had an accident urinating in my underpants. My pregnancy had already been complicated- -I h... Read more » | Marit (2013) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 37 weeks. | 109 |
| At 11 & 18 weeks massive bleedings. Were afraid for a miscarriage, but baby did ok!. At 21 weeks my water broke. At the hospital they questioned me, and thought that it could also be ur... Read more » | Paige (2014) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 31 weeks & 3 days. | 70 |
| I hope this isn\'t too wordy. I will try to tell my story as briefly as possible. My first two children (girl 7, boy 4) both weighed 9 lbs after normal, full term pregnancies. Afte... Read more » | Paul (2014) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 38 weeks & 2 days. | 118 |
| Donna and I were delighted to find that we were expecting just weeks after deciding we wanted to start a family. Until the twenty-week scan there was no sign that anything was amiss; th... Read more » | Lavinia (2004) |
21 weeks & 4 days | 21 weeks & 7 days. | 3 |
| well, It's been a year since my sweet,prove baby died,I was 21 weeks and everything seem fine although I was having occastional pressure beneath my belly button. I used clomid... Read more » | Kathy (2006) |
21 weeks & 4 days | 29 weeks & 2 days. | 54 |
| At the beginning of 2005, my husband and I decided we were ready to add a baby to our household, but we never dreamed what we would have to ordeal in order to have her. I began... Read more » | Kimberly (2012) |
21 weeks & 4 days | 32 weeks & 4 days. | 77 |
| My water broke at 21+4 weeks. The Dr\'s never suggested termination but did talk to me about viability. I was admitted into the hospital and given antibiotics. I was sent home on bedres... Read more » | Stephanie (2001) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 23 weeks & 5 days. | 14 |
| When I was 18+1 weeks pregnant the blood loss started. Of course I was very shocked, but the doctors told me a placenta praevia was the cause. Probably in time the placenta woul... Read more » | Cameron (2003) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 28 weeks & 4 days. | 48 | Multiples |
| At 21.5 weeks, I was admitted to the hospital with a dialated cervix and baby A's bag was hanging out. We were given some choices and decided to try an emergency cerclage where... Read more » | Samantha (2006) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 42 weeks & 2 days. | 144 |
| My water broke after a stressful day at nursing school. I had been having bad cramps for about a month, but my Dr thought it wasn't serious, and likely due to my 10cm fibroid. My ... Read more » | Sherona (2007) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 23 weeks. | 9 |
| I am 26 and married for 2 years. In the beginning, we were taking precautionary measures but after 6 months we decided to have a baby. we tried for about 8 months and at last i conc... Read more » | Stephanie (2008) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 27 weeks & 2 days. | 39 |
| At about 6 pregs I started to spot ever so slightly. I was on vacation in Nashville. I didn't think anything of it cause everything I have read said this is nothing to worry abo... Read more » | Didem (2011) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 32 weeks & 3 days. | 75 |
| My pregnancy related troubles began when I was just 13 weeks pregnant with my little girl last year in July. I was briefly admitted to the hospital and put on a bed rest because of infl... Read more » | Jessyka (2012) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 28 weeks & 6 days. | 50 |
| My pPROM Story; The Story of Axel I “pPROM’ed” (Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes) ...my water broke at 21w 5d. I was immediately told to abort and that my boy would never m... Read more » | Connie (2002) |
21 weeks & 6 days | 32 weeks & 5 days. | 76 |
| Here is our story. When we found out I was pregnant we were surprised but very happy. We already had a 3yr old girl and a 1 yr old boy. This baby would complete our family. I st... Read more » | Tricia (2003) |
21 weeks & 6 days | 34 weeks & 6 days. | 91 |
| My story begins in 1993, in which I lost a beautiful son and twin girls to the diagnosis incompetent cervix. I have ever since tried to become pregnant and finally in May 2002 ... Read more » | Sheryl (2003) |
21 weeks & 6 days | 28 weeks & 2 days. | 45 |
| My husband and I had been trying to conceive for the 7 years that we were married. Finally, after many treatments we were blessed with our first child, Brianna who was born on ... Read more » | Alicia (2008) |
21 weeks & 6 days | 22 weeks. | 1 |
| My story is kind of long and painful but here it goes. I had a fairly uneventful pregnancy with my first. I had some pain and discomfort that I was told was normal and nothing t... Read more » | Kim (2008) |
21 weeks & 6 days | 27 weeks. | 36 |
| You can find details on our story at: http://thebaldwinbaby.b logspot.com Zachary is now five months ol... Read more » | Victoria (2011) |
21 weeks & 6 days | 25 weeks & 6 days. | 28 |
| My waters broke at 21 weeks and 6 days, for no obvious reason. They told me I had to terminate, they told me this over and over again, and that he had no chance of survival. They said h... Read more » | ||||