I am one of the unfortunate ones who
do
not have a successful PROM story to
share. However, i do believe that all
information - good and bad - is
helpful
for those that are going thru this for
the first time and i'd like to do my
part in helping to educate anyone out
there who can benefit from our
loss.
My husband and I found out we were
expecting two months after being
married. We were not trying but
because
we were older, it was a welcome event.
We were thrilled.
Our pregnancy was very uneventful - I
had no problems at all medically. The
only thing that I can now say was
probably not normal, was that I had a
lot of discomfort early in the
pregnancy
that probably is more closely
associated
with a 7 or 8 month pregnancy.
Tailbone
soreness, difficulty getting
comfortable, pain in my rib cage, etc.
Being that this was my first
pregnancy,
I didn't think it was all that unusual
and I was never told by my OB that
things were progressing abnormally. I
don't know if this has any correlation
to the PROM or not but it does seem
abnormal to me now.
At 22wks,I felt a small pop and then a
small gush of fluid. I called L&D at
my
hospital and they told me to come in
and
be checked out. They confirmed it was
my
water breaking and admitted me to the
hospital, started me on i.v.
antibiotics. They explained that our
baby was on the cusp of viability and
that our outcome was dependent upon
how
long we could go without going into
labor. We lasted a little more than
two
weeks. Because the baby was breech, we
decided to have a c-section to give
him
the best possible outcome.
Unfortunately, our Luca - at 24.3wks
of
gestation - did not have the lung
maturity to be able to survive. He
lived
for approximately 8 hours.
We do not know what caused our PROM
and
never will. We did have an amnio at
around 16 1/2wks that may or may not
have contributed to our PROM - we
don't
know.
We were never asked to terminate or
son
and I highly recommend anyone who is
faced with this situation to not
terminate unless your life is in
danger.
Too many doctors are quick to tell you
that your baby's chances of survival
are
near zero when in fact, there are
many,
many women who remained hopeful and
lasted several weeks/months and now
have
beautiful healthy babies. There is
hope.
Pamela´s PAP
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