PROM #1: Becca
I was due to have my first baby January
23, 1989. I had a very normal
pregnancy, nothing unusual at all. On
January 11, at my OB appointment, they
did an internal exam, discovering that
I was already dilated 3 cm! I was told
that the baby could come at any time.
Well, on January 23rd, my due date, I
had a little leaking of fluid every
time I moved. A little later that day,
there was no doubt my membranes had
ruptured, there was a "pop" and a big
gush of fluid. They called it PROM,
because my membranes ruptured and I
didn't go into labor. At 1PM, I was in
the hospital, and they were starting
Pitocin. I was told that they like to
deliver the babies within the first 24
hours after PROM.
Well, I absolutely hated Pitocin. My
LLL leader told me months later that it
makes you have stronger-than-normal
contractions. Besides, I had been
through the childbirth classes, and was
NOT prepared to be strapped to a
monitor and told I could not get out of
bed. After a few hours of nightmarish
contractions, they gave me the
epidural. Well, believe it or not, that
was even worse! I had a "window", a
part of the uterus not affected by the
epidural, and it seemed to me that all
of the pain from those stronger-than-
normal contrations was concentrated
into that one spot! I vomited on every
single contraction! I vomited up ice
chips, and stomach antacid, and
anything else I took by mouth. So, they
gave me more and more epidural
medicine, and finally the window was
gone, but so was all sense of feeling.
Well, they told me that it was time to
push (I couldn't tell, I was too
numb), and I pushed for 3 hours.
Finally, they decided to do a c-
section, and Becca was born. She was a
NICU baby, the biggest there at 7 lbs
13 ozs, even though she was full term.
She needed surgery on her esophagus,
which was done 40 hours after birth.
She went home at about 3 weeks old.
PROM #2:
Paige >>
PROM #3: Mark &
Michelle >>
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