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 later. Week 16 it
started up again - still no
explanation
as to why and I was put back on bed
rest, this time for a month.
At 20 weeks I got up and went back
to work and at 21 weeks my water
broke. There really was no mistaking
it, but the fluid did not test out as
amniotic at the hospital so I was told
to go home and continue life as
usual.
Over the course of the next 3 weeks, I
was back in my OB's office 4 times
telling them I was leaking and they
never believed me.
At 24 weeks, I was scheduled for a
routine anatmony ultrasound and it was
then that they saw there was no fluid
around the baby and sent me directly
to
the hospital. I was admitted that day
and started on IV antibiotics, steroid
shots for his lungs and daily
monitoring. We weren't given much
hope
at 24 weeks and were told that if I
went into labor they would do nothing
to stop it.
I went into labor at 25 weeks to the
day - but it stopped on its own. Same
thing happened at 26 weeks. Then at
27
weeks, I went into labor again and
this
time there was no stopping him.
Nicholas was born weighing 1 pound 12
ounces and was taken directly to the
NICU where he spent 11 weeks.
He is 3 years old now. It took him a
couple of years to catch up
developmentally and he is still very
small (at 33 inches and 25 pounds) but
other than his size and asthma, he
shows no other effects from his
prematurity.
I am currently almost full term with
baby number 2. We will never know
exactly what caused the PPROM with
Nicholas.
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