This is my PROM story number two. It
too has a happy ending but in more ways
was more difficult because of the
extent of the complications. I though I
would have a "normal pregancy",
despite my earlier one. On December 28
1998, I went to the hospital with pre-
term labor. I came home with a home
monitor and a terbutaline pump and
orders for bedrest.
I had gestational diabetes and was also
getting steroid shots twice a week for
the baby's lungs. This was nerve
wracking and hard, my daughter was just
barely one, but my husband was able to
work from home. Then, without warning
on February 4, 1999 my water broke
again! I had the same feeling of a wave
of exhaustion come over me before it
happened. I stayed in the hospital for
the next 5 weeks, but this time my body
kept making fluid. I had been diagnosed
earlier with a little too much, which
helped me in the end. I became a legend
in the L&D and prenatal wing. I was
sent to L&D many times with false
labors and contractions 3 minutes
apart. I was given way too many shots
and was so tired of IV's...
Finally, they had to induce because I
had a fever. After 16 hours of labor
with failure to progress, and epidural
that was on a nerve and had to be taken
out, I was sent for an emergency C-
section. On March 8, 1999 my son Owen
was born and was a healthy 6lbs. It was
a hellacious experience that I
wouldn't wish on anybody, but it
turned out better than I had imagined
it would. I was afraid of having
another preemie. Needless to say, my
docotrs advise me that I am luck to
have the children I do, and would be
better not to have anymore due to all
of the risk factors stacked against me.
After the past couple of years and all
that my husband and I have been
through, we have to agree with the
doctors.. they still don't know why I
had PROM....
Mary
PROM #1
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