I want to thank everyone who is visiting my site. The more information that is available for people experiencing pPROM, the better…so if you have a pPROM story to share or haven’t participated in the survey yet, be sure to stop by there and do that. Clark is one week old today. He’s off the [...]
Archive for January, 2010
18 Jan
Baby is here!
This morning at 2am I started having contractions that were 8 minutes apart. Over the next 4 hours they progressed to 1-3 minutes apart. At that point, I called my nurse and she hooked me up to the nst. I was indeed contracting, and my doctor came in to perform a sterile speculum exam. The [...]
16 Jan
My Pregnancy: Week 29
There is nothing much to report this week. It’s all the same routine at the hospital and I’m pretty sure I’m a huge bore to my doctors and most of the nurses. I can’t really argue with that. I did have some more bleeding this week but no contractions, so far…thankfully. Today was one of [...]
9 Jan
Bleeding and 1st Contractions
Yesterday afternoon around 4pm, I experienced some bleeding. It was very concerning to me because I haven’t bled for at least 2 months. I let my nurse know and she said it was likely cervical bleeding and not to worry, but to let her know if I had any other issues. At about 11pm, I [...]
7 Jan
My Pregnancy: Week 28
This week has been good, for the most part. I had my 2nd round of steroids at the beginning, the only bad part about that was that it messed with my sleep cycle. I’m still working on getting back into my routine. The nurses offer me Ambien every night, and I tried it the first [...]
5 Jan
My Pregnancy: Second Dose of Steroids
Today I had a new MFM specialist and resident. They came in early this morning with a plan to re-dose me on the steroids starting today. I told them i needed some time to think about it, since I was considering doing it at 30 weeks instead of 28. Of course, there’s no guarantee I’ll [...]
2 Jan
My Pregnancy: Week 27
This week, I was admitted to the hospital and I had a second level II ultrasound. The ultrasound showed good things, all of the baby’s parts were right on target, growth-wise. The stomach, kidneys and bladder were functioning well and the brain was just right. That is amazing news. They estimated the weight at 2 [...]
