This is the place for you to share your pPROM story. Whether you had a happy ending or a sad one, every story matters and provides insight into treatment options and coping with pPROM. Thank you for sharing.
This is the place for you to share your pPROM story. Whether you had a happy ending or a sad one, every story matters and provides insight into treatment options and coping with pPROM. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by Carie on February 26, 2010 at 6:24 pm
At 35 years old, my husband and I unexpectedly discovered that we were expecting our first child.
Automatically considered high-risk because of my age, I had a number of screening tests, although passed on the amnio. The pregnancy was uneventful until January 31, 2010. At 17 weeks 2 days, I woke up in a puddle.
We called our OB who sent us to L&D. It was early morning and the doctor hadn’t arrived yet. The nurses had already performed several tests, including nitrite and ferning which both came back negative. The were all but ready to discharge us, indicating that it was probably incontinence, but I was insistent.
When the doctor arrived she couldn’t see the bag bulging, but noted my cervix was shortened 50% already. An ultrasound confirmed what I already knew – my water had broken. Only 3 c.m. of fluid remained.
The doctor on call advised us to induce. The on-call perinatalogisit said the baby had “almost zero” chance of survival. They sent in a neonatalogist to advise us of the baby’s chances. He confirmed what the what other doctors were telling us….but let us know we didn’t have to induce. We could go home and see what happens.
When we let the OB know we wished to be released, she advised that I would likely go into labor within 28 hours.
To date, I have been on bed rest at home 27 days. And baby is 21 weeks old. The fluid is back up to 8 c.m. – right on the cusp of the lowest normal level.
I feel wetness occassionally, but no major gushes.
It has been a long road and we are praying that God will give us the courage to accept the outcome – no matter what happens.
Thanks for sharing your story and providing this resource.
Posted by Kristen on July 20, 2010 at 4:53 am
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My story is a long one. I ppromd April 23rd at 13w2d, carried Mason Wiley Ross for til June 5th. I woke up in labor, arrived at the hosp and was dialated to 3cm. Did a bedside ultrasound and Mason had already passed. Start pitocin and epidural, pushed through the day. He wouldnt come. Turns out he had fused to my uterus, bless his heart. We did not know this at the time. Went down for a D&C where the dr accidently perforated my uterus. When they took me back to my room after recovery i crashed due to the internal bleeding. They rushed me down for an emergency surgery. Removed 4 liters of blood from my abdomen bc i was bleeding internally from the 2 inch cut on my uterus. They cut me from the belly button down and repaired my uterus. I received 7 units of blood. Spent 2 days in the critical care unit where they took me off of life support. Then moved to a room where i spent 2 weeks bc i had pneumonia from 6 weeks of bed rest and being on life support.
We give God all the glory, we are so thankful to God for the time we had with Mason. We are looking forward to being with him in heaven one day.
Posted by Susan on June 8, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Hi im Susan i’m 21 from SCOTLAND and this is my story……
My water broke at 18 weeks 1day with no explanation as to why it happened i had no sign of infection and my cervix was firmly closed. I think it happened because i was bleeding for 9/10 days prior to this happening althought doctors dont seem to think its linked. This was my second child i have a 3 year old daughter who i had no problems at all throughout my pregnancy with her so this was a major shock. So i went to the hospital and had a scan to confirm my waters had broke the amniotic fluid level was 19mm when it should be atleast 140mm. I was not given any hope from doctors i had the option to terminate or to “let nature takes its course.” I did not expect to leave the hospital pregnant the way they were talking this was the end.
So after 4 long days in the hospital i wanted to go home so i left given a ten day couse of antibiotics and to return twice a week for check ups. So for the next 4 weeks thats what i did i had regular bloods taken to look for signs of infection, urine tests, swabs, blood pressure and pulse checks temperture and babys heartbeart listened too. Everything was going fine i was starting to have hope especially after reading all the success stories on kannalen. But it wasn’t to be i got to 21 weeks 6 days first thing that morning (29th May 2011) i got up and went to the toilet and panicked noticing that the babys cord was hanging out. I immediately went to hospital where they searched for a heartbeat – there wasn’t one and a scan to confirm my baby had died. It was heartbreaking. They then examined me i was 3-4 cm dilated i had went into labour without a sign of it no pain bleeding or cramps.
There was nothing they could do i was given tablets to speed up the process (8 in total) I was given diamorphine for the pain and the next morning i was examined i was fully dilated within about 3 pushes he was born. It was the most horrible experience of my life. The doctor that delivered my baby even apoligised to me after because he was so forceful and got annoyed with me when i was in agony struggling to push the baby out. I just burst into tears the midwife took our baby away as i just couldn’t look at him yet plus my partner was in another room and i wanted him to be there but i wasn’t expecting to have my baby then just to be examined. Before the midwife came back with him i asked if she knew the sex because at this point we still didnt know and she said a boy i cried again my partner had wanted a boy badly as we already had a girl. We got to see our baby he had a little hat on and was wrapped up in a blanket he was beautiful he looked perfect.
Weve named him Stephen after his dad and we buried him on 6th June. If anyone has been through a similar experience to mine please feel free to get in touch. I am also terrified of having another baby incase this happens again as there was no explanation i fear there is something wrong with me. I do not get post mortem results back for another 5 weeks and even then they might not show anything.
email: susan4458@hotmail.com