Hi everyone,
We sadly lost our little boy last week at 17+2.
The pregnancy was not easy from the start - I had very bad sickness from the beginning and was given cyclizine by my GP.
Around week 12, I started having pink discharge and was referred for an early scan and cervical swabs, which showed everything was ok.
I had pink discharge / light bleeding on and off from that point.
Then at 15 weeks, I lost all amniotic fluid (PPROM) and was told that the chances of a healthy baby was none. They wanted us to terminate the pregancy but we decided to wait a week and have another scan to see if the fluid levels increase. We didn't want to give up.
I then went for a blood test to check for signs of infection as my waters had gone. This showed slightly raised levels of infection and I was given oral antibiotics and sent home. A few hours later the hospital phoned and wanted me to go in for monitoring over the weekend. I went in and they told me not to take the antibiotics so that's what I did. By the end of the weekend, the infection levels had come back down to normal.
The scan then showed no improvements with the fluid, so we made the hard decision to medically terminate as we felt it would be unfair to bring a baby with severe complications into the world
This is what the doctors told us to do as the chances of getting to 34 weeks without going into labour or getting an infection were very slim.
So our little boy was born asleep last week
Has anyone had experience in this? Did anyone get a reason for the PPROM?
We have opted for a post mortem and I have some blood test scheduled before going back to see the consultant in a few months.
Has anyone had a pregnancy after PPROM - was the care you received any different?
Sorry for the long post!
Many thanks
We sadly lost our little boy last week at 17+2.
The pregnancy was not easy from the start - I had very bad sickness from the beginning and was given cyclizine by my GP.
Around week 12, I started having pink discharge and was referred for an early scan and cervical swabs, which showed everything was ok.
I had pink discharge / light bleeding on and off from that point.
Then at 15 weeks, I lost all amniotic fluid (PPROM) and was told that the chances of a healthy baby was none. They wanted us to terminate the pregancy but we decided to wait a week and have another scan to see if the fluid levels increase. We didn't want to give up.
I then went for a blood test to check for signs of infection as my waters had gone. This showed slightly raised levels of infection and I was given oral antibiotics and sent home. A few hours later the hospital phoned and wanted me to go in for monitoring over the weekend. I went in and they told me not to take the antibiotics so that's what I did. By the end of the weekend, the infection levels had come back down to normal.
The scan then showed no improvements with the fluid, so we made the hard decision to medically terminate as we felt it would be unfair to bring a baby with severe complications into the world
This is what the doctors told us to do as the chances of getting to 34 weeks without going into labour or getting an infection were very slim.So our little boy was born asleep last week
Has anyone had experience in this? Did anyone get a reason for the PPROM?
We have opted for a post mortem and I have some blood test scheduled before going back to see the consultant in a few months.
Has anyone had a pregnancy after PPROM - was the care you received any different?
Sorry for the long post!
Many thanks
