hugs nikki
sorry for your loss.
but thank you for sharing the knowledge. that is definitely something to think about.
Thanks, 7th Heaven, it's been devastating.
I should add that the statistical risk of pPROM in a singleton pregnancy is about 0.7%, so nobody starts panicking. If you are that one in however many it becomes a moot point though but I thought I should point out how rare it is. Nobody fully understands the exact mechanism for the rupture, there seems to be mulitple factors acting together, in my case the GBS + a slightly open cervix weakened the membranes enough to rupture, which allowed the bacteria in. It's not exclusive to GBS carriers by any means though.
For the poster who said she was worried that her baby was swimming in GBS+ve amniotic fluid - your body would go into labour in this case to rid itself of the infection, so you would know about it! It may be worth any of you who know you are GBS+ve just educating yourself in the signs of silent dilation and premature labour (feels very different to full term labour and can sometimes be shrugged off as normal pregnancy discomfort), to be sure it can't get anywhere it's not meant to in the very rare event of the cervix opening. Here's a link about preterm labour signs:
https://www.keepemcookin.com/symptoms.aspx
Sorry, bit OT but a useful resource nonetheless. There isn't much on there about silent dilation (where there are no noticable contractions) but things to look for are plug-like discharge, major change in discharge, back pain or tightenings but admittedly it's pretty hard to spot.
Very unlikely to ever be needed by any of you but thought I'd share it anyway, as it was the combination that got us.
It was good to hear an obstetrician say that it's presence in the vagina was nothing to panic about and there wasn't much point in treating it unless it's in the urine, but he'd still want to put me on anti-b's in labour. We'll have that argument if it ever comes to that point...