Preparing to lose my baby-oligohydramnios

[HopefulMi]

We were diagnosed with oligohydramnios yesterday and have to go back from a scan monday. I don't feel like I'm constantly leaking, I'm often damp but it seems white like discharge. Baby was totally normal and thriving on scan which is so unfair, they are doing so well but likely not survive despite no kidney or bladder problems to be seen. Dr thinks it is likely PPROM and at almost 21 weeks that doesn't bode well.

I'm so frightened of dying too in labour or afterwards, or from infection. I'm devastated. Yesterday we were picking out nursery furniture, now we have to think about giving birth to our stillborn baby then trying again, and even then, we might end up in this same situation.

 

[Adela Quested]

I'm so sorry sweetie.

 

[kit_cat]

I'm so sorry for what you're going through

 

[Wirral_Kitty]

I am so sorry to hear that you are having to go through this. My thoughts are with you both x

 

[Phinners]

I'm sorry to read that hun, but there are some treatments available. Has they been mentioned to you? All may not be lost.

(I dont know what PPROM stands for btw)

 

[HopefulMi]

Premature preterm ruptures of membranes. They are going to discuss prognosis and management after monday's scan. So scared though as baby is breech. It's stupid to worry about death in childbirth but I just can't stop worrying about septic shock and haemorraging etc

 

[Phinners]

Premature preterm ruptures of membranes. They are going to discuss prognosis and management after monday's scan. So scared though as baby is breech. It's stupid to worry about death in childbirth but I just can't stop worrying about septic shock and haemorraging etc

Thanks.

It's natural to worry about death though - my eldest is 12 and I still have a massive fear of him dying. I have a fear with this baby too. It's normal behaviour I think. Even when everythings is ok.

But at least they are going to discuss things properly, thats a really good sign hun.

And baby is bound to be breech at the moment, they usually are for quite a while.

I hope all goes well on Monday xxx

 

[loulou1983]

sorry to hear this. thinking of you x

 

[SwissMiss]

I'm so sorry

 

[Tatertot]

I'm so sorry.

 

[fairygirl]

Will be thinking of you xx

 

[HopefulMi]

Thanks guys. Had no wet patches in underwear and baby is kicking like a trooper. Maybe I'll go on monday and it will be a big mistake. I don't believe that but no leaking, no cervix opening, no fluid seen around cervix and doc didn't even do. PH test. Maybe its just discharge and my fluid will top up or baby was in awkward positiob. I just don't understand when baby was growing normally and no defects were seen with bladder heart or kidneys. They didn't even measure fluid! The dr just looked at the pic which looks NOTHING like the two we have.

 

[sophxx]

lots of hugs

i two worried about dying i was pushing a remember saying to my doctor i wont die will i she looked up at me and smiled she said i promise you yu wont die youve more chance of walking through the town center and getting run over (you cant drive through our town) than you have of dying

the doctors know what there doing they give you things if they think your losing to much blood trust your body hun you will cope fine in labour

will be thinking of you n monday x

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

xx

 

[charmed]

good luck on monday hunie xx

 

[midori1999]

Right, first of all, stop worrying. Doctors are always doom and gloom where pPROM is concerned, but there is definitely hope. Have they started you on antibiotics? They should do and even if they are unsure of whether you have pPROM'ed or not, they won't do any harm if you haven't. If you have, it is very important to have them.

I pPROM'ed at 14+5 with my twin girls and managed to stay pregnant until 23+5 when infection (choriamnionitis) made me go into labour. Both of my girls were born alive and had I been able to hang on another week, they would have had a much better chance of survival. At 21 weeks, a lot of the crucial lung development will have already happened, I literally never had any measurable fluid around twin 1 from the time of rupture, and yet she was trying to breath at birth, despite being severealy affected by the infection. (I had had it without symptoms for a while)

I opted for bed rest, drinking lots of water (LOTS!) to try and keep up as much amniotic fluid as possible.

Every single doctor I saw at any point was extremely pessimistic and they wouldn't take me seriously until I got near 24 weeks. I am in Northern Ireland, so my choices were limited. You should be able to get steroids there (providing no signs of infection) prior to 24 weeks and ask to deliver or be transferred to a hospital that specialises in babies born under 24 weeks if you can. You might need to push for it.

Have a look here www.kanalen.org/prom for stories, positive and negative and also go to the Bliss Message Boards. www.blissmessageboards.org.uk There are lots of ladies there who has pPROM and positive outcomes.

It is not all doom and gloom, you can be proactive in this and you can make a difference. At 21 weeks, you only have 2-3 weeks to go before your baby is viable, that's really not that long and if you have pProm'ed and get past the first few days (80% of women who pPROM go into labour within three days) then you have a very, very good chance, so don't give up hope.

 

[HopefulMi]

I don't know yet if it is PPROM. Everytime I go to toilet and check my knickers there are no wet patches plus baby had good kidneys and bladder. Wouldn't my knickers be wet is I'd pPROM-ed and there was fluid yesterday?

Thanks for the advice x

 

[reedsgirl1138]

Praying for you and your lo. Hope that dr is very wrong and all is fine.

 

[katy1310]

Right, first of all, stop worrying. Doctors are always doom and gloom where pPROM is concerned, but there is definitely hope. Have they started you on antibiotics? They should do and even if they are unsure of whether you have pPROM'ed or not, they won't do any harm if you haven't. If you have, it is very important to have them.

I pPROM'ed at 14+5 with my twin girls and managed to stay pregnant until 23+5 when infection (choriamnionitis) made me go into labour. Both of my girls were born alive and had I been able to hang on another week, they would have had a much better chance of survival. At 21 weeks, a lot of the crucial lung development will have already happened, I literally never had any measurable fluid around twin 1 from the time of rupture, and yet she was trying to breath at birth, despite being severealy affected by the infection. (I had had it without symptoms for a while)

I opted for bed rest, drinking lots of water (LOTS!) to try and keep up as much amniotic fluid as possible.

Every single doctor I saw at any point was extremely pessimistic and they wouldn't take me seriously until I got near 24 weeks. I am in Northern Ireland, so my choices were limited. You should be able to get steroids there (providing no signs of infection) prior to 24 weeks and ask to deliver or be transferred to a hospital that specialises in babies born under 24 weeks if you can. You might need to push for it.

Have a look here www.kanalen.org/prom for stories, positive and negative and also go to the Bliss Message Boards. www.blissmessageboards.org.uk There are lots of ladies there who has pPROM and positive outcomes.

It is not all doom and gloom, you can be proactive in this and you can make a difference. At 21 weeks, you only have 2-3 weeks to go before your baby is viable, that's really not that long and if you have pProm'ed and get past the first few days (80% of women who pPROM go into labour within three days) then you have a very, very good chance, so don't give up hope.

I was just going to say, you only have 2-3 weeks to go till your baby is viable. I had my baby at 27 weeks (she is now a happy, healthy 7 month old), which is a bit further along, but I know of people who've had 23, 24 and 25 weekers and all of them survived. They can give steroids to mature the lungs and that makes a massive difference. It sounds promising if there is no apparent problem with the baby at the moment if you can just hang on even another couple of weeks. I think they would do a c-section at this stage. Maybe you should post in the premature baby section, see if any of the ladies in there have experienced anything like this - they're lovely in there and I don't know what I'd have done without them when I found out there was a problem with my pregnancy at 25 weeks. xxxxxx

 

[Surprise]

Aw honey I'm sorry you're going through this. Let's pray for the best. It sounds like some of the other ladies have encouraging stories for you. xxx