Hey all
I am new to this forum. I am hoping you can give me some hope and reassurance. I am not a newbie to the experience of having a prem baby. My eldest boy who is now 8 was born at 31+2 due to me having severe pre-eclampsia, after he was born I had an eclamptic fit which caused me to have a mini stroke and put me in a coma for 6 days. I was tranferred away from my baby boy and taken to ICU in a neurology centre. Fully recovered thankfully.
5 years later I was pregnant after 5 mc's with our second boy (new father) Was given 80% chance of developing pre-eclampsia again but I didnt. However, I bled alot during this pregnancy from week 5 to week 20. Then my waters leaked from 30 weeks onwards back n forth to the hospital he was eventually born full term at 38 weeks.
I had stupidly got it into my head that this pregnancy will also go to term. It hasnt been an easy pregnany. I had the odd days of bleeding early on. Hyperemesis from week 4 and its still here to this day and SPD and Rib Flare kicked in around 18 weeks so have been very immobile.
Despite this, I have been having growth scans and all of them point to a large baby, last scan was at 32 weeks and he was est at 4lbs 13 which is a huge weight off my mind. However, I have too much fluid. GTT came back clear though and I am awaiting blood results because I recently started to vomit blood each morning with my usual sickness.
Thurs before christmas I got what I thought was a tummy bug. Boxing day my braxton hicks became more regular but i put this down to still having the runs. it wasnt until Tues morning I realise baby had bn quiet i rung the ward who got me in and put me on a monitor which revealed I was in labour. I was contracting pretty big every 5-10 minutes. Queue panic, within minutes I had been transferred to labour wards, first steroid jab given (was 33+1 at this point) and was also given 4 doses of nefidipine 15 minutes apart. Contractions carried on for a while but did eventually settle to every 20-30 mins. They got me settled in a room on antenatel ward and kept the nefidipine going until 8am wed morning. By 11pm Tues night I was getting contractions 1 in every hour and was a lot more settled. I had the second steroid jab at 3am, 12 hours later.
For now labour has stopped. I got home late last night but no instructions to rest or anything. I feel like Ive beenhit by a truck today though and the reality has hit me. My consultant came to see me yesterday morning and told me I wont make it to term this time and it scares the crap out of me. I have 2 boys at home how will we cope with a preemie? When my first was born I could focus on him and him alone as I didnt have anymore children then.
Added to the fact my body has yet again failed to do its job! Consultant seems confident hes a good weight now around 5lbs and may not even need special care and I am hoping to get to 34/35 weeks before it all kicks off again. The fluid level is what caused it we think, but I also have a split uterus so it could be that.
Just really frightened. Did anyone have a baby born around this time and not have to do the whole special care thing?
I am new to this forum. I am hoping you can give me some hope and reassurance. I am not a newbie to the experience of having a prem baby. My eldest boy who is now 8 was born at 31+2 due to me having severe pre-eclampsia, after he was born I had an eclamptic fit which caused me to have a mini stroke and put me in a coma for 6 days. I was tranferred away from my baby boy and taken to ICU in a neurology centre. Fully recovered thankfully.
5 years later I was pregnant after 5 mc's with our second boy (new father) Was given 80% chance of developing pre-eclampsia again but I didnt. However, I bled alot during this pregnancy from week 5 to week 20. Then my waters leaked from 30 weeks onwards back n forth to the hospital he was eventually born full term at 38 weeks.
I had stupidly got it into my head that this pregnancy will also go to term. It hasnt been an easy pregnany. I had the odd days of bleeding early on. Hyperemesis from week 4 and its still here to this day and SPD and Rib Flare kicked in around 18 weeks so have been very immobile.
Despite this, I have been having growth scans and all of them point to a large baby, last scan was at 32 weeks and he was est at 4lbs 13 which is a huge weight off my mind. However, I have too much fluid. GTT came back clear though and I am awaiting blood results because I recently started to vomit blood each morning with my usual sickness.
Thurs before christmas I got what I thought was a tummy bug. Boxing day my braxton hicks became more regular but i put this down to still having the runs. it wasnt until Tues morning I realise baby had bn quiet i rung the ward who got me in and put me on a monitor which revealed I was in labour. I was contracting pretty big every 5-10 minutes. Queue panic, within minutes I had been transferred to labour wards, first steroid jab given (was 33+1 at this point) and was also given 4 doses of nefidipine 15 minutes apart. Contractions carried on for a while but did eventually settle to every 20-30 mins. They got me settled in a room on antenatel ward and kept the nefidipine going until 8am wed morning. By 11pm Tues night I was getting contractions 1 in every hour and was a lot more settled. I had the second steroid jab at 3am, 12 hours later.
For now labour has stopped. I got home late last night but no instructions to rest or anything. I feel like Ive beenhit by a truck today though and the reality has hit me. My consultant came to see me yesterday morning and told me I wont make it to term this time and it scares the crap out of me. I have 2 boys at home how will we cope with a preemie? When my first was born I could focus on him and him alone as I didnt have anymore children then.
Added to the fact my body has yet again failed to do its job! Consultant seems confident hes a good weight now around 5lbs and may not even need special care and I am hoping to get to 34/35 weeks before it all kicks off again. The fluid level is what caused it we think, but I also have a split uterus so it could be that.
Just really frightened. Did anyone have a baby born around this time and not have to do the whole special care thing?
