Unscramble the words in the sentence below to find out!
Ts\’i hte yda ym aewrt gba epopdp ni hte dedilm fo a gbi cei/nwos rmsot.
Can figure it out?
It\’s the day my water bag popped in the middle of a ice/snow storm.
I can\’t believe it\’s been a year already. I remember exactly what happened.
Here\’s a post I did at a forum I frequented after it happened. I\’m tearing up just reading it.
On Sunday the 4th of January, my water broke and was rushed to the nearest hospital. The doctors confirmed it was amniotic water and there was also a fair amount of blood leaking as well. Then they decided to transfer me by ambulance to the university hospital later that evening. The prognosis wasn\’t good. The OBs and perinatalogists said that I had a 50 percent chance of losing the baby within the next week or a chance of getting an infection due to the small amount of fluid that was still keeping the baby safe. Normal amniotic fluid pockets are 10cm and I was down to 2cm. They gave me some options. Option 1 – expectant management at home, total bedrest and monitoring of temperature every couple of hours to make sure I didn\’t catch an infection. Option 2 – terminate the pregnancy and deliver the baby or do a d&c. Option 3 – induce delivery. Most people opt for 2 or 3 but we decided to do option 1. So I\’ve been at home on bedrest now for 2 weeks and hanging in there. Had a level 3 u/s that Thursday and the radiologist was surprised to see the fluid accumulating to almost normal. We can\’t believe how lucky we are to make it this far.
I\’m feeling fine except for extreme bloating and cramping once in a while. I see the doctor every 2 or 3 days for an u/s to check the baby and fluid levels. My latest appointment was Thursday and they found the fluid levels to be pretty good. But saw some pockets of residual fluid, maybe amniotic or blood. And maybe a scar of where the rupture occured. They are not sure. I\’ll know more next Thursday when they do a level 3 scan. I decided to forgo the Tuesday appt. and give my doctor a break. She\’s been so great through all this.
Looks like I\’ll be stuck on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. The goal is to try to keep as little pressure on the uterus as possible. I can\’t believe how lucky we are to make it this far. The statistics aren\’t good for this complication. I think I\’m perplexing the doctors and perinatalogists. But still not in the clear yet. They are still worried I\’ll go into premature labor, may start leaking or bleeding again or get an infection due to the residual fluid. So I\’m taking it one day at a time.
I can\’t believe how appreciative you can get for all the simple things in life. I get so excited when I get to leave the house for an appointment or when DH gives me shower while I sit on a plastic lawn chair (yes that does sound odd doesn\’t it). But I\’ll do anything to save this baby and keep it healthy. I\’ll stay in bed perfectly flat until June if I have to. I was able to feel the baby alot when the fluid levels were low. But that has diminished since the fluid has built up again.
One year later and I have a screaming baby begging for more baby cereal. How wonderful can my life be.
Yes, it is very wonderful, isn’t it?
It totally proves that God works in mysterious ways. Well, God and a lot of chocolate!
lol
What can I say? She’s a miracle!
A year already… I can’t believe it.
Three cheers to babies who scream.
Wow! What a story and a trooper! Not to mention a miracle!
That must have been so scary! But i’m so glad everything worked out and God was taking care of Malia for you.
*hugs*
I remember that and how all of us waited on pins and needles for you to recover. I am so glad things got better and Miss Malia joined your family.
Awww! That made me cry! Darn these preggie hormones!