Waters broke

holly0810

Well on the day of my baby shower little man has decided 3am is an ideal time to break my waters.

currently in hospital being monitored for signs of labour, and being pumped with anti biotics and steroids.

But of a back story I’ve been having a normal pregnancy apart from a few bumps in the road. 

Last night I felt so uncomfortable and pressure went to sleep awoke at 3am to my younger son got out of bed and pop.

im currently 33+1 not sure what the plan is yet 

has any experienced Pprom before? And advice welcome

shortstack930

Haven’t experienced this myself but I’m an L&D nurse and when we have patients who PPROM they usually try to stop labor and keep them pregnant until 34 weeks if possible. Research shows there’s no benefit in waiting past 34 weeks. The steroids will help baby’s lungs to mature and hopefully decrease NICU time. Sorry you’re going through all of this!

krthouse

@holly0810 No experience with it myself, but two friends have had this happen, both of whom were earlier along and both babies needed preemie time in the NICU but were okay. Sending so much love and strength to you, mama!

holly0810

Thank you ladies I’m nearly at the 24hr mark post pporm and have just had another leak of waters they believe it is my hind waters that are rupturing. Guess it’s just a weight and see what happens. I’m in the best place 🤞 I appreciate your kind words it really helps when your so anxious 

sandy5693

Thinking of you @holly0810 -we're here for support and keep us posted on how everything is going

EmilyE13

@holly0810 thinking of you and hoping all is going well. 

holly0810

Thank you we’re are still in due to decreased fetal movements. He is definitely keeping us all on our toes at the moment. The plan is to keep him in as long as possible as long as we are both doing ok.

momof_t_k_e_baby4

@holly0810 any updates?

relizabethp

@holly0810 keeping you both in my prayers ❤️

holly0810

I’m at home now continuing on with the anti biotics having weekly scans and monitoring at the hospital. We are both doing ok apart from the worry it’s causing. We had a scan on Friday which showed he still has pockets of fluid which is good, his weight is tapering off the 10th percentile though. Next week they will check his growth I’ll be 35+5 by then if it is still decreasing they will deliver him. 

relizabethp

@holly0810 i am so relieved that everything is going well given the circumstances. My daughter has never been larger than the 5% for weight or height- she even fell off the chart at 9 months. At nearly 7 she weighs 40 pounds. She is absolutely fine , super athletic, incredibly intelligent and very healthy . She is just very small. I know given your situation it might be different but I would also take some comfort in knowing that some babies/kiddos are just small and that is ok.