My First Born & My First Lost
On April 17th 12:16am my water broke while I was laying in the bed. I was scared and i didn't know what to do because I was only 18 week pregnant. My child's father call 911 and i was rushed to the hospital. When i got their they did an ultrasound and my baby still had a heart beat and i had a little bit of fluid left in my sac. Later on a nurse approached me and my family and told me to expect a miscarriage in 3 days and if i didnt have one return to the hospital and i was sent home. The next day I went to a different hospital and was told that my sac could re-heal on its own and i needed to be on bed-rest and they didnt understand why the first hospital sent me home because there was still a fetal heart tone. The next day while I was using the restroom I noticed something that looked like a foot hanging out my vagina and again I called 911 and was rushed to the hospital. When I got there they didn't see what i seen coming out so they sent me home with a container to put my baby in once it came out. So i go home and I use the restroom again and I notice two legs hanging out so I called my sister and she came over in shocked and called 911 again and it wasnt even 30 minutes since I left the hospital. Once again I was rushed to the hospital and started pushing I told the nurse that the baby wasnt coming out so she started pulling the legs and i started pushing and she told me "the baby's out but not all the way out....the head is still in you, and it's a boy" She stuck her fingers inside of me and said that i wasn't dilated. So the head doctor stuck some pills inside my vaginal to induce labor and moved me to one of the birthing rooms, where it took me 6 hours to deliver the head of my baby. There was a lot of blood loss, they had to change my bedding and give me morphine like 3 or 4 times. The doctors were pulling my placenta out and it kept breaking off, so i was passing the placenta in pieces. They also told me that they could "Dispose the Baby" if i liked. And after all that blood loss and emotional trauma they sent me home the next day and me and my fiance planned the funeral ourselves. R.I.P. Zaedin Karlen Yates...
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♥♡♥ PAL/PGAL welcome♥♡♥I am so very sorry for your loss. I lost my son at 20 weeks about a month ago after my water broke at 19 weeks. He was my first child as well so I understand the pain you are feeling. If you feel like the hospital treated you wrongly, you should talk to an attorney.
I am not sure why previous posters don't believe the story? It is not that different from some other pProm stories I have read (such as possibility of resealing, baby's feet emerging without being dilated). Although, it's insane they would give you a container to hold the baby in case you delivered at home! I have never heard of anything like that, but I guess it's possible. I didn't go into labor until a week after my water broke, but once I started having real contractions, I was admitted immediately. They never should have sent you home, but sadly, it probably wouldn't have made a difference either way.
BFP on 1/1/11; pPROM at 19 weeks; Jameson Thomas born on 4/5/11 at 20 weeks.
Imagine a love so strong that saying hello and goodbye the same day was worth the sorrow.The container is usually for what cytogenetics call "Products of conception" or "fetal remains" so that if you DO pass it- you can at least test it and see the reason for the miscarriage.
I am sorry this happened to you... I hope you never have to go through this again.