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AlwaysSunny925

A post I came across on the multiples board got me thinking...did you ever have a feeling (at any time during your pregnancy) that things would go wrong?  I, for example, was scared to death of PTL and having babies in the NICU for months and months.  I think I sort of had a feeling that it would happen.  And I had no reason to think this bc the only reason I was high risk was because I was carrying multiples.

What about you?

 

ETA:  Have I asked this before?  I apologize if I have...my new NICU world has taken my mind away and I am so forgetful these days...

mariposa_atl

Kind of.  My blood pressure started rising and I had signs of mild pre-eclampsia, but we still hoped I would make it to 37 weeks.  A few weeks before I delivered at 29 weeks, I had a really vivid dream that I delivered the baby early and it ended up coming true.

Maybe I had a weird intutition all along because I did everything super early, like setting up the nursery, buying clothes, picking a name, etc.  Everyone kept telling me to wait and I am glad I didn't since I delievered early and then was busy with the NICU after she was born.

ladybugbella24

I had protein in my urine at every OB appointment before I delivered. The NP also found a small cyst in my ute. All these are pretty typical but i had such an uneasy feeling. I bought all the nursery furniture the week baby was born. I felt a strong nesting urge at 20 weeks, which I've read usually kicks in during the third trimester. I had no reason to feel worried either. I'm young, healthy, no previous misscraiges, nothing. I think that because every seemed "normal" the doctors overlooked so many warning signs.

Pips09

Sort of- I had a complete placenta previa that caused 2 hospitalizations for bleeding prior to the final time. They kept telling me that I'd likely be hospitalized for the remainder of my pregnancy if it kept happening, but I never anticipated going into labor at 30 weeks. Even that morning when I went to the doctor's office and she sent me to the hospital, I never anticipated that it would be the day that I had the baby, until my water broke. That was a complete surprise. The previa likely cause or contributed to my PTL since I had no other indicators or issues. 

jcsntms06

I was worried but I had no idea that I would really need the NICU. But I am glad I picked a hospital with a good NICU.

SushiNoMore

I have a friend who lost a 24 weeker, and another friend who had her son at 28 weeks due to pre-e.  In my little circle of high school friends, many of the people had pregnancy complications or delivered early.  I was really obsessed with the 24 week mark in my own pregnancy, and I was so excited by it.  I even blogged about it here:

https://pleasantvillemichigan.blogspot.com/2011/01/24-weeks-and-happy-v-day.html

I wouldn't say I had any premonition that I would deliver early, but I was certainly more worried about it than most people, I think. 

jacque_z

I did sort of.  I went into it initially worried about IC bc my sister lost twins to IC a few years back but my dr assured me that it didn't run in families (wrong).  I believed him.  Then I had a SCH for several weeks with lots of bleeding so I was convinced that I would miscarry bc of that but week after week she was still there on the ultrasounds.  Then the SCH went away and I started to feel okay at about the 20 week mark and I cruised up until week 26 and my IC was discovered.   

kck329

jacque_z:

I did sort of.  I went into it initially worried about IC bc my sister lost twins to IC a few years back but my dr assured me that it didn't run in families (wrong).  I believed him.  Then I had a SCH for several weeks with lots of bleeding so I was convinced that I would miscarry bc of that but week after week she was still there on the ultrasounds.  Then the SCH went away and I started to feel okay at about the 20 week mark and I cruised up until week 26 and my IC was discovered.   

My doctor told me the same thing! My mom had two preemies (my brothers 33 and 36 weeks) due to undiagnosed IC but they assured me it didn't run in the family. Wrong. Very very wrong.

OP-I had a small nagging thought about the fact that my brothers were preemies but really had no idea I would deliver so early. Even when I went in on the day she was born I thought they would just put me on bedrest. Just a few short hours later, I had a tiny baby girl.

jenmikw

I had this nagging feeling inside me even before the doctor suspected oligo when I was 28 weeks.  Everything up to then had been textbook and I was healthy as a horse before and during my pregnancy.  At my 28 week appointment my belly hadn't grown from my previous appointment and that is when it all went downhill.  Then once oligo was suspected I had this feeling that I would carry to term and that nothing was wrong and started to slack in the getting ready for baby department.  Looking back at it now I think that if I thought that if I would carry to term or if I wasn't ready then Owen wouldn't have to come early.

lemen99

Nope.

njdcgirl

Not at all.

I had a completely non-exciting pregnancy, no spotting, no real morning sickness, nothing abnormal. 

Until the morning that I hit 23 weeks and saw spotting, and was diagnosed with IC.  Even after that awful, scary day (I went in for an emergency cerclage straight from the OB) I still didn't really think about early delivery or a long NICU stay.  I thought about being on bedrest for months and months, and all my focus and research was about that.  When I got an infection 4 days later and had to deliver, I was in total shock.

kelkel09

no, not really. I knew with twins they could possibly come early, but I never imagined they would come so early and we would go through everything we have. I felt totally fine and everything was going great up until my 24 week check up when they told me I was already 1 cm dilated and my cervix was extremely short. Before that I didn't think anything would go wrong.

bhilyer

Not at all.  I hated nearly every part of being pregnant, but I had a "normal" pregnancy.

I found out around 27 weeks that H was much smaller than JS.   Waited 2 weeks to get into the high risk MFM.  Saw the MFM at 8 am on Friday morning, admitted by 10:15 and c/s on Sunday.

My urine had always been clean at my OB appt.  My BP was normal, but "high normal".  I was still working full time and my swelling wasn't bad.   

Kate621

njdcgirl:

Not at all.

I had a completely non-exciting pregnancy, no spotting, no real morning sickness, nothing abnormal. 

Until the morning that I hit 23 weeks and saw spotting, and was diagnosed with IC.  Even after that awful, scary day (I went in for an emergency cerclage straight from the OB) I still didn't really think about early delivery or a long NICU stay.  I thought about being on bedrest for months and months, and all my focus and research was about that.  When I got an infection 4 days later and had to deliver, I was in total shock.

This is pretty much me. Even after I had major bleeding at 24 weeks and was put on hospital bedrest I didn't think about delivering that early. I just assumed I would stay on bedrest until FT. I was scared out of my mind but I never really thought it would happen.

Deblondie1

I knew. I have no idea how I did but I knew. I was talking to a girlfriend, who was also pregnant, and told her I didn't think I'd make it to term. I couldn't have been more than 15wks pregnant but I just knew. I didn't think DD would be so early (23w6d) but I had a gut feeling I wasn't making it to my due date. That was one of those times I would have been ok being proven wrong. 

Mrs. Alice

I answered on multiples too.  Yes, I had a feeling like my pregnancy was going to be complicated and I would deliver early.  I was just soooo hoping my worries would not be true and I would sail through with healthy full term babies with no bed rest.  I did a bunch of internet research because I knew I had a high risk pregnancy.  I wasn't so much worried about PTL, but TTTS really stood out to me.  Sure enough...  My MFM said he wasn't too surprised since I am a nurse and MH also works in the medical field.  He said doctors and nurses very frequently have complicated pregnancies!