My water broke at 20wks 4days
So on 6/9/11 my water broke all the way while having sex. My b/f and I went to L/D were they confirmed it. At this point an ultrasound was ordered and within an hour we knew our little one was still there 145 bpm. The dr finally come in and gave us two out comes. the good out come would be that within the next 48hrs I wouldn't go into labor and that our little one would start to make more fluid. The ultrasound showed that there wasn't even enough to measure, also that the baby had turned on its side on the left side of my stomach facing my spine so all they could see was hisits back. If I could hold on until 24 weeks then they could start me on magnesium and steroids and after that started I would basically be on bed rest getting up only once or twice a day and lived in my room until the baby came. The other out come which is the most typical is that my body would know that its time to deliver and would start doing things naturally but since my gestational age was still so young even if our child were to be born alive its lungs would not be able to handle breathing air and would slowely pass on. Knowing this we crossed our fingers and prayed. I stayed all day not really showing any signal of labor I started to spot with a little greenish tinge to it but nothing else. Friday morning early around 3 I started to bleed but still no contractions. At 10am still nothing, I had been periodically checking my cervix myself to make sure nothing was happening since the dr hadn't. So by 10:45 I was allowed to go home and be on bed rest and see if I could make my 24 week mark. While in the car my b/f and I talked about things that needed to be talked about and we agreed on certain things which would help both of us later on if thing went for the worse. After getting home I went into the shower waiting for him to join I once again checked myself out but this time I felt a little foot. I shut the water off just as Mike walked in, I turned to him and said we have to go back lets go. Getting to L/D again not for 45 minutes after I had left they basically prepared us this time that our baby would be born within the next 12 to 24 hrs. Trying to find the babys heartbeat twice they failed so at this point we looked at each other and knew our child was gone. 3 hrs later with some contractions starting an untrasound tech came in who happened to be my 2 cousin and guess what she found a strong heart still beating 154 bpm. Our child foot was sticking out of my cervix and was now in the birth canal and still backwards. My contractions starting to get back around 6pm that night, and was given only I.V. pain killers which didn't do anything. The nurse on call who did a wonderful job said usually babys born this early are born on the toilet so if I have to pee be careful. Periodically I did have to get up and pee even with my contractions 1-2 minutes apart. At 8:45 I yet again was having the feeling to pee so in between contractions which had moves to 30-45 seconds apart I made it to pee. I did my business and had two more while there and on the 2nd one could feel my little one dropping so I said " its coming my mom yelled for the nurse who said I could either do it there or get back to bed. I got up while contracting and said not here made it to bed and with out pain meds had my son at 9:12pm on 6/10/11. Caleb Matthew Rowden came into this world sleeping. My angel my son he was perfect in every way he should of been we came so far but gust not far enough. Its been a day and a half and I can't eat and I can't sleep all I think about is my son. I want him back inside me were I could feel him move. Why did this happen? Why to me? Omg this is so hard.
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