Premature Rupture of Membranes

Corilee,

I too had PROM. It was later determined that mine was due to an infection. However, before I got those answers, I kept getting the fluke comment. The OB that delivered my son just told me it was a fluke and they would never know why. I didn't like that answer and went to someone else. She went over all my charts and came to the conclusion it was probably infection. Knowing that, we are going to monitor this pregnancy very closely for infection. I am currently 10 weeks. If you aren't comfortable with the answers you have been given, seek out a second opinion. It can't hurt. I wish I had a success story to go along with this, but we won't know for another 30 weeks, hopefully! Hang in there and don't be afraid to ask questions. Good luck!

Hugs and Love,
Aimee

Hi Corilee,

I am terribly sorry for the loss of your precious baby girl. My daughter was born at 26 1/2 weeks in 2005, due to PROM, as well. After a completely normal pregnancy, my water broke at 24 weeks, and I was hospitalized. She was actually born healthy, but died from an infection while in the NICU about a month later. Like everyone else has said, I questioned how this could have happened after every check up was good.

Unfortunately, the doctors were not able to provide any explanation and that certainly made it very scary to contemplate another pregnancy in the future. Two and a half years later, though, after having a miscarriage that was unrelated, I am now at 33 weeks. Despite some complications along the way, in many ways this has progressed like a "normal" pregnancy. And, for various reasons which I will spare the details (smile), I have not been able to be as cautious as I probably should be - I have been more physically active that I expected during a subsequent pregnancy, and I am only taking 1 of the expected 3 medications. And yet, so far, so good.

It is frustrating to me that this pregnancy is going so well when my daughter died after a "normal" first pregnancy, although that surely sounds very odd to phrase it that way..."frustrating" that a pregnancy is progressing. I simply mean that I think it is hard for us to accept that our child dies for no apparent reason and then witness the same process produce a healthy baby. It's difficult to understand the "why's."

But, take our experiences as proof of a tiny bit of hope. If and when you decide to try for a subsequent pregnancy, take all the precautions that you can. I think that is the most we can do.

Sending you lots of strength and peace,
-Valerie, Mommy to angel Caitlyn Greenleigh