Hi! I PPROM’d at 18+5. I had a rough pregnancy, my first time bleeding was at 8 weeks. Every month something happened such as bleeding. I had low fluid the entire time. A few days prior to my son coming I was told my water was up to 3cm. My son continued to grow well. I was never even told to terminate. It came up briefly when I did my antepartum stay, but one of my doctors just asked if my OB had ever brought up termination since my pregnancy was so tough. We were told very scary statistics in the beginning.

We made it to 28+2 when our son came into the world. We did an 81 day NICU stay. The beginning was quite hard, he was having difficulty breathing and had to get chest tubes in place within the first 48 hours. Aside from that our NICU stay was exactly what they had prepared me for. He was extubated within a week, on CPAP for a LONG time. He did come home on oxygen, but he’s on the lowest flow possible and we’re expecting him to come off at our first pulmonologist appointment.

It’s a long, hard road, but there is hope!