Hi my names Casey, im 18 years old.
I found out i was pregnant on the 02 September 2011, my doctor put me at around seven and a half, eight weeks. I had my 1st scan on the 05 of October 2011. They told me everything was fine and estimated that my baby would be due on the 18 of April 2012.
Then on the 16 of October all of a sudden that night i went to the toilet and noticed when i wiped that i was slightly bleeding. I knew some girls have random spotting or bleeding and it can be completley normal (my sister has a 11 month old and she had a little bit of bleeding while she was pregnant and everything was fine) so i tried not to worry too much, lay on my side and went to sleep. At 4am i woke up and my underwear were half soaked with bright red fluidish blood. I got some pads and tried to go back to sleep.
The next morning i got up, i made it to the end of my bed and about a cup of pinkish red fluid ran down my leg. I went straight to the doctor who said i was threatening to miscarry and sent me straight to have a scan. I was 14 weeks and one day. At the scan i was told i had had experienced Premature Rupture Of Membranes, and lost nearly all the amniotic fluid around the baby. Although my baby was fine, the heart rate 162 beats per minute. I was sent home and put on 24hr bed rest.
On the 18 of October 2011 around 2-3pm i began feeling slight menstrual cramps, but nothing major, i tried not to worry too much as id had these throughout my pregnancy and was told unless they are quite painful its just my body adjusting to have a baby. At about 5-6pm they had started to get abit more painful, by 8pm they were coming and going and getting quite painful and by 9pm i was doubled over in tears. My mum rang my midwife and she told her to take me to the hospital that she'd rung them and they were expecting me.
I got to the hospital and taken to the Emergancy room, where they started to give me Morphine. (At that point i knew something wasnt right.) My mum then left as nothing was happeningand i didnt think there was any need for her being there. After having doctors look inside me and ask questions i needed to pee and asked if i could go to the toilet. As i was sitting on the toilet i just felt my stomach drop i looked down and there was my baby all bloody head first hanging out of me. I just started screaming and crying and pressing the emergancy button. A nurse and a gyno specialist raced in pulled my underwear up and took me back to my cubicle where the specialist removed the baby and what not and sent it to the lab.
The nurse then came back and told me they were pretty certan what sex the baby was gonna be and asked if i wanted to know. It was gonna be a little boy. They put it down to neural tube defects. After the miscarriage i was given antiboitics which i finished and had bleeding for about a month. Bleeding stopped for about a week then i had moderate/regular bleeding for another month.
I didnt take any folic acid while i was pregnant and i was a light smoker (around 2-3 cigarettes a week) My mother didnt take folic acid smoked cigarettes and even drank a little with me and my two siblings and we turned out fine. I also was going through my pregnancy alone as my partner had been arrested and remaned in jail two days after we found out i was pregnant. Which although i didnt feel stressed im not sure if that could of been a factor.
I wasnt told much about Preterm Premature Rupture Of Membranes, the most common causes risks/future risks or if what happened to me was normal or not, im just wondering if anyone can tell me if this was normal or could cause future miscarriages. There is no history of miscarriages in my family.
I found out i was pregnant on the 02 September 2011, my doctor put me at around seven and a half, eight weeks. I had my 1st scan on the 05 of October 2011. They told me everything was fine and estimated that my baby would be due on the 18 of April 2012.
Then on the 16 of October all of a sudden that night i went to the toilet and noticed when i wiped that i was slightly bleeding. I knew some girls have random spotting or bleeding and it can be completley normal (my sister has a 11 month old and she had a little bit of bleeding while she was pregnant and everything was fine) so i tried not to worry too much, lay on my side and went to sleep. At 4am i woke up and my underwear were half soaked with bright red fluidish blood. I got some pads and tried to go back to sleep.
The next morning i got up, i made it to the end of my bed and about a cup of pinkish red fluid ran down my leg. I went straight to the doctor who said i was threatening to miscarry and sent me straight to have a scan. I was 14 weeks and one day. At the scan i was told i had had experienced Premature Rupture Of Membranes, and lost nearly all the amniotic fluid around the baby. Although my baby was fine, the heart rate 162 beats per minute. I was sent home and put on 24hr bed rest.
On the 18 of October 2011 around 2-3pm i began feeling slight menstrual cramps, but nothing major, i tried not to worry too much as id had these throughout my pregnancy and was told unless they are quite painful its just my body adjusting to have a baby. At about 5-6pm they had started to get abit more painful, by 8pm they were coming and going and getting quite painful and by 9pm i was doubled over in tears. My mum rang my midwife and she told her to take me to the hospital that she'd rung them and they were expecting me.
I got to the hospital and taken to the Emergancy room, where they started to give me Morphine. (At that point i knew something wasnt right.) My mum then left as nothing was happeningand i didnt think there was any need for her being there. After having doctors look inside me and ask questions i needed to pee and asked if i could go to the toilet. As i was sitting on the toilet i just felt my stomach drop i looked down and there was my baby all bloody head first hanging out of me. I just started screaming and crying and pressing the emergancy button. A nurse and a gyno specialist raced in pulled my underwear up and took me back to my cubicle where the specialist removed the baby and what not and sent it to the lab.
The nurse then came back and told me they were pretty certan what sex the baby was gonna be and asked if i wanted to know. It was gonna be a little boy. They put it down to neural tube defects. After the miscarriage i was given antiboitics which i finished and had bleeding for about a month. Bleeding stopped for about a week then i had moderate/regular bleeding for another month.
I didnt take any folic acid while i was pregnant and i was a light smoker (around 2-3 cigarettes a week) My mother didnt take folic acid smoked cigarettes and even drank a little with me and my two siblings and we turned out fine. I also was going through my pregnancy alone as my partner had been arrested and remaned in jail two days after we found out i was pregnant. Which although i didnt feel stressed im not sure if that could of been a factor.
I wasnt told much about Preterm Premature Rupture Of Membranes, the most common causes risks/future risks or if what happened to me was normal or not, im just wondering if anyone can tell me if this was normal or could cause future miscarriages. There is no history of miscarriages in my family.
