we were finally allowed to hold our precious little girl. Her brain scan showed a small bleed on her brain we wouldn’t know how this would effect her.ĭay 4 – she came off the ventilator and onto C/Pap Breathing Support, we were told she would have to go on coffee shots to remind her to keep breathing on her own. Her oxygen levels were 100% on the ventilator which meant she needed extra help from Nitric Oxide to stable her.Ĥ8 hours into special care she came off Nitric Oxide completely and to our amazement she coped very well. We knew the next 48 hours were critical it was now time to pray and hope for good news. We talked birthing plans we were to be started off at 36 weeks she was doing amazing staying in this long.Īt 30 weeks gestation I went into spontaneous labour I was giving steroid injection for her lungs and gave birth to our Rhiannon-Ray at 12:07pm on 25 th January 2016 she came into the world breathing on her own and she gave us a weak cry before she was taking away to be giving help. We had regular scans at Fetal Medicine to ensure our baby was growing as she should be and she was coping without any fluid.Īt my 28 week scan our little girls lungs had grew not by much but enough to make the consultant smile it was a shock to us all and still until this day we don’t know how, it was a miracle and good news. We attend appointments at QE to undergo PPROM Protocol to make sure both baby and I didn’t catch an infection and were ok. We refused and agreed I would go on bed rest. If we was to make it past viability (24 weeks) he then asked us if we would consider a termination. He explained this gave our baby a small chance of 20% survival rate. After another scan we were sat down with the consultant who explain why amniotic fluid was important and that it was very dangerous to suffer PPROM (Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes) this early in pregnancy. The appointment at Fetal Medicine came around, we had no information and didn’t realise how serious this was for our daughter. She sent us home with an appointment for fetal medicine at RVI. Waiting and waiting for what seemed like a life time we were called into a private room by a doctor she explained I now suffered from Oligohydramnios (no amniotic fluid) she said it was more than likely what I experienced at 17 weeks were my waters breaking. He replied “there’s no amniotic fluid, I need you to take a seat in the waiting room so I can speak to a doctor” this didn’t seem normal. I asked why it was we could hardly see her and that’s when our day was about to get turned upside down. Until I looked at the screen and it was really hard to make our little girl out I never had a 20 week scan before so to me that could have been normal. Our 20 week scan came and of course we were all excited, the midwife doing our scan didn’t speak at all we thought maybe because he was a student from university he worked better in silence. The leaking was small amounts but continued daily. Everyone reminded us how that was the safety point in pregnancy. Pregnancy was never straight forward, but we didn’t expect what was to come.Īt 17 weeks I experienced some leaking, after ringing PAU I was told it’s more than likely bladder weakness (common in pregnancy apparently) so I didn’t worry too much in all honestly I thought nothing could go wrong after 12 weeks. At 6 weeks pregnant we discovered I had a biconuate Uterus aswell as suffered from Antiphosphilipid Syndrome (blood clotting disorder) which put our pregnancy at high risk.
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