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Hyperemesis and Waters breaking at 14weeks +3 PPROM

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DyingfromHG · 22/05/2020 16:51

Hi, this is my second pregnancy. I have had a pretty horrendous pregnancy thus far. Horrendous hyperemesis from 5weeks onwards, ( to the point I would wish for death) hospitalised numerous times due to severe dehydration. With my DS hyperemesis eased at around 16/17 weeks so getting to 14 weeks was amazing, thinking not long until I can start enjoying it. 13 week scan was great, then one day I woke up with severe pain in my lower back which spread to lower abdomin. Pain was so severe it felt like I was in labour. I brushed it off and thought it must be due to the fact I have been bed bound now for over 2 months, thought this back pain was bound to happen. DH spent all day and night massaging the spot until it became too sore to touch. In the morning I thought I have to phone the doctors. Drs arranged for me to go back to the hospital. By then I started bleeding heavily and burning with fever. Anyway long story short, hospital admitted me for observation. Around 15hrs later I had a massive gush whilst laying in bed, I had so much water come out it leaked for atleast half hour. A scan the next day confirmed no waters around the baby. Drs have been very grim and said prognosis is not good and that baby wont develop without amniotic fluid and many risks to myself and the baby due to high risk of infection.Basically only thing to do now is induce labour. Normally after waters break they expect you to go into labour with 72hrs. For me it has now been 10days since waters breaking. Iv been on antibiotics due to infection but they have now finished. Today I have been bleeding again. At my scan 2 days ago baby still had no waters around it. Has anyone experienced this?? Please share your story. I am so scared and dont know what to do. There are some success stories and alot of unsuccessful stories online

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cheggie · 25/06/2021 12:05

I'm a year too late for this thread @DyingfromHG but I just wanted to say, if you read this, that I have just experienced exactly the same thing. PPROM at 14 weeks, severe infection, told to terminate the pregnancy... At the time it felt like I had no options so we both decided to terminate, but now I'm feeling very guilty. I'm so sorry your outcome was so unlucky and nature made the decision for you. I'm so glad you got to see your baby and hang out together as a family, I found that so helpful and I look at his photos every day.

Sending love and strength. xx

Powerof4 · 25/06/2021 15:39

I am so sorry for your loss. I’ve lost 2 babies in this way and the pain is intense. Be very kind to yourself and your husband. If you would like to talk, feel free to dm me. Like pp, I recommend SANDS. They have a forum where you can talk with others who are going through the same thing.

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DyingfromHG · 25/06/2021 23:56

@cheggie
Hi! ,
I'm glad you found this thread.
I am so very sorry to hear that you have just gone through this. I'm so sorry for your loss! I know it's really hard but please try not to blame yourself, it's an incredibly difficult decision to make to terminate. I think I was just on the verge of deciding to terminate when nature took it's course. You were in such a difficult position with so many risks involved especially with infection.
How are you coping? I can't believe it has been a year already, feels like only the other day.. my baby would've been 8 months old now. If you want to chat please feel free to write
Lots of love, strength and healing to you xxx

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Thedogscollar · 26/06/2021 00:37

@cheggie
So sorry for your loss
Hi @DyingfromHG
I can't believe it's nearly a year since we posted to each other. You had such a tough time I've often thought of you and how you are. Hoping this finds you well. Your babies will always be in your hearts.

Dogvmarmot · 26/06/2021 00:52

I know nothing about little heartbeats or the two people posting who are putting pressure on you and trying to guilt you into risking you life to continue what you have been told is an unviable pregnancy and a serious risk to your health. My suspicious given they are with an american affiliate is they are part of the prolife movement who consider women disposable and have no interest in your wellbeing. You are following the medical advice, already have a child and appeared to have made the only choice for you and your family. sorry its been so hard but please ignore those posters who do not have your interests at heart. They can foster or adopt some severely disabled children if they are so interested in preserving a baby's life at all costs.

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DyingfromHG · 26/06/2021 17:22

@Thedogscollar Hi! I know, been a long time. Thank you for your support during my time of need. I won't forget it. How have you been?
I've been ok. I still have moments where I struggle with what happened. I don't think my body has recovered either as I still get alot of pains in my stomach since the miscarriage, doctors can't figure out what's causing.
I still spend a lot of time trying to research and figure out what could've caused my waters to break.. @cheggie did they give you any explanation as to what could've caused the pprom?

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DyingfromHG · 26/06/2021 17:24

@Dogvmarmot Hi, thanks for your input but who is that message for? Sorry,its an old post from over a year ago and kind of confusing xx

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cheggie · 26/06/2021 22:29

Thanks @DyingfromHG, sorry you're still having weird medical issues, that sounds very stressful. I know my waters broke due to a severe UTI which spread to my kidneys and possibly even my blood. I felt the waters break and there was no amniotic fluid at all after a day, so it wasn't going to end well. I hope you are managing a year on? I hope you take some comfort in the fact that your experience, while painful, and a year on, has brought comfort to me knowing I am not alone. And I'm sure it's brought comfort to many mumsnet lurkers too! These forums are so helpful at times. Xxx

cheggie · 26/06/2021 22:30

(oh and if it helps, I also had terrible HG and was told I would have to be admitted due to severe dehydration. I wonder if that might have been the cause of the rupture and the infection for me...?)

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DyingfromHG · 26/06/2021 23:44

@cheggie thank you, that does bring me comfort. I'm so glad this thread was helpful to someone else.. I remember googling like crazy trying to find information on similar scenarios.
Oh gosh.. I also wondered about the hg.. with my first child I didn't take an meds as they weren't offered and I wouldve been too scared to take any but for this pregnancy I took alot of anti sickness medication, I was so desperate, i felt so unwell, felt like I wouldn't survive. Hubby insisted I had to take some as he couldn't stand to watch me in that state any longer. It was so difficult, I was absolutely petrified that the meds might harm the baby in some way.

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DyingfromHG · 26/06/2021 23:51

Also I'm so to hear you had to deal with hg too. It is an absolutely horrendous condition to deal with.
I also had a severe infection during the pprom. They didn't pick up on it until after my waters broke even though I'd been at the hospital already for 12hrs with a temperature, pain and bleeding. It was only when I started shivering uncontrollably that a nice Dr decided to check. I've been racking my brain for so long, trying to figure out what could've caused the pprom, could it have been the gbs positive, could it have been the meds.. now I'm leaning towards the uti. Gosh, I don't know why it bothers me so much but just need to know

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DyingfromHG · 26/06/2021 23:54

@cheggie how long ago did you pprom? How far along were you? Xxxx

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cheggie · 27/06/2021 02:28

Now I think about it the leak might have started closer to 12 weeks, but everything was fine on the 12 week scan. Definitely by 14 weeks things were bad, I had contractions and severe pain at 13+6 and sadly terminated the pregnancy due to the risk to my own life at 14+3. I gave birth to him on 4 June, so, three weeks ago now. All still pretty fresh.

Im assuming you decided not to have another baby due to the HG? So difficult when you've spent 14 weeks feeling so rubbish and then you have to go back to the start. I am not looking forward to that if I am lucky enough to get pregnant again, although we have no living children so there's only me and my partner to think about. X

georgarina · 27/06/2021 04:28

Sending love OP, rtft and hope you are finding peace with your family

Sciurus83 · 27/06/2021 06:23

Love and blessings to you OP, you have been through so much I hope the future contains peace and joy for you 💐

TheMotherlode · 27/06/2021 07:34

I know this is an old thread but it just popped up and I read through and didn't feel like I could leave without saying that I hope you’re doing okay OP (and others on this thread who have been through the same). I hope you’ve been getting the right support to deal with this both emotionally and physically.

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