Prolonged rupture of membranes full term...

[Dalesgirl16]

Wasn't sure where to post it but gathered I'd ask those who are parents!!

I had prolonged ruptured of membranes at 41 weeks in my last pregnancy. My waters broke but labour didn't begin. I was supposed to be taken into hospital after 24 hours to begin induction and prevent infection happening but there was no bed and I ended up with emergency caesarean three days later after both baby and I got infection. My baby was in intensive care for s week and those three days of constantly passing fluid were awful. I'm scared it's going to happen again with this labour (I'm 28weeks pregnant). Has it happened to anyone here? Did it reoccur in the next birth?

Yes my waters went with four of my children, the fifth was an ELCS. no infection with any of them though. Dc1 was born following induction 4 days after waters had started to leak (didn't realise until I had a gush that the persistent trickle was my waters). Dcs 2 and 3 I was induced after 24 hours and dc4 I was induced after 48 hours as that was hospital policy at the time.

Every birth is different and my understanding is there isn't necessarily higher risk second or subsequent times around. It's a very random thing rather than anything related to something 'wrong' with you, if that makes sense. I had premature rupture of membranes with my first (waters went first with no contractions), but I did go into labour naturally and had a perfectly normal birth (planned home birth, in fact). My 2nd waters stayed intact all the way through labour and only burst as he was crowning.

In your case though, it sounds like the real issue wasn't the rupture of membranes, it was the over crowding at your hospital. I would talk with your midwife and come up with a plan for what you could do if the ward was full again (could you go to a different hospital? etc.).

One midwife said it's likely to happen again, another said not. I am having the baby at a different hospital this time but am so scared they won't take me in after 24 hours like they say they will. Last time it was 48 hours later and then I waited ten hours before I could go into labour room, begging to go in as water was just coming out of me for days all the time and contractions were coming. They just had nowhere to put me!