I am worried sick. My sister has been taken to hospital as she is losing fluid. She is only just 24 weeks

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She has had a stressful pregnancy. She has had bleeding problems from the start but every scan has showed that baby & placenta is ok. She is now just 24 weeks and has been losing fluid since 1pm today. She says she can still feel it moving around.

I am out of my mind with worry. The baby will be too little to stand a good chance of survival.

She has her blood results now & they have gone down from 14 last week to 11 this week, so that is good!

That's good news hon x hope she's doing ok x

Any news on your sister? I hope everything's ok x

She lost quite a bit of fluid again last night but has been told that it is to be expected & they see it as a good thing. She still hates it when it happens though. Other than that she seems to be doing ok. She has about 2 days worth of antibiotics before they run out. She is 25 weeks 3 days today

I'm afraid she may feel that a day of rest feels like a week, she may need some dvd boxettes, magazines etc. Leaking feels very disconcerting but I read somewhere that happens as baby is getting bigger therefore weeing more but could be swollowing it which is good. There are some happy stories of women at exactly the same stage as your sister with same problem on PROM facebook page. Third trimester soon every week, every day is to celebrate, with baby moving.

Absolutely, mrsallcock! I am messaging her several times a day to check she is ok. She said her midwife phoned her yesterday to see how she was doing & to let her know she was thinking of her. My sister said it was the first time she actually felt cared about by any of the medical lot.

Bless her x it's awful that she doesn't feel ( and rightly so from what u have said) cared for at such a traumatic time x but she's done great to make it over a whole week and fingers toes and everything else crossed that the baby stays put x thinking of u all x

Thank you. I have everything tightly crossed that baby stays put for as long as possible.

Glad to hear baby is still staying put !

Just to give you another positive story, my friend's dds were all born early after prom.

Dd1 28w now a beautiful, fit & healthy 14yo

Dd2 24+5 now a very boisterous 4yo

Dd3 30w a perfect 18 month old

Sending your dsis lots of love

Hey hon how's ur sister x

That's good to hear, FC.

Sorry, didn't update yesterday as had children with norovirus!

My sister is still hanging on in there, thankfully. She claims to still be leaking water every day but said baby had hic cups for the first time this morning, which we are hoping is a positive sign. She is due for a scan on Wednesday, which will be on the day she reaches 26 weeks

Sorry to hear ur kids r unwell x not nice start to half term hope they feel better soon x glad to hear baby is still staying put x and well done to ur sister for reaching nearly 26 weeks x every day counts x

My youngest has been really poorly with it. We had to take him to hospital yesterday as he was starting to get dehydrated.

Anyway, week 26 for my sister today & also the day she has her bloods checked & her scan done. She is getting nervous about the scan, as it has been over 2 weeks since the last one.

Oh no x hope he's going to get better soon x fingers crossed all is well with the scan take it she can feel baby moving still ?

Yes she has had lots of movements. Baby even had hic cups the other morning!

Good news that your sister has made it to 26 weeks (well done her!) I had PROM at 24 weeks, two does of steroids, plenty of rest and my DS born at 29 1 weeks - he's currently running riot in the house a very boisterous clever and sporty boy aged 10 years. Tell her to hang on in there, Thinking of you all.

*doses!

That's good to hear, Tattymum.

My sister has had her scan (although the useless hospital didn't have her booked in for a scan when she got there) and her fluid levels were double what they were 2 weeks back. The baby is an average size for it's gestation, the placenta was fine & her blood results were good, so that's all reassuring.
She knows she is not out of the woods & things can change from one day to the next, but for today the news is good.

oh my gosh i am so so happy for you all. she is doing brilliantly x

Thats good news hon x :)

That's great news - keeping my fingers crossed for you all.

She said she attempted a 30 min car journey yesterday & won't be doing that again as it was so uncomfortable

Really happy to hear the good news. Sending good vibes!

She is now worried sick because she lost quite a bit of water again last night, as in soaked two maternity pads. She is scared all her water has now gone again. Guess this is to be expected though is it?