Why did you deliver early?

[crissei]

:)

[Brinda]

First PTL 35 weeks
Second PTL 35 weeks
Third PTL cervical shortening and funneling at 22 weeks followed by PROM x2 (29 weeks healed over, then 31)
Fourth cervical shortening and funneling at 24 weeks PTL, but on progesterone suppository and held til 36 weeks.

[twins10705]

PROM @ 29 weeks

[crissei]

Oops, I might have goofed up my poll. Sorry, if it seemed exclusive.:innocent
I always thought PROM was the same as/ led to, Pre-term labor. Am I wrong?
Should I change the poll to include PROM?

[twins10705]

Oops, I might have goofed up my poll. Sorry, if it seemed exclusive.:innocent
I always thought PROM was the same as/ led to, Pre-term labor. Am I wrong?
Should I change the poll to include PROM?

No, it doesn't necessarily lead to PTL. It can happen very early on and the woman can still end up FT in some cases. In my case they didn't like the looks of A's cordflow so pressured me into a section, but I wasn't really in labor.

[MamaPam]

DD#1 was born at 32 weeks because of ptl caused by my placenta being infected.
DD#2 was born at 33 weeks. I begin having contractions at 19 weeks and my cervix was shortening quicker then it should. She was born when we evacuated New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina. We evacuated Sat and she was born Sunday morning. Very fast labor and delivery. They said the change of barometric pressure due to the storm would have been enough to cause me to go into labor early even if I had not had a history of preterm labor so we don't really know with this one.

Pam

[crissei]

DD#1 was born at 32 weeks because of ptl caused by my placenta being infected.
DD#2 was born at 33 weeks. I begin having contractions at 19 weeks and my cervix was shortening quicker then it should. She was born when we evacuated New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina. We evacuated Sat and she was born Sunday morning. Very fast labor and delivery. They said the change of barometric pressure due to the storm would have been enough to cause me to go into labor early even if I had not had a history of preterm labor so we don't really know with this one.

Pam

My son was born 1/4/05 during the aftermath of the South-East Asian Tsunami. I was half a world away but, I saw those images and stories of horror again and again through the media. They were deeply affecting me, I remember sobbing in grief for all of those lost lives. I couldn't stop thinking about all the women who may have been pregnant (like me) or the ones that had small children that they were trying to save. I have never experienced that level of empathy before. It hit me so hard, I still don't understand it.
It sounds crazy to some people but, I don't think it's a coinsidence that I developed Pre-E at that time.

[Lousli]

Both of mine were PROM, but with my first it was uncomplicated. My second one I was contracting a lot from 25 weeks on, but at 32.5 weeks I got ill with a stomach bug and was vomiting and contracting every 3 minutes. I got a ton of complications, including pulmonary edema (fluid filled lungs) and when they gave me a dieuretic and I got up for the 1,000th time to pee, I got back in bed and my water broke. She was born 5 hours later.

Interestingly enough, my first was born November 4th. I vividly remember sitting in the lab for my 3 hour glucose test (having failed the 1 hour) on Sept 11, 2001. I was under extreme stress at the time too because my boss was clearly about to fire (which she did, my first day back from maternity leave when I had just left my 7 week old, 3 week adjusted age baby for the first time :irked: ) I am sure the stress and depression of what was going on around me contributed to my PTL>

[Cyneburh]

PROM at 27 weeks which led to preterm labor a 33.5 weeks. The prom was most likely caused by two separate sub-chorionic hematomas which both resolved within 2 weeks of discovery but were apparently still there long enough to cause the sac to weaken.

A small tear was found in my placenta right after the birth though. That may have also been a contributing factor to the preterm labor.

[mamajessica]

Pre-E here :( Still had a lovely induced labor though.

[jkpmomtoboys]

Complete placenta previa followed by placental abruption at 29w.

[sweetpeasmom]

ptl at 31 wks with first, due to polyhydramanios/or incompetent cervix (they weren't positive on what caused it)

2nd ptl at 24 wks, most likely due to a IC. Actually don't think I could really call it ptl since I wasn't in "labor" no contractions and all. My cervix was probably so weak the bag of water just slowly pushed the cervix opened.

[susienjay]

I had cervical shortening and funneling and delivered at 32w3d. The reason listed for my twins delivery on their hospital charts was advanced cervical effacement. I was fully dialated but I hardly had any contractions.

[loudmama]

A placental abruption is what started it. 2 weeks later my water broke & out he came! He was 31 weeks.

L

[abbieandlady]

My first was PTL at 33 weeks and 3 days after 11 weeks on bedrest.
My second was IC at 23 weeks.
My third was induced early for a very large baby and being dilated to 5 cm for 3 weeks without anything happening. There was a concern I would go into labor and not have enough time to get to the hospital.

[boscopup]

PPROM at 29 weeks, which led to PTL 10 hours later. But alot of PPROMs don't involve labor. I actually wonder if I was just having PTL that started out as PPROM (like some full term normal births start with water breaking and then several hours later, the contractions start). Who knows.

We don't know the cause of the PPROM. Usually it's infection, but they couldn't find any. And it was a bit late to be IC, although that's technically still a possibility. IC usually results in an earlier PPROM than 29 weeks.

The day before my PPROM, I felt *excessive* movement, which I believe to have been DS getting into position to come out. Thankfully, he was positioned perfectly, so I got a natural vaginal birth.

[Valian]

PROM here, unknown causes. No warning, no PTL, not even a Braxton-Hicks contraction. No Pre-E. Just happened.

ETA: You might want to amend the poll to include PROM since it seems to be a common response here.

[mimid]

Pre-E. I had been fighting a cold all week and am convinced if not for that, I could have made it further with just some bedrest. The nurse made a mistake and drew my blood a second time so the doc reran the tests to see if the mag sul was helping and it wasn't and my platelets were increasing.

[Happypants]

officially, placental abruption, though while i was hospitalized pre-birth for bleeding, no source could be found on the u/s. after bleeding for several weeks, i went into labor, which was stopped with mag sulfate long enough for the steroids to take effect. i went back into labor the night after they stopped the mag sulfate and ds was born at noon the next day. the ob claimed he could see on the placenta where it had been bleeding and tried to point it out to me, but i couldn't tell. so according to me, the bleeding was unexplained and caused the ptl. (i voted "other", btw)

[munkeesmama]

My daughter Emma was born at 27 weeks 2 days. I had started dilating just a tad at 23 weeks so I went on bedrest. On february 17th after 3 weeks of bedrest my husband and I went to dinner. I hadn't been feeling good. Hadn't felt the baby much etc. Our dinner came and I got sick. We headed to the hospital and they rolled their eyes at me. The did a fetal fibronectin and it came back positive. The contractions weren't showing on the monito but i felt them. The got one steroid shot in me and she was born the next day by emergency c-section. They found out a few days later after sending of my placenta and a swab from my uterus that I had an infection at the top of my uterus. :dizzy:

[tikva18]

I delivered early because the dr.s determined that Baby A was no longer growing and thus was induced - or as I've been calling it - evicted.

It's rather ironic, because I have had pre-term labor with all of my kids - starting at 28 wks, but manage to make it to full term - with my last baby before the twins, I went overdue by TWO weeks (adn walked around dilated to 5cm for 2 wks). So, I had just been to the dr. and she had said to me that maybe I would make it to term, and then I went for the ultrasound and non-stress (hah!) tests which Baby A flunked. They wisked me straight down to L&D.

[eilonwy]

#1-- Preterm labor, P(rolonged)ROM, *and* Pre-e led up to BeanBean's birth.

#2-- Not premature by any stretch of the imagination, but BooBah was delivered by emergency c-section even though I had absolutely no sign of impending labor (I'm confident that I would have carried her for at least another three weeks, maybe longer) because she turned breech, broke the water and stepped on her cord & was having decels. I guess that's fetal distress due to prolapsed cord, then. ;)

#3-- I went into labor early, probably because my body and mind were under loads and loads of stress.

[mfp02]

Pre-e

Failed induction, emergency c/s due to lowering HR in Baby A

[BookGoddess]

Supposedly I had pre-eclampsia so I was induced @37 weeks.

I'm not convinced I had Pre-E. My blood pressure has always been a little on the high side of normal. The 24-hour urine collection they did to determine if I had Pre-E didn't show that I had it. All I had was BP just beyond the high normal range. :shrug But at that point they felt DD was developed enough to survive outside the womb so we proceeded with the induction.

[eclipse]

My water broke in a slow leak at 36 weeks. I kept him in for a few more days, but ended up in labor.

[liberal_chick]

PPROM @ 20 weeks. No labor, no infection. I had lots of 1st and 2nd trimester bleeding (as in horrible gushing blood and clots, sorry TMI) which I'm sure significantly weakened my bag of waters. Once ds was born it turns out that his cord was about 5-6 inches long and implanted improperly on the placenta (on the very edge instead of toward the middle).

M.

[5xmom]

Prom

[Azreial]

ptl and c/s for both being transverse; after 8wks of bedrest for shortening and funneling cervix

[usolyfan]

My dd was born at 36 weeks due to hdrocephalus (fluid on the brain) associated with Spina Bifida. My doctor had been monitoring her fluid levels since week 20 and they had been relatively low. At week 35 they became dangerously high and she had to be delivered early to avoid brain damage. She had brain and spinal surgery at 22 hours old to place a shunt and repair her spine. She is seven months old and doing well.

[kkiolbassa]

Pre e started at 31 weeks

bedrest from 31 to 35 weeks

induction ending in emergency csection @ 35 weeks after a failed induction where my blood pressure wouldn't come down and dd went into distress

[lunamegn]

Not sure why I went in to labor at 35 1/2 weeks. We think it was to alert us to something being wrong with his kidneys. Still had a beautiful home birth:throb

[aris99]

PROM at 17 weeks after an amnio:( followed by placental abruption...born at 26 weeks.

[Dido]

C/S at 36 weeks - complete placenta previa.

[jenmparrott]

PROM at 26 weeks with delivery at 27.

[ksera05]

pre-eclampsia with HELLP syndrome, low amniotic fluid, too many heart decels, and after she was born, we discovered she was also low birthweight for being 24w5d.

[MCT25]

I voted other. PPROM

[munkeesmama]

pre-eclampsia with HELLP syndrome, low amniotic fluid, too many heart decels, and after she was born, we discovered she was also low birthweight for being 24w5d.

How big was she? How is she doing? If it helps you can read my blog I started when mine was born. (27 weeks) www.munkeesmama.blogspot.com I know this is just the beginning for you so my prayers are with your daughter and your family.

[ksera05]

How big was she? How is she doing?

1lb4oz (560g) and 11" long at birth. She's doing pretty well, all things considered - her biggest problem is needing too-high settings on the vent and we're having to figure out how to deal with it. Poor baby. She's (thankfully) a fighter though.

Thanks for sharing your blog about Emma! I'll have to read through it - I find things like that encouraging :D

[intorainbowz]

We learned after an off the charts AFP that I had Severe IUGR. I was told at 22 weeks if I made it to 28 it would be a miracle.I went on partial bed rest at 25 weeks, full bed rest at 27. I had the steroids at 28. From week 18 on, I had weekly exams with my OB or the Peri. We made it to 34. She basically stopped growing. The pathology exam on the placenta showed it was very near failure and abruption. The scheduled c/s saved her life and protected mine. She weighed 2p13oz at birth and measured 30 weeks, when we know she was 34.

[ksera05]

Wendy - you have a Sydney too! good name :D

[intorainbowz]

Thanx, DH picked it. He delighted in picking the most awful names from the name book, so when he said he serioulsy liked Sydney, I was overjoyed. It fits her to a T.

[twinvillageiowa]

Twin gestation and dehydration. Basically, I was so dehydrated that I forced my body into labor. Kinda makes me feel like a bad mommy....

[Arien]

My girlfriend was absolutely TINY at 8 months. I went to her babyshower and in my head was like "wow human bodies sure are different" cause I was rather blimpish by 8 months and like a beached whale by 9. Any way She ended up going to the doctor for an ultrasound at 36 weeks cause the dr was concerned about the size of the baby. She ended up with a non-stress test and then being rushed in for an emergency c-section and the baby was delivered that very day. The baby was 36 weeks but only weighed 2lbs for some reason. The drs said there was an undiagnosed infection at the placenta, but they didn't know if it was early in the pregnancy or later on. Because the baby weighed only 2lbs, she's considered a micropreemie. They're still feeding her with a tube but she's gradually breastfeeding and it's possible she can go home at 1800 gms.

[intorainbowz]

I was told by a rather ignorant woman that I did not show the day before I had Sydney. My mom told her I was having a baby tomorrow, and she was like, "You don't even look pregnant." I told her, yeah, that's because the baby is not growing and I'm having her tomorrow so she has a chance at life. Pregnant women are not supposed to be thin, but I kept getting compliments on how nice I looked. I looked slimer because I threw up a lot and had a hard time gaining weight, and then because the baby did not grow.

[mama2karli]

I have bicornuate uterus, although didn't know it at the time.
PPROM and placenta abruptio @ 31 weeks.
hoping for better luck this time!