loss of amniotic fluid at 18 weeks

[haredew]

my water broke at 18 weeks, 2 days later i started bleeding . i have had several ultrasounds the first showed less than 2oz. of fluid. the second, done the following day, showed a slight increase in fluid levels, both showed a strong heartbeat. i am on antibiotics and complete bed rest, the bleeding is very light compared to what it was, and nothing new has happened in 7 days. is it possible for the fluid to increase enough so the baby and lungs will develop properly or am i setting myself up for heartbreak? am i just waiting for my body to miscarrie, or for infection to set in, or does the baby have a chance?

[emma585]

HI
I am 15 weeks and my waters broke at 12 weeks.  I have been on bedrest but the fluid doesn't appear to be building up. I can see one pocket of water at the rear of the baby.   The last scan this week showed that the babys head is going out of shape even though the body is normal and growing at the right rate.  Has anyone seen the head do this and still manage to give birth to a healthy baby?  Everyones advice would be very well appreciated as this is so difficult.
Thanks Emma

[ivera]

hello i posted my story back on April 7 2010, I was 24 weeks pregnant when i was finally admitted to a hospital in Ft. Worth, Tx.  I was admitted back on April 12, 2010 due to PROM.  Like I mentioned in my previous post I ruptured at 17 weeks and was given the option to termniate preg.  I am of the Catholic religion and decided that if it was God's will then I would miscarry on my own.  I was in the hospital for 1 month and 7 seven days when I started to feel some minor labor pains.  I called my nurse and she strapped me on the montior to pick up contractions and the monitor wouldn't pick them up, nurse said that since I had been on bed rest for 12 weeks I was having constipation pains, which in the back of my mind I knew I wasn't.  The following morning @ 5 a.m. I started to get the pains closer and closer to each other and sure enough they were contractions, my dr was standing outside my hospital door ready to make his morning rounds when my nurse called him in, he did his usual check up and said I had to have an emergency C-Section becuase he could not feel my baby's head or umbilical cord.  I gave birth to a 3lb 3 oz handsome baby boy at 29 weeks of gestation.  I was told the worse that my baby only had a 10% chance of survival due to 12 weeks of absolutely no fluid.  3 hours after my baby was born his left lung collapsed, he was given so many meds and was put on so many ventilators to try to help him with his breathing since his lungs were so immature he did not respond to any of them.  At 10 pm the doctor told me that he would try one last medication that they were not experienced with but he would give it a try and that my baby had to respond to it quick in order to have a chance of survival if not then they would give me my child to do a care and comfort (where baby would pass away in my arms), I praise the Lord that he heard our prayers and my baby boy responded to the med called Nitricoxide with in minutes.  He was progressing along very quickly and his left lung collapsed again about a week ago.  His doctor said that he would leave him on the jet ventilator for a month or longer but take every step slowly this time.  He will be 1 month old this week and we have been on a rollercoaster ride, since he is premature and had no amnio fluid, his lungs are not strong and mature but with God's help and the ventilator that he is on we hope and pray that he will soon have some mature lungs. He has his good and bad days but praise the Lord he is progressing slowly.  I will continue to update you all with the progression of my baby.  I will keep everyone in my prayers for I know what you are going thru this was my 3rd pregnancy and had previously lost the other 2.  Good Luck to all and God Bless!!

[cheri211]

hi i was 12 weeks pregnant with my first when i started bleeding, it was painless bleeding and i got rushed to AnE, i was kept in untill the next day where i had a scan and everything showed up was fine. they thought it was a failed twin or a hemorage but said that my baby was fine. so in and out of hospital for scans and plenty of rest the next 2 weeks i then started clotting i went back to the hospital where they said i had low fluid in my babys sac he had a good strong heartbeat tho. but said it looks like i will misscarry they waited another few days to see what happend then sent me for another scan my baby was still alive but all the fluid had gone completely, i had to make the discision of waiting natually to give birth or be induced, they adviced me to be induced because id been bleeding for over 3 weeks now and was really poorly, i could get an infection so i had to be induced, after 9 hours i gave birth to my lovely baby that i miss so much and feel so bad for, but it was best for me and my baby, i then had to go on and have a blood transfusion, so im so very sorry for all u mums out there in simila situation i wish doctors could help us more as its so heartbreaking... love goes out to you all.. and my precious precious lil baby xx

[sga518]

  My amniotic sac ruptured at 15 weeks. I went to the hospital and was told that there was no way that the baby would make it and that I was at high risk for infection.
  Because it was a catholic hospital, they refused to induce me while there was still a fetal hearbeat. I had to wait in misery for a week for either the baby to die or for me to get sick enough with infection for my life to be at risk. I would have done anything for my baby, but I was told that its chances were almost Zero and sitting around and waiting for the inevitable just killed me. I finally went into labor on my own after 7 days in the hospital and delivered a stillborn---the worst moment of my entire life.
I was informed that if I had gone to the local univeristy hospital, I could have made the choice to be induced or have surgery without the requirement of having a life-threatening infection first.
I don't want to scare anyone, but I do want to let anyone else in a similar situation know that they are not alone. ALSO, PLEASE ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU GO TO A CATHOLIC HOSPITAL FOR A PREGNANCY COMPLICATION. They may eliminate your options and put your life at risk in the name of their religious beliefs.
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[Irishgirl2010]

HI everyone. I lost a baby girl in March 09 at 22 weeks, started bleeding at 16 wks, was hopeful the whole way through until I started to pass massive clots and had to have 3 units of blood. I had 2 miscarriages after that very early on. And then in January I got pregnant again and was thrilled, until I reached 14 weeks to discover some blood. This settled for a week or so and I had my scans done and all was fine. Then at 16 weeks again the bleeding got worse, but I was assured all would be fine by my ob. And then one morning last week I woke to discover my waters had broken and when I went to the hospital all the fluid was gone from around the baby. I was put on antibiotics to ensure I didn't get an infection and then told I would have to wait to go into labour, which I did 5 days later. I just can't believe it has happened again and that there are no answers to why. I've had a load of blood tests done and should get results in a few weeks. I have a 4 year old boy and he keeps me going but I still long for the babies I have lost and just can't understand why I keep losing and especially having been through the worst part of the pregnancy with the morning or all day sickness. I wish everyone the best of luck as I would not wish this on anyone.

[5sweetmiracles]

Hang in there! My water broke at 15 weeks and I was told that my son had a 10% chance of survival. My husband and I didn't want to end the pregnancy so my doctor said that as long as I took my temperature 3 times a day, and not let it get above 100 degrees, he would support me in my decision. I went on bedrest, drank plenty of fluids, and tried to eat healthy and extra protein. I never had any amniotic fluid around him for the next 11 weeks and I didn't get an infection. He was born at 26 weeks, stayed in the hospital for 4 months, and is now 6 years old and healthy and such a sweet little boy! Hope all goes well!