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?

[keephopealive2010]

I'm so hopeful to read all these stories for my situation. I'm 15 1/2 weeks and my water bad yesterday. I wen to ER and was told diffently ruptured. My white cells were good. Babies heart rate is normal & very stong beat. I diffenetly do not have 0 fluid left. My OB said he can't do anything but only option is terminate. I feel in my heart that things will be okay and god only knows if he will allow me to have this child, i have 2 children now 11 and 3 1/2yrd olf. Now my problem is a little worse because i have an incompetent cervix and was looking to get a cerclage. My OB said all the negative things as all have meantioned about infectiong & possible truma or death. If i move forward with pregnancy they will just monitor me weekly until I give birth on my own(misscarry) or get really sick to make me abort. I do belive in miricales. My son was premature at 26 1/2 wks with grade 3/4 brain bleeding and would not be normal & have all kinds of problems, this is why I belive in miricales & hope. He is perfeclty fine. I'm glad i found you all before i made my decision to terminiate. God bless each  and everyone one of you moms & my heart goes out to those that lost there babies..so sorry.

[cquebr]

I gave birth to our precious baby boy June 23 at 18 weeks.My water broke prematurely on June 22. Everything was going well or so I thought I kept telling my dr I felt like something was wrong but ofcourse they just blew me off. I had bleeding through out the whole pregnancy and this was my third pregnancy. I had a previous miscarrige at 12 weeks and a tubal pregnancy. I was given the option to be induced which I felt terrible about. I did decide to induce labor when I started running a fever and my white count went up. When I had my son he was perfect in everyway. He was alive when he was born but they took him out the room until he passed away. When I had my follow up with my OB she said there was nothing wrong with my son or the placenta its just a mystery. The drs always say oh it wont happen to you again and it has three times. Thankfully we are seeing a specialist in October and we are praying for a successful full term preganancy!

[sophie1234]

my waters broke at 17+ weeks, we made the decision to end the pregnancy, now i am worried the same thing will happen when i fall pregnant again, what are the chances of this???

[Gizelles]

"I had a cvs @ 12 weeks & lost most my fluids & was offered to terminate or let nature takes its course over the next 72 hours? I am now 17 week 3days with normal AFI.  I have weekly scans & things seem to be getting better & better, I have put myself on complete bedrest!
drink water as much as poss,  rest on my left hand side that I have been told can help?


Message of hope & just felt the need to update you all that I am now 31 weeks like nothing had ever happened :)

[kamiller5744]

My water broke 2 weeks ago when I was 17 weeks, I am 19 weeks and scared to death. My baby has normal fluid around her I have not had any signs of infections,Im at home on bed rest. I will be admitted to the hosp for antibiotics and steroids at 24 weeks if I make it. Im praying and taking things day by day hoping that I can atleast make it to my third trimester. I have 2 healthy children and the pregnancies were normal I dont know why this is happening to me, but im praying that she makes it:)

[emma110186]

my waters started leaking  at around 12 weeks and every so often after then and went for regular scans to check the fluid, which was still showing low, at 15 weeks 6 days my waters broke i was given the option to wait and see or have a termination, i wnet back to the doctors yesterday (at 16weeks) asked them to show me a scan before i could make my decision it showed that all the fluid had gone, it was the hardest decision we had ever had to make but we decided to go ahead with the termination and was in labour for 10 hours , baby looked perfect and i feel like such a bad person for having to do what i did but know that could have been really unwell, i will never forget what happened and my tiny little baby!
i had a hematoma (bleed)untill 11 weeks doctors say this could have weakened the membrane causing the waters to break,
good luck to everyone xx