Our Journey

THERE IS A BABY COMING

Friday 17th Woke up at 3am with contractions and a big bleed. Rang midwife at 8am to let her know who said to come into hospital for a check up. On arrival they did a CTG to find I was contracting 3 minutes apart and relatively strong. After an hour they did an internal to find that I was dilating and my cervix was ripe. I was 2cm dilated and baby was fully engaged. Instantly they put in a jelco and put in anti biotic and gave me oral meds to stop the contractions. I was transferred to labor ward where I was administered steroids incase the baby came to help his lungs. Within 30 minutes I was transferred by ambulance to WCH in the city. There I was put into women’s assessment where they did another internal and stated my waters had not broken. I was then labor ward and give meds 3 hourly to stop the contractions.

Saturday 18th April Contractions had mainly stopped and discussion was I could go home however a blood test had shown I had infection somewhere in my body. Another jelcco was put in and I was put on 4 hourly antibiotics and transferred down the antennal for the night. I was given another dose of steroids to finalize the course just in case. In the morning I had a large bleed and was instantly put back on CTG which showed the baby was in distress and contractions were coming slowly. I was transferred back to labor ward for monitoring. Another speculum was done and still waters were intact. I was continued on 3 hourly meds to stop the contractions and the ABS. The pediatrician came up and discussed the process of prem labour and what happens in NICU if he was to be born.

Saturday 18th April Blood test came back that the infection was stable still no idea where it was and the risk it was in my uterus. Contractions were irregular and not making me dilates. Discussion was I would be transferred back to antenatal for 2 days for monitoring to go home. That afternoon my waters broke and another speculum exam showed I was leaking but not dilating. We were given a tour of the NICU and monitored on CTG as baby was no longer in distress. All meds to stop my contracting were stopped and we were explained that from here it could either fizzle out and I could go home in 2 days with monitoring at LMHS or I would deliver. 85% chance of delivery in the 48 hours post waters breaking.