Hi Ladies,
I've just been discharged from the hospital on Sunday. I heeded all your advises and called the hospital emergency no. They then helped me to contact my gyane.
My gynae checked me and confirmed it's my water bag burst. During the scan, it still showed a substantial amt of fluid in my tummy but i was admitted straight away and kept for observation. My gynae explained that normally for cases like this, there are 2 outcome. 1) I will be experiencing contractions and a miscarriage is inevitable. 2) Hope that the water bag will somehow seal itself and stop leaking. However, even if the bag sealed up on its own, i still need the bag to 'refill' it's amnoitic fluid. Then my pregnancy will be able to continue. But there are cases that the fluid just doesn't replenish itself. If that's the case, we may need to decide if we need to terminate this pregnancy. That night, my heart sank as i woke up at 4am to find my pad soaking wet, all the way to my pants. I quickly got up to change.
The next day, i was sent for a detailed scan. It showed that my BB is still heatlthy & bouncing around with strong heartbeat. But the amnoitic fluid has decreased substantially, which means i'm still leaking. Also, the blood test taken previously showed that i'm having an infection, which resulted in the weakening of the bag, and thus the bursting of the bag.
The 3rd day, the gynae checked me again and i told her i've experienced even lesser leaking. I thot that was a good sign, cos that wld mean the my waterbag is sealing up right? My gynae told me that it could also mean that there is not much fluid left for it to leak already. The subsequent scan actually quite confirm this. The fluid level has decreasd again.
All these days at the hospital, when the nurse came & check the fetal heartbeat, it always responded with a strong healthy heartbeat. It's a dilemma hearing the heartbeat cos you r happy that the BB is still alive and well. But on the other hand, you know that you are still leaking and the BB won't be able to live with that amt of fluid even if it is still strong & healthy. I woke up everyday with tears, thinking abt the fate of my little one.
I'm going for a review tomorrow, to see if the fluid has replenish itself. If not, we have to make a decision to terminate the pregnancy.
The BB is still alive and strong, how could i bear to end it's life like dat?