Prematurity

Breaking free

At this point I was operating under the idea that if I wasn’t ruptured that I could go home the next day.  But the next day they were still not convinced.  Despite the fact that my underwear had been 100% dry.  No blood, no fluid.  So that day was just monitoring.  The next morning when the doctor came in, I asked her why we were still concerned about rupture.  She agreed that she really didn’t think I was ruptured.  So they stopped ABX.  At this point I thought maybe I would be freed!  But then they went back to the initial issue of the bleeding.  Because of the diagnosis of mild preeclampsia they suspected the bleeding was a partial placental abruption.  So they wanted me to stay another day or two to monitor for any more bleeding.  Finally on Wednesday, April 15th, I was released.

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Rhiannon Giles

Rhiannon Giles is a freelance writer from Durham, North Carolina. She interweaves poignancy and humor to cover topics ranging from prematurity to parenting and mental health. Her work has been featured on sites such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Parents, Scary Mommy, McSweeney's, and HuffPost. You can find her being consistently inconsistent on her blog, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

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