While I was 25 weeks pregnant with Triplets, Baby A, Alexanders' membranes ruptured (PROM).
While this can signal impending labour, for reasons unknown, I didn't end up going into premature labour until 30 weeks, 3 days.
Yes, the days matter.
That my offspring would be born premature.
Impossible to know you say.
Not when you're pregnant with Triplets!
Actual ultrasound: 7.5 weeks gestation.
November is Prematurity Awareness Month. My peers and I have created a blog hop to support all those that have travelled this road and all those that unfortunately will. Be sure to check out the other blog posts listed at the bottom of this post.
Here is an excerpt of The Zoo's NICU Story.
My three doctors informed me that if everything went according to plan, I would deliver at 36 weeks (something to do with placental deterioration). If I didn't make it that far then surely I would make it to the average gestation for Triplets: 32w4d. Christmas Day was 32w4d. We'd call them Rudolph, Donner and Blitzen.
They tried to talk to me about the risk of delivering earlier (amongst other things) but I would hear nothing of it. Perhaps it was for the better. There was nothing I could do anyways.
