By Elizabeth MacKenzie, Toronto Canada
PROM at 21 weeksDelivery at 30 weeks + 4 days.
Story added: 2002-02-01

At 21 weeks my water broke,and I thought I had lost my baby. There was a lot of blood and I thought that I was miscarrying. I arrived at the hospital and the nurse found the heartbeat. What was happening to me? It was then that the doctor came in and after a quick ultrasound explained to me that I had prommed.
We were shocked and so frightened. Neither of us had thought for a moment that something like this could happen. The doctors put me on strict bedrest and every day would come in and tell me that things did not look good. My membranes continued to leak and I could never seem to keep any level of fluid in utero. We were braced for the worst.
The days turned to weeks. The weeks turned to months and at 30 weeks 4 days, after ten weeks in hopital, we delivered a little girl. Three lbs, four oz. 14 1/2 inches long.
She crashed shortly after birth despite her high apgar scores of 9 and 9. She was rushed to the Hospital For Sick Children and only given a fifty percent chance of survival. She beat the odds, and after what seemed like an eternity and countless complications, I am the proud mother of Emma MacKenzie, my lovely and very healthy 18 month old daughter.
She has chronic lung disease that has not manifested in any way and that she will have grown out of by the age of three. Her progress is remarkable. From that wee child I had been asked to say goodbye to, to the defiant toddler in my life who is right on track, we are thankful every day for such a blessing.
I hope that my story will give others hope.
Sincerely, Elizabeth and Robert