Well we finally had our little boy! I made it to 36+6 weeks. It was an amazing achievement considering i thought so many times that i was going to have another premature baby. What an experience it was this time around, just everything about the pregnancy even though i was considered high risk.

I faced the fears that premmie baby parents think about after having a premature baby who wish to have another baby. The fear of “we will have another premature baby”, “will i have the same complications that i did the first time around”, “what are the chances” and the unknown of what the outcome will be.

Throughout my pregnancy as the weeks went by i kept wondering when things were going to take a wrong turn. After i reached 32 weeks i felt very relaxed and knew that “if” anything happened now the outcome would be so different to our first son who’s premature birth was at 27 weeks.

Towards the end of my pregnancy things started to change. My blood pressure started to rise and i was put onto tablets to help control the sudden rise. The rise wasn’t too serious as my results were 145/90 but the doctor felt that it was best to control it now. Apparently it is very common late in pregnancy to have a rise in blood pressure so it wasn’t anything i was stressed about.

For a month prior to our son being born it was believed that i had suspected PPROM (preterm premature rupture of membranes) only it was a hind leak so i wasn’t gushing water, i just felt damp everyday. When the blood results came back after my 34 week appointment it showed that my white cell count keep rising so i was put onto antibiodics to be safe.

Due to my white cell count rising it was decided that i was to be induced and our son was to be born at 36 weeks. I had fetal monitoring a few times a week and my doctor booked me in to be induced on Monday 27th October 2008. This time we were more prepared and my mother came from Sydney to be there for our sons arrival and my husband was in the room when he was born. Sadly he missed the birth of our first son due to him arriving so early. I have heard many stories of premmie fathers missing the birth of their children due to it all happening so quickly.

I have written a birth story about our sons arrival and will add it to the blog.

I am so glad that the journey is over as there were many times of “what if” & “when” will it happen but we made it so much further than our first experience and we are so ever grateful for the doctors & midwives that looked after my pregnancy so carefully at Monash Medical Centre.

Our sons name is Tristan and here he is: