Chorioamnionitis

That's the name of the infection I had. I did some research over the weekend and knew I would recognize the name of the infection if I saw it. I really feel I need a lot of prayers for this. I have read that it can happen again with low risks. Anyone who knew my risks during the last pregnancy knew the odds were always against me. I was the 1 in a 1000 that something specific would happen. I was the 2% that had something. I am praying that the odds are not against me this time and that the odds are in my favor instead. I just put a post up on the March of Dimes bulletin board asking if anyone had suffered from this infection and I got a response from someone saying that she had it for the last two pregnancies. One she had at 32 weeks with no lasting effects to the baby and one she had at 29 weeks and the infection entered the baby's blood and she did not make it. She is now pregnant again and they are watching her very closely. She said the only way they know she has it is through amniocentisis but they won't do it unless her water breaks because that can give the baby the infection. It just seems like another risk that I really don't want to have to worry about right now. It's hard not to think about it. I'm trying very hard though.

I go back to the OB on April 4 and I'll talk to him then about it and hopefully, he'll have some answers for me. I am really just praying to have a healthy and long pregnancy this time and I need some help with that. I need the prayer warriors that helped Ethan to now help this little one. I just want to be happy and not have any worries with this pregnancy but it is so hard when I know so much about what happened the last time and the risks that it can happen again. I am trying to have a positive outlook on everything but there is always that little voice questioning me. I work hard to shut that voice up. We actually started to work on the room that will become mine in the next couple of months yesterday. We're trying to make it the most comfortable set up for me. The fact that we are moving a piano into that room helped us to get the changes made. I'm feeling pretty good about the changes and making a positive space for me to spend my bedrest in.

On a little bit more of a positive note, from what I have learned from a lot of women on the March of Dimes bulletin board doctors tend to watch high risks pregnancies very closely. I will most likely get an ultrasound every 2 weeks and I will be seen by a doctor at least every two weeks if not every week. I may also be watched by the maternal fetal medicine doctor that will be putting the cerclage in. So, in all of this negative information, I am finding that to be helpful. It will make me feel better to know that I will be watched very closely. The woman that responded said that with this pregnancy they were going to start antibiotics at 16 weeks to prevent the infection, so that is good news to hear. The only bad thing about that is that the best antibiotic to use for this infection is penecillin, which I am allergic to. I'm sure there is an alternative, so we'll see how it goes. If you want to read more info about this infection, click on the name to take you to an informational page. Chorioamnionitis.