This is a fantastic question, and we might have an answer. First of all, this happened with my first pregnancy too. I was 35 weeks pregnant when my water broke (not a gush, just a trickle) and I didn't go into labor, they induced me. However, at 35 weeks, Little Miss was completely healthy. She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and came home with me. So, I didn't think much of it. I thought she was just ready to come, so she came. So, the fact that this is happening again (only much earlier) is kind of a concern. As I talked to one of the specialists, she told me there are certain risk factors that cause a premature rupture of membranes: 1) Smoking. (definitely not that) 2) Steroid Use (nope) and 3) abnormalities in uterus (check).
When Little Miss was born, they discovered that I had a septum in my uterus. The top of my uterus has a little wall, kind of like a heart shaped uterus. Before I became pregnant the second time around, I made doctors appointments and had tests done to check out what this meant for future pregnancies. We were trying to be responsible about it. With all the info we received, we decided that since I hadn't had any miscarriages and had a successful pregnancy already, that we shouldn't get it taken care of. We knew it might cause miscarriages, sometimes early labor, and C-Section (instead of Vaginal births). So with those risks, we decided to just try. Plus there were risks that if we got it taken care of, it could prevent pregnancy. We definitely didn't realize that this could be one of the possible outcomes.
I think about what would have happened if we had it taken care of before, and it tragically turned into a hysterectomy. We wouldn't have this baby girl in our family. So if she can hold on and I can hold on, then it will turn out okay.
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