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Re: Family History of PPROM

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:46:46 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 31 Dec 2002, RPD wrote: >
>After having a picture perfect pregnancy, my water broke before my 28th
>week. I was on bedrest for two weeks in the hospital and delivered at
>29 weeks and 4 days. We were lucky, my baby is 10 weeks old now and
>doing extremely well. My sister had the same thing happen to her two
>years ago during her 34th week. The doctors had no reason for either
>one of us having PPROM. We are both perfectly healthy and had very
>normal pregnancies.
>
>As you can imagine, we are both terrified about having a second child.
>Could there be something genetically wrong with our uteruses? What are
>the percentages that this could happen again?

Tough question. The reality is that I don't know. The chances that there is a genetic link is teeny-tiny (now there's a good scientific term), but I can't dismiss the chances of recurrence so lightly. The odds are very good that it won't happen again, but your risk is higher than the average woman, and you will need careful monitoring with your next pregnancy.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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