Weird L&D story..

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Well I work at a high risk L&D unit and yesaterday I saw something I have never heard of! A 16 yr old came to the unit-ambulatory by the way- saying that her bag of waters was hanging out of her lady parts. She was very calm. The RN didn't really believe her-should've taKen her word for it-and assisted her to triage where she gowned. Once she was on the bed she took a peak under and sure enough the bag was halfway out! She was 25+2 weeks. Needless to say she ended up a stat section. Found out today that the baby + for drugs. I know we can't stereotype but this girl as young as she was- was crying in the section saying why would this happen to her and her baby and so forth. Definetely played the part..wouldnt have thought she was on drugs- heroine and cocaine to be exact,

I had an IC and bulging bag at 18 weeks and delivered at 23.5 (he's 8 and doing well!).

We have tons of these cases and usually have good outcomes. Our antepartum unit will soon be expanding to about 45+ beds. We accomodate up to about 34-38 women now.

The case the OP presents had to be delivered because of the sheer amount of sac protruding, but we can frequently keep our patients pregnant for up to 4 months in similar but less dire situations.

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