Caseys journey home  

Written by  Karen Evans 

When I found out I was pregnant with my 4th child it was a complete shock as I had just had an iud placed a few weeks prior for the treatment of severe endometriosis. From that point on I had a lot of bleeding and spotting off and on but was reassured over and over this could just be normal for me for this pregnancy. At 20 weeks and 2 days as I was sleeping in my bed I rolled over and felt a pop and a gush. I prayed that I had peed my pants! My water broke with my previous 3 pregnancies so I knew this feeling was not urination. I continued to leak throughout the night and in the morning we headed to the hospital, to meet with a midwife (and her student) whom I had never met. We were told the fern test was inconclusive but they were pretty sure it was my water and they were sorry for our loss. We lost hope in that moment and were sent home devastated. We began to research and through Little Heartbeats website it became apparent there was hope. We decided to take each day hour by hour and if I was good and baby was good, we would continue on. This would go on for the next 5 weeks. I was admitted to hospital at 23 weeks after an awful night of cramping and bleeding. I had awful bleeding until my girls arrival at 25+2. She arrived 17 minutes after the OB checked me and announced I was 3cm dilated. We spent 114 days in the NICU, 5 weeks on the vent, PDA ligation at 8 days old and 680g. I cannot put into words all the emotions we went through and are still struggling with, but what I can tell you is there is hope. Cassandra Grace born Oct 30, 2016 at 25 weeks +2 days weighing 708g and 11" long. "Though she be but little, she is fierce"