re: Has anyone had to give birth at 20 weeks? UPDATE

oh my gosh!! I am so happy for you, you e beautiful son is proballly jumping up and down up in heaven becasue he is so happy!! I know he will hand pick a baby for you when you are ready and now you have him to look over you to make sure everything will turn our wonderul!!
-i have been thinnking about you and hoping you are doing alright
you are in my thoughts
--ali  

thats great news! im so happy for yall

I'm glad the outlook for you is so good! I bet Kaden is watching keenly for his brother or sister now! Good luck!

exactly the same thing happened to me, i went my 20 weeks scan so excited to see my baby and then found out id lost all my amniotic fluid, the difference was they told me my baby was healthy and they didnt know why my body had lost this fluid. i got told id probably go into labour the next few weeks or have a miscarrige. they did suggest termination in which i 100% didnt want. sadly 3 days after that scan i went into labour, and 22 hours after starting labour i gave birth to a beautiful little girl called madison. she was alive and i could see her heart beating, she stayed alive for 6 hours unaided. what the frustrating thing is is that my little angel was alive for this length of time and they didnt even try o keep her alive. but i feel blessed that i went through labour and got to hold my baby in my arms. the hospital let me keep madison with me until the following night when i got discharged. this all only happened 8 days ago, and madisons funeral is tomorrow. it really is devastating when u hear all that off your scan, and i know exactly how u feel.

I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy at 21 weeks and 1 day. The pre term labor was caused by a Infection that had reached the amniotic sac. Although my situation is different from yours, the hospital did nothing to help save my baby. The Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist was actually 2 and a half hours late, he arrived 15 minutes before I gave birth. He was supposed to be there so we could discuss the options I had (Stitch the Cervix etc). My son survived for 51 minutes unaided.

I had a Spontaneous Abortion at 14 weeks 10 years ago. Just last week on November 1, 2010 I had an early delivery of a 20 week baby. This time seems harder because I had to bury her and dress her. Not to mention she was born alive and I held her. She opened her mouth and moved her arm. All I could think about was how close I was to having her. Your story gives me so much hope.

Hi hunny. Im going basicly through the same thing. my water broke like 3 weeks ago and i thought i was just peeing.. theres like next to no fluid in for him and his lungs may not be devolped and he has a tiny stomach. I to have to give birth to my little boy, SOON. like as in this upcoming week or next. idk if we are going to be able to save him. but i wish you luck girl and since we are both going thru this.. you can text me anytime you need to.
810-294-3627 if you need to talk
kayla