A baby who was given a 1% chance of survival after his mother experienced leaking of amniotic fluid at just 17 weeks is now thriving at nearly five years old.
Deanna Payne had intended to go for a family hike with her husband and two children the day she realised something was wrong with her pregnancy.
“I felt like my water may have broken”, Deanna said. “But I was 17 weeks pregnant”.
At an ultrasound, Deanna’s doctor suspected preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)...