article_snippet.sent: Amanda Butler, 42, had enjoyed a totally normal pregnancy until A mother whose baby nearly died after he was born severely premature waters broke at 25 weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Butler, a marketing consultant from Milton Keynes, later discovered her early labour had been triggered by a common infection called bacterial vaginosis (BV).
article_snippet.sent: Many other women, such as Mrs Butler, have simply never heard of the condition.
article_snippet.sent: It wasn't in any of the pregnancy books and was certainly never mentioned by midwives or doctors prior to the pregnancy books happening.'
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Butler said Mrs Butler noticed a discharge at around 24 weeks - but didn’t pay the pregnancy books any attention. '
article_snippet.sent: Pregnancy itself can cause that to happen, and Pregnancy itself certainly didn’t concern my midwife,' Mrs Butler recalled. '
article_snippet.sent: After the trauma of the premature labour and birth, Mrs Butler was initially told it had occurred because Mrs Butler had an 'incompetent cervix'.
article_snippet.sent: Like many women, Mrs Butler had never heard of the condition.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Butler was speaking out for National BV Day, held in association with Balance Activ.
highlights_snippet.sent: Amanda Butler, 42, had normal pregnancy until waters broke at 25 weeks .
  