Premmie's born in 08?

[MadCatR]

Hi just wondering if there are any other mum's out there who have had a premmie bub this year and would like to share their experiences.

My little girl was 7 weeks early. She was in special care nursery for 2 1/2 weeks and will be 6 weeks this Sunday.

She has been doing really well and is now 3.3kg (1.2 more than birth weight).

So far her routine is sleep (3 1/2 to 4 hours), feed and then sleep again. :sleeping: If she's not doing those 2 she is generally crying. I have found mid morning she has a 5 minute happy awake time where she likes to just stare at me or some of her toys.

[3BoysBlue]

Hi I haven't had a prem in 08 but i have in 06 and 07
DS1 was born at 35wks he was 1705gms... hes now 2 and 9.6kgs
and DS2 was born at 32wks he was 2133gms..hes now 7mths and 7.6kgs

wow only in SCN for 2 1/2 weeks thats great both mine where in for 5wks it sounds like shes doing really well now now much did she weigh????? if you have any qns just ask me

[mummysangels]

I had a premmy baby last year (37 weeks) she was 5lb (2310g) she was special care baby for 4 days, didn't lose her 10% birth weight but gained 240g just enuf to go home, she is now 5 months and 6.55kg. :yelclap:

[bellalika]

My little boy, Logan, was born 4 1/2 weeks early (35wks, 4 days) on March 7th. He was 6lb 8oz. One month later he is 8lb 15oz and has grown 4cm! He spent 9 days in the SCN, but the midwives took great care of him and were very supportive.

Logan still isn't 100% :(, as he is still jaundice and has something as yet undiagnosed wrong with his lungs, but he is home and growing well at least!

[naiwen]

I had one in 07!

He was 845g and in NICU for 2 weeks and SCN for 8 weeks. We still have issues with his health but he is home with me and thats all that matters!

[Jinglebells]

I have a 07 premmie

she was born in sept 07

was born 2480grams, and spent just over 3wks in SCN, she nearly ended up in the NICU due to her being in Respiratory distress with CLD, the docs at the hosp managed to put some stuff into her lungs (sorry brain not working at the mo) and she managed to stay in the SCN

she's 6mths now, only 6.6kgs, she's doing what a normal 4/5mther is doing, she's happy and healthy so thats the main thing

[whitsundaysmumma]

Hi Strong and Brave Premmie Mums(you have to be don't you to get through the ordeal)

Out little boy was born in July 07 at 30weeks and 1 day. He weighed 1100grams and spent 4 weeks in the NICU and 3 weeks in SCN. Nearly lost him at 72 hours old, but he fought hard to stay with us.

He is nearly 9 months old and has started to roll. He weighs 7.8kg now and other than being little he is happy and healthy.

He was our 4th premmie. We lost our youngest daughter not so long ago at 26 weeks, our 1st daughter arrived at 31 weeks and our 1st son arrived at 28 weeks.

Blessings to all your little premmie miracles:yes:

[sshellzp]

I had my first in 06' at 26 weeks. Im currently 27 weeks pregnant now with my second and worried I will have this one early too. Keep your :fingerscrossed: for me that I dont.
Shell.

[AllyCat]

i have also had 3 prem births, twin boys at 23 weeks (did not survive), my son 28 weeks he weighed 1380g and was in NICU for a week and S/C for 8 weeks and my daughter was born at 31 weeks weighing 1600g and was in S/C for 4 weeks, now they are both very healthy little children. I am just pregnant again and hoping to make it all the way this time

[whitsundaysmumma]

I had my first in 06' at 26 weeks. Im currently 27 weeks pregnant now with my second and worried I will have this one early too. Keep your :fingerscrossed: for me that I dont.
Shell.

I remember following your journey Shell, all the best. Wow, you've gone a week further than last time, now that is great news! Take care and let us know how things go:hugs:

[whitsundaysmumma]

i have also had 3 prem births, twin boys at 23 weeks (did not survive), my son 28 weeks he weighed 1380g and was in NICU for a week and S/C for 8 weeks and my daughter was born at 31 weeks weighing 1600g and was in S/C for 4 weeks, now they are both very healthy little children. I am just pregnant again and hoping to make it all the way this time

Congratulations Allycat!:flowerz:

Can I ask if you have had much negative feedback about another pregnancy after your history?

We are hearing critisim wide and far about putting another baby's life in jeopardy should we go early again.

I tell them that we are going to term this time around,(mmmmmm) and when you have to plan a funeral for your own child, then you come back to me and tell me how your life changes forever more after that. Another little miracle to join us at our tea table, we'll do anything for that!

LikeShell, keep us posted on your pregnancyX

[pennylane]

I had a premmie baby in june 07,she also was 7 weeks early but was the size of a 29 weeker. (1152 grams) was in NICU for two weeks (should have only been one week but John Hunter had to keep her as our local hospital didnt feel confident to take her until she gained a certain amount of weight)

and then special care nursery for 4 weeks (should have only been 3 weeks but we found out the nurses ignored doctors orders and kept tube feeding her a larger amount so she was never hungry when i tried to bottle feed her.finally we found out,as we were never told about the re-duction in feeds that was 'supposed' to take place and she came home 2 days later because as soon as she was finally hungry for a change she started taking full bottle feeds :rolleyes:)

was only on cpap for about a day and a half on and off and had jaundice and high blood sugar and low platelets but that was all fixed in a few days and she hasnt had so much as a cold since :smiliedance:

No developmental delays luckily and is a week off 10 months and is starting to walk independently and says a few words and LOVES her food :yes:

such amazing little miracles

were TTC number two next year and are keeping our fingers crossed we'll go full term this time. My trouble isnt with pre-term labour its with pre-eclampsia and placental insuffiency.

[ytsangel]

I had a little premmie daughter in Jan 08. She weighed 1260g and was in SCN for 5 weeks. It was a major shock but amazing to see how your baby grows external to your body.
It was such a special day when we brought her home. My tears dried up immediately and I love being at home with her. She now weighs 4kg and we are creeping into 000 outfits!:)

[MadCatR]

My little girl is now 8 1/2 weeks old and just made it over the 4 kilo mark and is too creeping into the 000. We are having our good and bad days, but I am just thankful that she is healthy and growing.

Isn't it an amazing feeling when you bring them home and you can finally have that alone time to bond without the feeling of people watching on?!! After the fear that they may not have come home I think it feels like even more of a miracle every time I look at her.

Thanks for sharing a bit of your stories with further pregnancies and early births. Its something on the back of your mind as to whether it will happen again, especially when they don't know why it happened the first time.

I don't understand how anyone could criticize someone for putting a baby's life in jeopardy by trying to have another one when if you didn't try they would have no chance....After having a miscarriage just prior to this pregnancy and several friends miscarrying around the same time I wondered how I could go through a pregnancy and lose one again, but then I thought about it and thought that it is a little life and no matter how long it is here whether only in the womb or a short time on the Earth it still deserves that life and the best I could offer it. I guess I don't see it as putting life in jeopardy I see it as giving a chance of life they never would have got.

[AllyCat]

Congratulations Allycat!:flowerz:

Can I ask if you have had much negative feedback about another pregnancy after your history?

We are hearing critisim wide and far about putting another baby's life in jeopardy should we go early again.

I tell them that we are going to term this time around,(mmmmmm) and when you have to plan a funeral for your own child, then you come back to me and tell me how your life changes forever more after that. Another little miracle to join us at our tea table, we'll do anything for that!

LikeShell, keep us posted on your pregnancyX

Thanks...I have had a few people tell me i am crazy for going back again and should be happy with the 2 children i already have, but ok for them to say as they have never been through it and already have there 3-4 children so there happy.

I am physically and emotionally strong enough to go through whatever i need to, just to have another child.. My doctor/ob have not told me that i cant try again, so i think they would know more than the people that are telling me im crazy.

They are going to stitch me this time and lets hope that enough to get me to the end.

good luck to you, if you know and feel your up to going through it again i say go for it..

[bellalika]

Policemum - Well done trying again for more children. You must be a very strong person. I don't know if I would be able to handle the critisisms.

Allycat - I don't think you are crazy at all.

Is it common for mum's of premmies to have subsequent prems? It sounds like it is. While we have only just had #1, it would be a helful thing to know for when we have #2 (fingers crossed).

[preciousbabyboy]

I had one in 07!

He was 845g and in NICU for 2 weeks and SCN for 8 weeks. We still have issues with his health but he is home with me and thats all that matters!


Is that Your lil man in your hand in your avatar?

[naiwen]

No, he was bright red at birth (no fat under the skin) and on a vent/CPAP in NICU. I have some pics from the NICU in my zoints proflie though.

It's just a nice representation of premature birth IYKWIM.

I am a bit scared of having another bub TBH but I really want to because hopefully they will catch my PE/HELLP earlier this time and keep it under control. I dont think many people under stand how painfull it is to leave you baby behind when you are discharged from hospital.

Hugs for all premmie mums (including me!)

[MadCatR]

I dont think many people under stand how painfull it is to leave you baby behind when you are discharged from hospital.


I don't think many people understand how painfull it is to not have your baby with you each day and night before you even leave the hospital. I think the whole thing plays with your mind sometimes as to whether you actually gave birth. Its kind of like you are pregnant one moment and then somebody else is looking after your baby.

[pennylane]

I know exactly how you feel Sciend.Its especially hard when your out in public and you see people who knew you were pregnant and you tell them youve had your baby and theyre like 'uh well where is it?'

Knowing youve had a baby but having to go on with life without them while theyre still in hospital is the weirdest feeling ever.Even doing the groceries felt so strange to me.Its hard to feel like a mum.

And even harder when you see other mummys out with their babies.I would get soooo jealous.

[Two in Blue]

Sciend: "I don't think many people understand how painfull it is to not have your baby with you each day and night before you even leave the hospital. I think the whole thing plays with your mind sometimes as to whether you actually gave birth. Its kind of like you are pregnant one moment and then somebody else is looking after your baby." (not sure why quote didn't work but this will do)

This is what it felt like for me too. When I had bub the hospital was so full they ended up putting me and other 7 other women who had bubs in ICNU and SCN in the gyn ward rather than the maternity ward as they were over flowing. Problem was that we then got almost no specialist care in those hardest first days. It was like they thought since we didn't have our babies with us we didn't need the support when really we were the ones who needed it more. I was even discharge a day earlier then I wanted just because they were so busy.

We are currently TTC #2 and I know even if this bub is early too that I will handle things differently and have things done the way I want them to be done!

[Jinglebells]

no I don't think anyone really knows what its like, its absolutly horrible having a premmie, it was awfull being in the maternity ward without bubs, having to watch everyone else with their baby, watching everyone else with their visitors, it totally sucked, I didn't have my baby beside me, and didn't have anyone visiting me :crying:

when you have a premmie you really know who your friends are, cause they are the ones that are there for you, to help you through it, I was lucky to have 3 good friends to help me, one my doula who came to visit me while I was alone, and another friend that couldn't come see me cause she was sick, but she rang me all the time to see how I was, and also another friend that i'm greatfull for, although she is in another state, she listened to me when I rang her or she rang me, was a great help as I got through the 3 day blues, anyone else that came to see me, didn't actually come to see me, they just wanted to see bub, as much as I wanted to show her off, I kinda felt left out, it was a horrible feeling anyways

oh and R.E having premmies the second time round, its not always the case, i've knowen people to have a premmie the first time round and then carried the rest of their babies to full term, I think it all depends on the reason of the prematurity, I have a history of my waters breaking early (I mean real early) so i've always got the risk of it happening again, especially since i've had it happen in 3 pregnancies now, surprisingly enough my second I mananged to get to term, just though,

[3BoysBlue]

no I don't think anyone really knows what its like, its absolutly horrible having a premmie, it was awfull being in the maternity ward without bubs, having to watch everyone else with their baby, watching everyone else with their visitors, it totally sucked, I didn't have my baby beside me, and didn't have anyone visiting me :crying:



:hugs: I was the same it really sucks when no one cares and everyone lived ages from the hospital it took 2hrs to get there and back . the nights where the worse it seems like all the baies cried at once. :crying:
although with DS1 they did but me in a room with another mums who had babies up stairs in SCN

But with DS2 i was in with another mum who had her baby in with her who had a VB and was her 4th child and they still kicked me out before her (she was there when i got there) I had a Emergency CSection with a bub up in ICU/SCN who lived over an hour away who went home Tuesday night DS2 was born Sunday night:thumbsdown:

im just glad ive got support online with other prem mums:thumbsup:

[catt]

I had identical twin girls 7 weeks early in january this year and they stayed in SCN for 4 weeks. The hardest part was going to the hospital everyday and desperately trying to get enough milk for my babies as they were on drips and not tolerating any formula. They were 1.7kg and 2.2kg. They suffered acute twin to twin transfer syndrome but came through ok. Now they are about 13 weeks (6 weeks corrected) and stacking on the weight! over 4kg and 5kg! And its true about people not understanding premmie babies....some people thought they were "cute" because they were so small????!!!

[pennylane]

aarrgghh I used to hate the 'oh shes so cute and small' comments I even used to get 'oh your so lucky shes so small.i wish my baby was that small.' :rolleyes: Um yeh im sure you totally wish your baby was a premmie that you couldnt touch without permisson or take home for weeks...riigghhttt.

Even the 'oh just be glad you'll have her as your little baby to cuddle for longer cuz she'll take ages to get big' used to bother me.

Why would we be 'pleased' our babies are tiny??

gosh-feels good to get that out! I dont think ive ever told anybody I feel that way before.

People just dont realise how much their comments can affect us.

The women that say when theyre pregnant 'oh im so uncomfortable I hope i go into labour at 30 weeks or something' bother me.I know its uncomfortable but theres people like us that would have LOVED to have been all big and uncomfortable so we could have our babies at term.It bugs me to hear people hoping for early babies.

[Nowhere]

HUGS guys, I dont have a 2008 premie, my DD was 2006 and not even really prem only 5 weeks but was a 2006 nicu baby, and sufered most the issues that the Micros face, due to other issues

I want to tel you all the It does get easier the first year of a premie or NICU babies life is generaly the hardest, yes there are times in the older years but somehow its much easier to cope then KWIM, its lovely when you reach that sday where your child has spent more time home from hospital than in, So as hard as it is it does get easier :hugs:


Congrats to you all on your babies

Oh and o he people that coment on your childs size that dont gett any better unless your child getss fat lol, BUT you learn cheecky ways to deal with it and then it dont hurt or upset your as much

[catt]

Oh and another thing! Did anyone else get the "well at least you didn't have to give birth to full term size babies, lucky you"???? Further on silly comments, i am constantly getting the "oh double trouble", "better you than me" etc with my twins. I never know how to respond to these negative comments! As these are my first children i don't know any different. I have started to respond with "no, its double the joy".

[pennylane]

yup,ive heard just about everything so far i think lol

I even got 'oh too posh to push huh'?' off my step brothers girlfriend after she was told DD was born by emergency c/sec. If I had given birth naturally it would have killed her you silly cow! :rolleyes:

ignorance like that bugs the sh!t out of me.

[Josh]

I had a premmie baby in 05, born at 35wks, he was 2.7 kg, I had an emergency c/s because of placenta preavia, and I am currently 29wks with the same problem, and I hope that I can make it to at least 35wks this time, my DS had no sucking reflex he had to be shown how to suck by the midwives, but otherwise he is any normal 3yr old now.

[MadCatR]

The having to get permission to touch your baby was the hardest thing. When people came to visit in the hospital they all wanted to touch her and I felt angry because they were taking up time that I could be touching her. Even now at home it has taken a while to get used to and I get jealous when other people hold her as she only has such a short happy awake time I don;t want to miss it.

My little girl is now 10 1/2 weeks
(3 1/2 corrected) we are still waiting for proper smiles and cooing. Weight wise she is doing really well and is already 4.5kilos, She seems so alert now compared to a couple of weeks ago. After so many weeks of long days and sleepless nights its so hard waiting for those little milestones, especially when at mothers group all the bubs are doing it even the 4 1/2 week olds. I know every bub is different and I know shes come so far, but you worry and wonder how long is it before it may be a problem? It will be so nice when she can show us she is enjoying something.

With the dressing of Ada, she was 2 1/2 weeks old before she fitted something that I bought her and she looked like a normal little baby in nice clothes (just a bit smaller) and not miss matched things that I had to hunt through the hosptial cupboard for. She has grown so quick though and I struggle to find 000 that are the right shape for her, all the pants are too tight around the waste and too long in the legs, and the body suits are too wide around the body and too short in the body length.

Jodie9 - All the best:hugs: and wishes for each day more.

[Feral]

Hi to all the mums of premmies, I admire your strength and courage and send you hugs for your little ones, I wish you and your bubs all the best.
I gave birth to a premmie, our first baby, born 4 weeks early, september 07,
he's now a happy, crawly 8 month old, full of smiles and I look at him every day and Im so thankful he is healthy and happy.
I think having a premmie is such a huge thing (for want of a better word) to go through, I think it causes you to look at life differently and to apreciate the gift of a child as so very precious,
the experience involves complex feelings and emotions and bonds you to your baby and also your partner, in a way that only you know and the ones that have been through this also

[bellalika]

Have just gotten a second opinion on my bub from a new pead. He had been seeing the Pead on call the night I had him. New pead was so much more thorough and disagreed with a lot of the diagnosis of the original pead. The consult took 45 min., where as the other pead only was him for 5 min. He has also organised chest x-rays to discover why he isn't breathing properly instead of saying that 'he'll grow out of it as was born with immature body parts'. :no:

Has anyone else had problems with mis-diagnosis from the peads on call when they had their prems? New pead was shocked that he was allowed to come home while still suffering from respitory problems. The only thing they agreed on was that he had a snotty nose and reflux. :barf:

He puked in the lift at Myers today, as well as all on me and himself. He went through 3 outfits in 45 minutes! That was when I decided to bring him home.

[MadCatR]

I am tossing up whether to take Ada back to the Paed that she was under in the last special care nursery she was in. I feel like once we left the hospital there was no support (still isn't) as to what I should have expected because she was early. The local health nurses are nice, but I hate constantly hearing when I have a concern, that she's a prem so it may take a bit longer.

I know that compared to many premmies my little girl is doing amazing.... but honestly after 10 1/2 weeks and being unwell myself I am exhausted and I'm finding it so hard to work out how much stimulation I should give her. We have some good days where she is so alert and then the next she is just so unsettled and won't barely want to be looked at. It plays with your mind thinking that she is 10 1/2 weeks, the clinic nurses treat her development as 6 1/2 weeks, but if she had gone full term she would only be 3 1/2. The silly thing is that I know in a few more months it will make absolutely no difference, I'm more afraid that I'm not expecting enough from her and holding her back.


My other little random thought is ... I don't even know when my bubs umbilical cord fell off. My sister didn't seem to understand and made the comment of "what you didn't keep it" as a joke, but I don't think she got that I felt like one of my rights as a mother got taken away and that at the time you don't think about it because you are just worried about your babies life. Its weird when you have these sudden thoughts of 'hey I never got to experience that because of what happened'

[MadCatR]

Bellalika - I just notices, my math may be off, but was Logan due on the 6th April too?

[bellalika]

Sciend - Logan was due April 6th - what a coincidence! Maybe it was a thing ... all babies due that day were destined to be prem! (I don't think this is likely, but a thought)

re: umbilical stump - the nurse in charge of Logan came in one morning with the clip from his cord and said that they had taken it off and thought I might like the clip. She said that it had been taken off by another nurse who had thrown it out, but she rescued it.

re: support - Apparently their are parent groups just for premmie mums and dads run throughout Australia, but I don't know where or how to find out. These would be a support base if only premmie mums were told about them in terms of location, how to make contact etc.

My husband and I refer to the Maternal and Child health nurse as the mental health nurse. She is a really lovely lady and has been quite helpful. However, we do get a lot of comparisons of birth age and actual age. The first 'mental health nurse' on her home visit told us off for not having book cases attached with brackets to the wall, rubber corners on furniture and safety plugs in switches. He had enough problems breathing let alone crawing and climbing book cases!

It has only been in the last 2 weeks that Logan has been having 'awake' time. He use to just feed and sleep. Unfortunately anyone who is around grabs him at these times as 'they only get to see him asleep otherwise.' Very frustrating. Logan retaliated though - he vomited all over my little brother this afternoon. Tee Hee Hee. His girlfriend thought it was hilarious until she realised that she does the washing at their house.

[bellalika]

Feral - I'm glad that your baby is doing so well. It is comforting to know that everything does work out okay in the end.

[*~alegna~*]

Hey ladies,

Both my babies were/are pretermers.

June 06 Heath (DS) 4wks early @ 36wks - 6lb13oz. He was terribly jaudiced & sluggish to feed so as a result, dispite his great size he was in SCN for nearly 4wks as he wasn't sustaining his weight. In the end we got him home though.

January 08 Gabriella (DD) 5wks early @ 35wks - 5lb2oz. She was a little hoot! Feed like a demon & was only in SCN for just over 1 wk before I was allowed to bail her out.

This section is a god send to me at the moment as I'm in 2 minds about TTC #3 due to concerns I have about delivering early again. The whole "SCN" really spooks me.

Skimming back though it looks like I'm not the only one with more than 1 prem. Is is very common? wht do you think my chances would be to go even earlier? (My greatest fear)

Sorry to highjack girls but TIA! :hugs:

[3BoysBlue]

Skimming back though it looks like I'm not the only one with more than 1 prem. Is is very common? wht do you think my chances would be to go even earlier? (My greatest fear)
:hugs:

Hi:wave: im another with 2 prems and it depends on why bubs came early in the 1st place
in my case ive got a bicornuate uterus (heart shaped)
which is why i dont carry full term but it was just one of those things well
its just a try and find out situation:hugs:

am also very unsure about going for a 3rd as im lucky i got as far as i did and ive got all the what ifs
:(

[*~alegna~*]

Hi:wave: im another with 2 prems and it depends on why bubs came early in the 1st place
in my case ive got a bicornuate uterus (heart shaped)
which is why i dont carry full term but it was just one of those things well
its just a try and find out situation:hugs:

am also very unsure about going for a 3rd as im lucky i got as far as i did and ive got all the what ifs
:(

Hi Rachael! I've no idea why I deliver early. I DO know that I have "silent contractions" though until my waters break, which in both cases were broken for me at around 7-8cms. Both labours were under 4 hrs & both times just pure "instinct" to go to hospital for a quick check (that resulted in be obviously having babies!:o). OB has no clue either as far as she's concerned my cooker is fine just appears to not want to go the distance. it also seems that I dialate very quickly too. on both occasions once they hooked me to the trace to see whether or not I was dialating (I WAS!) & checked me I was 4-5cm & within a few hrs I had delivered (too far gone to stop anything)

I did have a niggle that something was maybe going to happen with DD at 33wks & got a steroid shot to strengthen her lungs, unfortunatly I had a severe reaction to the 1st one so didn't have the 2nd in the course. Glad I got the 1st one in though for obvious reasons.

[Jinglebells]

My reason for my premie babies is that my waters break early, for no aparent reason, I don't even go into labour after my waters have broken, the longest i've gonefrom waters breaking to being induced was 2 weeks, because its happened 3 times the likelyhood of it happening again is very high, thats why DH had the snip, I don't wan't to loose anymore babies, so at the mo i'm not going through it again, but i've always wanted a big family so we may change our minds at a later stage, I've been blessed with 2 healthy babies, so i'm happy

[MadCatR]

It is such a scary thought as to whether next bubs could come early. I ended up having gallbladder problems and having it out when she was 10 days old, we only new I had problems after she was here. Really wasn't fun her being in Special care nursery and me in another hospital 40 minutes away, but thankfully she managed to get transferred to the same hospi the next day coz she was doing so well. So anyway everyone in my family reckon that is what caused her to come out early although none of the medical profession said anything (they couldn't give me a reason). I'm still a bit scared that wasn't what caused it and it could happen again. I think those of you who choose to TTC again are extremely strong even if you don't feel it.

I had mostly family and friends say how tiny Ada was born, but not as prem looking as they had expected. The worst that I was talking to my DH about and ****ed him off too was that in the SCN we kept having the nurses saying "she's a good size are you sure you got the dates right?"
It made me feel like I had to defend her right to be there and that she was taking up some other premmies bed space. The other worse part is we new our dates were right because we were TTC and had miscarried 2 months earlier and taking lots of home preg tests. Also she needed oxygen for the first 24 hrs, wasn't able to suck, keep her body temp and was jaundice under lights. Like it isn't hard enough going through wondering if your baby is ok and will survie without feeling like an idiot or fraud.


Sorry I've been having a few vents on here. During sleepless nights my brain wonders and I keep going over things and thinking how I would have like to have done things different. I'm trying really hard not to dwell on it too long though or not only will I have missed out on so much in that first couple of weeks of her life I'll miss out on many more because of anger at the hospital and medical staff and myself.

[bellalika]

I kept getting asked if I got my dates wrong with Logan also. I just kept explaining that he was a Clomid baby, and therefore I knew exactly when he was concieved. It was really annoying. (I have Polycystic ovaries. Clomid is a drug that assists ovulation. I was having internal untrasounds weekly to check progress and ensure eggs were maturing until they got the dosage right. I was also given injections to promote ovulation of the mature eggs and given ovulation tests - and told that we had to TTC within 24 hours. Not romantic but had a positive outcome.)

I had Logan within 2 1/2 hours of my waters breaking, which was more of a leak. I didn't get contractions until about 10 minutes after. By the time I got to the hospital about 1 - 1 1/2 hours later, I was 10cm dialated. I had my check up with the OB on Thursday. He doesn't know why I went into labour early and is really suprised by the speed. He thinks I must have had contractions but didn't realise it. I didn't even have a back ache until after labour!

Logan had his 8 week check and is behaving like a 4 week old baby now. He has put on 1.25 kg in a month. No wonder he has chipmunk cheeks!

Logan had his x-ray on Thursday which was to be sent to the paed by today. Since I havent heard from him, I am assuming all is good.

Had his ABR (hearing test). He can hear well in his left ear but nothing in his right. They think there may be fluid stopping the ear drum from vibrating (they tested the drum and it flatlined, unlike the left ear where it arched on the screen). We are going back in early June to do the test again. My theory: There are a lot of people who talk too much, so this way he only has to hear half of it. :ecomcity:

[the dargonfly faery]

My baby girl was a prem, delivered at 35 weeks and she weight 4pounds 2 ounces and in scn for just over 2 weeks. I had pre-eclampsia and was in hospitail being montored and was meant ot be induced on the 7th of Jan ( born 6th) but went into labour natrally and had a 6 hr labour.

She now weights a healthy 11 pounds 6 ounces, smiling like crazy, nearly rolling, giggling, bascally mostly what a 3-4 month old is doing. She is just moving into 000 in some stuff, i keep calling her my little fatty.

I hated being dischanged and going home leaving her there, bascally cried myself to sleep every night at home till she came home, i feel guilty every day and still do.

I am scared of having pre-eclampsia again which my gp told me isn't that likely, i could have a premmie again though. My sister had a premmie back in 05' and was in scn for 1 month on tubes for her feeds, oxygen ect, at least my baby was healthy.

Hope everyones bubs are growing healthy and developing well.

Melanie :flowerz:

[Maricamp]

I recently gave birth to our beautiful baby girl 34+4 weeks gestation, she spent 3 days at the Royal Womens Melb cause she needed oxygen then after 24 hours was breathing by herself, then was transfered back home and spent a further 2 weeks in the SCN and is now home, feeding like a trooper and gaining weight.... She weighed in at 2080 size of a 32 weeker...

[bellalika]

Maricamp - glad to see that your little girl is feeding well and gaining weight. Hopefully she will catch up quick and everything will be fine. It is hard work having a prem, but worth it when they reach their milestones, even if they do reach them a little later than desired.

[Mum23DDs]

Hi:wave: im another with 2 prems and it depends on why bubs came early in the 1st place
in my case ive got a bicornuate uterus (heart shaped)
which is why i dont carry full term but it was just one of those things well
its just a try and find out situation:hugs:

am also very unsure about going for a 3rd as im lucky i got as far as i did and ive got all the what ifs
:(

Hi I have had 3 prems my first was 32 and 1/2 weeks but was still 5pound 3 ounce my second was 36 weeks (first labour stopped at 33wks) and 6 pound 1/2 ounce and my third was 35wks.

Unfortunately I just go into labour early. My first I did not even know I was in labour either and I had a bleed and went to the hospital and was 4cm dialated (breech baby), the second I was a little more aware and was 2cm dialated from 30weeks and lasted till 36wks breach also (bed rest) and the third I was dialated from 29weeks 1cm and lasted till 35weeks head down. I just go into labour and that is it. I have had my tubes done though as the last pregnancy was really hard on me.

But I have had some friend have their second or third fine so I guess you never know.

All babes are doing great now and DD1 is even the tallest girl in her class ...go figure :rolleyes:

[naiwen]

Just wanted to say hi to all premmie mums, have any of you had numerous readmissions to hospy for your bub, and when did they drop of?

Just curious because I am so over it!

Also any mums on here who prems are on home oxygen?

[niknax]

Hi

I had a premmie baby in May 07. She was born at 35 weeks 1 day and weighed 4.5 pounds. Born by emergency C/S because of eclampsia. Didn't need any oxygen and was in special care for 21 days. Hated going home without her felt like a part of me was missing.

However she is happy and healthy now at nearly 13 months and weighs nearly 9 kilos. Think she is always going to be a string bean but hey there are worse things! She is on target and even ahead on some of her milestones and my paed has told me that we can stop adjusting her age now. He cleared he on her birthday and we don't need to see him anymore Yay!!! I think it is a peculiarly premmie thing that we get so excited about the little milestones because we know how close it can come to all going wrong! Although it was hard having her early i wouldn't trade one moment of the first year for anything (well maybe bargain a little away for extra sleep! :laughing:)

Hope everyones bubs are happy and healthy

[liss]

Hi
I had my DD at 30 weeks +3 days....She was in NICU for about a week and a half then spent the rest in scn. She was in for almost 7 weeks all up. She was born 1290grmas, such a wonderful lil girl then and now. She is 10 months old and 8.2 kgs!

[naiwen]

Hi Liss,

Sounds like she has done very well, do they know why she came early?

Welcome!

[kotakai]

Hi :wave:

I had a premmie born on 8th May at 33 weeks. We knew he'd be early as I have Rhesus Incompatability.

He was a good size at 5lb 5 oz & 48.5cms long.

Due to the rhesus probs he needed an exchange transfusion within hours of being born & spent around 15 days under the lights. The first few days he was under 4 lights & they were so bright you couldn't look at him for too long as it gave you a headache.

We finally got our first hold on day 5.

He did really well though, breathed on his own from the start, and we were able to start breastfeeding on day 9. This was gradually increased & tube feeds were decreased & we were very lucky and able to bring him home on day 19.

He is 1month old today & has put on about 400 grams. He feeds every 4 hours & pretty much sleeps the whole time in bewtween, although over the last few days he has had a few long awake periods in between.

[Ronni78]

Reading your posts has made me cry like a baby.

I had a premmie in February 08 and I understand what a lot of you were saying earlier on, though I've only had one premmie.

It was extremely hard and surreal in the hospital, having had a baby yet not having a baby. We couldn't hold our DS, born 35 wks, until a week after he was born and then only for a minute.

Seeing your tiny baby covered in a mass of wires and tubes in a humicrib on the CPAP, frequently stopping breathing/heartbeat, not feeding, not doing anything, was something I will never forget.

The journeying to and from the hospital several times a day whilst trying to care for a toddler and school aged child made time spent at the hospital even more precious. Not to mention trying to get enough milk, expressing at all hours. Though DS was only in the SCN for 3 weeks, it was enough for me.

I can understand how people want to critisize you for wanting more, knowing the risks, but they mustn't know how much we love babies that we will risk heartache to have them.