Curious and Confused

[Justboys]

My cousin is 23 weeks pregnant, she is having twins. But one of them has sadly passed away to do some deformities. She went to Mater today to have further scans and they have kept her cause they are thinking of doing a c/section or believe the baby could be coming:confused:

Anyways she has been asking q's like what will it look like, will it survive, I know there will be so much involved but maybe someone has been in this position and could give us a bit of advice

Thanks

[flyawayfree]

Just bumping this up for you, I have no advice though :-)

[Justboys]

Thanks

Anyone else had a bub this early?? Just found out the head has moved down more and they don't think she is far off!!!!

[Nowhere]

check out lil ausie prems there are some 23 weeks on there, 23 weeks is very very early and they wil have a long road ahead of them sometmes with out a happy ending but some can survive that early.

Thnking of them HUGS

[TripleTime]

23 weeks is VERY VERY VERY early but can be done. Most hospitals wont help a baby under 24 weeks gestation.

As Amy said, its a long road but it can be done.

NSW Health put out a booklet with prem birth stats, im trying to find it for you. Only preoblem with is that it doesnt take into account the reason why bub was born early.

[faroutbrusselsprout]

23 weeks is VERY VERY VERY early but can be done. Most hospitals wont help a baby under 24 weeks gestation.

As Amy said, its a long road but it can be done.

NSW Health put out a booklet with prem birth stats, im trying to find it for you. Only preoblem with is that it doesnt take into account the reason why bub was born early.

:iagree::iagree:

here's some info I found -

Your baby is still making remarkable changes at 23 weeks pregnant. Her skin is still quite red and heavily wrinkled. Your baby can hear loud noises in the womb from now and as you continue your pregnancy week by week, so don't be surprised if your baby seems to move around a bit when you are vacuuming or are in an environment where loud noises are quite common.

The bones located in your baby's middle ear are starting to form by pregnancy week 23, and your baby is continuing to fill out and look more and more proportional.
If your baby were born this week, there is a small chance your baby would survive outside the womb, however it is best that your baby stay put! Many women start to wonder what might happen if their baby is born prematurely. A baby born between 23 and 24 weeks would have a 10 to 70 percent chance of survival. It truly depends on a number of factors that have to be taken into consideration.
There are babies that are born at one pound that beat the odds and go on to live a fairly normal life, while others unfortunately die due to unexpected complications. The smallest babies may survive but grow up with some mental or motor disabilities as a result of their extreme prematurity.
Every day your baby stays in the womb increases their survival rate by approximately 3 percent during weeks 23 and 26.
Generally after 26 weeks the survival rate jumps to 80-90 percent. Many things can affect your baby's chances of survival if she is born prematurely. If your membranes rupture (your water breaks) prior to 24 weeks, your baby has less of a chance than if your membranes stay intact. Other factors such as diabetes or high blood pressure can place added stress on the baby during delivery, increasing the chances of complication.

[mini-moo's mummy]

hi....

i delivered a 22w1d bub 8 weeks ago......

im not sure exactly what u want to know, but sadly the chances of survival would be slim... its horrible to say but u need to know that.

my bub was a fully formed bub, just a very small baby with very fragile looking skin....
he was basically a big fetus, not a small baby if that makes sense......

there is other things i can tell you but probably not quite right to discuss on a open forum, feel free to PM me and i can tell you some other things if u like.....

big hugs for ur cousin and u and ur family:hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:

[TripleTime]

I found the booklet i was looking for.

http://www.psn.org.au/images/stories/outcomesprematurebabies.pdf