hi hun, my lil girl was 4 weeks early.
she went to the SCN about and hour and a hlaf after she was born because her blood sugar levels were low after a feed. so they topped her up with a lil bit of formula and her levels went up.
she was roomed in with me from then on, having her blood sugar levels taken every 3 hours until we had 3 high level readings, which we did, they then took her levels every 6 hours.
the next day she was discharged from the SCN and the day after that we were home!
she's had no trouble at all feeding, infact she fed so well they didnt believe she was early! and had only the lowest levels of jaundice which they weren't concerned about.
she was a very sleepy baby for about the first week but now she's just like any other 3 and a half week old!
we rushed out and bout 5 zero sized clothes because we knew she was coming early but in the end we didnt need them because she was 7 pound 6!!!
This isnt the same for all babies and we were very lucky! another lady had her bub 4 weeks early at the same time as me and he had alot of issues.
just thought i'd give u our positive story, i was really really scared she'd be in SCN and not with me, but everything turned out perfect.
Wishing ur sister all the best of luck hun, let us know how her and her bubby go
xxxx
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