I'm sorry I didn't get to read all the posts. Wow, August, you will just about be able to see your little one!! How exciting and terrifying for you at the same time. I know part of me wanted to see my baby, the other part wanted me to keep her in my belly for ever as she was safe.

I truly hope everything will go by the textbook and I will be thinking of you!! (I know of a support forum for gastro if you ever want the link just let me know. Its based in UK and I'm the only aussie, but there are a few americans there too)

I'm sure things are just getting cramped in there, but it never hurts to go get checked.


Our story
I was induced at the Royal Brisbane at 36+6 days. They just started with the gel, but thats all I needed. 10 hours after the gel, I gave birth to our little girl. She was starting to get stressed towards the end, so they ended up vacuuming her out. They wrapped her belly up in clingwrap type stuff and wrapped her in a blanket and gave me a quick cuddle. She wasn't stressed afterall and got apgars of 8 and 9.

I was too concerned for them to take her down to the NICU and "fix" her.

They managed to do a primary closure without anaesthetic or stitches,just baby panadol. She was sound asleep less than an hour after the "surgery".

We got to give her a cuddle on the second day. It was so exciting to see tiny little fingernail sized poos when she started bowelmovements.

Unfortunately she had one incident that set her back a few days with the central line suspected of being infected, however she recovered very quickly and at 3 weeks we started feeds and were able to increase them dramatically so she was home at 3.5weeks.

We breastfed for 7 months, however her latch wasn't fantastic after getting used to only having a dummy to suck. She started solids at 4 months and LOVED and tolerated everything so very well. Of course I was so paranoid of her tolerating foods it would take me quite awhile to change foods.

She was also the most fanastic sleeper.

The only problem we had was the beginning of this year, she suffered very severe stomach cramps. She had gotten a bit blocked up in there (she needs to have a bowel movement every day) and the blockage actually caused a urinary tract infection as it was pushing on her urinary organs.

Apart from that, she can eat everything (though juice and sweet biscuits limited to only one in a day..they seem to cause a little stomach ache).

I'm excited and nervous about her belly button being fixed. I should be seeing our surgeon in the next few months.


Well sorry for the long winded story.

I really and truly wish you all the best.