Thankyou all who replied, it makes me feel alot better to know that other people have been through it and have a healthy baby to hold.
well my little boys name is liam and i went to the hospital yesterday and he looked the best he ever has. he was a week old on thursday. They had him off the air earlier in the week, but he started to get tired. When we got there they were just taking it off which was great. my partner and i got to have a quick cuddle. They put him up my t-shirt so we were skin to skin. It was amazing. I didnt want to let him go. My partner said he couldnt feel and weight when he was holding him it just felt like a bunch of blankets lol. Last week also they started him on my milk, he gets 3mls every 2 hours. But he was having trouble digesting it and because he was on the air it was causing him to have wind, so now thay put it through a pump that drips it into his stomach.
The hospital he is in at the moment is the flinders medical centre, in all of SA that hospital and women and childrens in the city are the only ones that have level 3 care. There is a hospital that is 15 minutes away from my house where he was born before they transferrred him, thay only have care for babies 32 weeks and up. So i keep asking them how long till he goes there. They cant give me a definate answer, which makes it harder. Some say 2 weeks , some say 4 to 6 weeks. They did try to find me an apartment at the flinders so i could be close to him but they are all booked out. We do have family to watch our girl Erika, but i feel i keep putting them out. I think the thing i find hardest with my little girl is not being able to pick her up or carry her around. She banged her nose the other day when her dad was out and gave herself a little bit of a blood nose. I felt soo helpless as i couldnt pick her up and give her a cuddle.
Thankyou for all your support and ill try to keep you all updated on liam as much as i can
Kyla
PS he did his first poo on wednesday, and did another on friday, good to know thats all in working order. Also as the nurse was changing his nappy he weed all over himself lol.
Hi Kyla I agree with everyone else it is hard and nothing prepares you for it.
Everyone else has said all the right things I just wanted to say hi and lend my support. Make sure you take care of yourself he needs you to be strong for him and use your family and friends. Get them to babysit your daughter it will be max about 8 weeks till he comes home and in the grand scheme of things its not that long to lean on other people and you can always make it up to them when he comes home Remember people want to help you so let them!
Take care and keep us updated on Liams progress
good luck
xox
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