Bubs that are born 35-36wks - What was your experience? Did they need SCU or NICU?

[csab]

Hi all,

Just wanted to find out about your experiences. My bub is on the small side, and I have been told that depending on my next u/s which is next week, bub may need to be delivered early. they are hoping to push it until 35-36wks, but may need to come earlier than that.
I am currently taking thyroxin and also on insulin for GD, and also need take aspirin as I am ANA postive.
So if you had to bring bubs early due to being small or due to IUGR, how early and did bub need special care and for how long?
What should I expect?

As I mentioned atm nothing is confirmed as to how early they expect to deliver bubs, until after Tuesday's u/s which then I may know more. I am hoping bub has a good growth spurt as at last u/s just under 3wks ago bub was measuring at the 6th percentile, and abdominal circumference was approx 3rd/4th percentile.


Thanks in advance

[skybie]

DD2 was born at 36 weeks, she was admitted to SCN due to low BSL's but she got to room in with me the whole time and we were never seperated. She was discharged the next day. we were very lucky, hopefully u will be too

[Little Chicken]

At that gestation, bub could very well be with you all the time. Unless there are breathing issues (not very likely), I would say SCN rather then the NICU.

[aussienic]

My DD was born at 36 weeks and they expected troubles as my placenta was started to show signs of it failing. She spent some time in SCN due to extremely low BSL but I had GD (on insulin) I expressed milk while waiting for the cs and they said that helped bring her BSL up. See if you can do that if the situation needs it

She had a little trouble maintaining her temp for the first few hours but other then that she was completely healthy

[Tuesday's Child]

My cousin's DS was born at 36 weeks. Her waters broke a couple of weeks before she was to be induced, but I'm not sure if she started labour spontaneously or had to be induced. He spent a few days in SCN.

[butterfly_warrior]

Sam was born at 36 weeks. At that gestation a lot of babies don't have a suck reflex, so you may have to express and bub will be fed through an NG tube until they are able to suck. Sam had no breathing issues as a result of his prematurity (had a few problems a couple of days later as a numpty nurse put in an NG tube that was too short), but it took him ten days to get out of hospital. After 8 days he was tried on all suck feeds, on day 9 he was allowed to room in with me as he'd coped with the full suck feeds and then on day 10 we were discharged. I was lucky as it was a private hospital and very quiet over the Christmas period so I was able to stay in with him the whole time.

The nursery at the hospital takes babies from 34 weeks, so if you get to 35-36 weeks you are looking more at SCN than NICU - depending on other issues bub may have.

BW

[teresa]

to be honest it all depends on what bubs is like when he/she is born but a stay in SCN is not unusual. if baby requires help with breathing then they are more likely to go to NICU but otherwise will stay in SCN. i was insulin dependent GD and DS was put on a sugar drip after he was born for 24 hours to stabilise his sugars. plus babies dont develop their sucking reflex until 36 weeks gestation in womb anyway so he/she will need a feeding tube until they can manage to suck without any issues. HTH

[*Beema*]

DD2 was born at 35 weeks and she had three courses of steroids, the last less than 48 hours before delivery. We had a short cuddle then she had to go to SCN, she was blowing bublles and pausing her breathing, her Paed was concerned it was going to develop into Hyaline membrane Disease (Respiratory Distress in the Premature Infant), so she went into an Isolette and on O2, and the quick action of her Paed ensured that she didn't end up getting transferred to a NICU hospital. She was weaned off the O2 within by that night (born at 11:35am), but once I had settled into my room after my CS they bought her in in the isolette with the oxygen and monitors, and I was able to take her out and give her cuddles after a few hours, her sats improved dramatcailly when she was getting skin to skin She was quite mucussy for a few days as well because she didn't get the squeezing that comes with a VB.

She stayed in the Isolette for a couple of days to help with maintaining her temperature, and so that she could focus on learning to feed rather than that and maintaining her temps as well. She was able to suck on day 1 with lots of encouragement and begging from me nipple shields would be really useful as well especially if she is a bit small and you want to BF. I also escaped her having an IV, NGT and bottles, due to speaking with her Paed and planning a course of action prior to delivery, and he was fully supportive so she was fully BF'd from the start

Take care hun and I will catch up on everything in other threads now I have written my BS! xxoo