*det* Thanks alot for your advise, I am a member of MBA but am no sure what they can help me with as yet they did send all my info to the MBA co-ordinator here at the hospital which was great when I came here she came up to say hello. I get the monthly news letter so I might have another read and have a look at the support they offer.
As for the pead I did meet with one but am not sure if he was a baby doctor from the NICU our the twins Pead hmmmm I will have to check thanks for pointing these out.
My plan is to go with the flow which I am very good at but this is very new to me as it is with everyone else who knows what is going to happen. Im sure I will have alot of questions for you soon.
Alan Whaoo 34 weeks and a home birth amazing. Im glad everything went well it nice hearing positive stories like that one thanks for the link I will check it out
Thanks Nelle I may be in here all the time for a debrief.
MantaRay thanks for the info about BF I can't quite get my head around it all only cause I had problem with my DD, I am going to check out the ABA. Do you know when they will let us do kangroo care as they are will be 33 weeks?
Once again thanks alot for all your info I will pop back in before friday as Im sure I will have a heap of question by then.
By now you've probably had your twins, I hope they are doing really well. You did so well to hang on for as long as you did, well done.
A friend of mine had twins at 32 weeks, just over 2 weeks ago. They were born via emergancy c-section after 8 weeks of bedrest and hospital admissions. Their weights were 1000 and 1200 grams, very small for 32 weeks. They only required the NICU for 2-3 days and have been in SCN since. They are also almost completely suck fed!!!
As for BF, I had LOTS of trouble with Brendan (30+1 weeker) and exclusively expressed for 5 months. I was so determined to BF Tristan (34+3 weeker) even when he arrived early it made me even more determined. Both boys fed using a nipple shield in the early days. Tristan was weaned of it by 3 weeks and is now 3.5 months and fully BF! I highly recommend the lactation cookies if you are having issues with supply.
I hope your twins arrived safely and would love to hear how they are doing.
I had a singleton at 33weeks, he was in hospital for 4 weeks and is now 3 1/2yrs old.
kangaroo cuddles are the absolute best and would definatley help your milk supply, it would just depend on how they are doing and weather in nicu or scn to how much cuddles you get! I got my first cuddle with Nixon on day 4 and he was in nicu until day 5, once he was in scn i could hold him lots more
my c-section got cancelled on friday then I had a problem with my liver and started to get really itchy, then my little mans doppler flow wasn't doing so good so I ended up having my c-section on the 6th oct Harper weighing 2160g (4lb12oz) at 9.41pm and Cody weighing 1460g (3lb2oz) at 9.42pm They are both doing really well they didn't need any oxygen and went straight to scn. It was great to hear them screaming their heads off when they came out.
I am still trying to get my milk supply up they are 9 days old now and I was hoping to have it in by now I have lots of kangaroo cuddles with the boys and am trying to breast feed them once or twice a day so hopefully it works.
Congrats Azzrenae, great to hear they're doing so well !!
I'm sure you're probably doing this anyway, but just incase you're not, make sure you pump every 2-3 hours (even thru the night at least until your milk is in) for about 10 mins per side to get your milk supply going, because the 1-2 feeds per day probably wont be enough to get it started. The hospital should be able to lend you a pump.
but this is very new to me as it is with everyone else who knows what is going to happen. Im sure I will have alot of questions for you soon.
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