mums of premmies, i need help!

[*Beema*]

That is great news that you are home, stay on the bed rest and get to 37 weeks at least, it is fabulous news that your cervix is long and close and the tighenings have calmed down

DD was born at 33 weeks, I am eternally greatful that we were lucky and had a relatively smooth SCBU journey. Extremely low BLS, short term O2, jaundice (under lights for a couple of days) and feeding problems. We transferred to a private hospital when she was 5 days old and to home 6 days later. She too took a lot longer to smile and meet some milestones, and it can be exhausting going through the newborn phase a lot longer than my friends were.

It took a huge amount of effort for me to BF, DD was too small, and I didn't have very good milky supply, and suck feeds took way too much of her energy, and DD did receive some F (even though it was not what I wanted and I don't ever remember signing a form saying she could have any), I also did not want to starve her, she lost weight and it took her a lot of effort to regain any, it wasn't easy for us by any stretch of the imagination, but every single effort to BF was worth it.

I don't ever make the assumption that just because a bub makes it to 35 or 36 weeks that it will all be fine and have a really smooth journey (and by no means do I want to scare you).

I have just seen and a friends with mums and babies all over the spectrum, bigger prems and smaller prems all of varying gestations from 23 weeks through to 36 weeks 5 days. And every single story is different, some early ones have a pretty smooth ride like we did, others later did not. I would be doing everything possible to keep bubs in until term, as it is by that time that all of their organs should be fully developed to be able to cope with living earthside rather than bellyside.

I hope that this doesn't scare you in anyway, as it is certainly not what I want to do, just to make it clear that 37 weeks being classed as FT is done so for a very good reason.

Good to see you are having a growth scan so they can get an idea how bubs is going.

Take care and I hope the next week and a bit goes nice a quickly for you.
Take care and rest up
xxoo

[nickers]

just noticed your ticker congratulations on the arrival of Isabelle!! how is she doing?

[Early Kids]

Hi, just found this thread I hope everything is going well and Isabelle didnt need a SCN stay