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  1. #1
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    May 2008
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    Way to go Nikita!

    Sal, Tristan sounds like he is a happpy and contented little baby who is getting enough to eat, perhaps he was always going to be small? Would it be an issue if he hadn't been a prem? I think you are doing an amazing job with both boys, what lucky kids to have such dedicated parents as you two!

    Charlie is a big boofer at 11.8kgs, he has certainly caught up size wise, we have been very lucky with our long term 'issue's', we will see what he is like next winter if the chronic lung thingy is better or if we do the hospy run's again......

    butterfly warrior, we couldn't bring ourselves to order a doll, we have a stuffed monkey that was in the cot with charlie when he was born and it's the same length, skinny legs, same size head etc but I can still food myself into thinking " Oh, Charlie was a bit bitter than that, he was heavier etc etc. " I think the reality of the doll would just be too much. A premmie mum friend of ours has one of her daughter, she was only 24 weeks and I don't cope with that AT ALL it's tooooooo small, toooo confronting........ But it's been really important for her to remember how small Tilly was when she was born....
    Whatever it takes to get through is my philosopy, I still don't cope very well remembering those days........Charlie's due date is coming up and we just passed his coming home date a few days ago.....

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    Oct 2007
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    Big Hugs Sally2

    I hope the CLD is improving has he had any recent scans? We've been told to expect another crap winter with N as well, hoping we can avoid the hospitals as well, way too many visits last year

    A few friends have been the same with the dolls, I got mine so I could really remember, although I wish I had gone for a fells like rather than actual ad the actual just doesn't "feel right"

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    Dec 2008
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    i dont have any issues dealing with the fact i had 3 premmies,maybe cos niesha was 35 weeks and didnt need to go to nursery and then with hunter i knew something was wrong and he would be safe before he arrived and with serenity i was in shock hoping id go longer but id done it all before so i was an old hand so it just seemed lilke no biggy to me.....i dont think id get a doll cos i like thinking she still small and my baby and it would show how much shes grown

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    Dec 2005
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    I've heard so many stories of 35 weekers doing better and getting out of hospital faster than 36 weekers. Does anyone know why that is? I guess I've also heard of some 36 week babies popping out much, much bigger than Sam and not needing SCN at all... and it bugs me that Sam needed to be in there for so long... especially so when I realise he probably could have got out much quicker (and we may have been able to BF properly) if a stupid nurse hadn't put in an NG tube that was too short and probably caused us our biggest problems!

    BW

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    I'm just soooo happy all these premmie babies are healthy and thriving !

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    It all depends on baby, why they were prem, their size, whether steroids were given, ect ect. there are so so so many factors.

    The following is statistics taken from Lil Aussie Prems, on gestation VS Hospital stay (I've taken out the babies names for privacy reasons) and it is still by far better to reach 36 weeks than what it is any less xxx

    23 weeks
    Average: 163 days/ 23+3 weeks

    24 weeks
    Average: 147 days / 21 weeks

    25 weeks
    Average: 106 days /15+1 weeks

    26 weeks
    Average: 114 days/16+2weeks

    27 weeks
    Average: 89 days /12+5 weeks

    28 weeks
    Average: 74 days/ 10+4 weeks

    29 weeks
    Average: 60 days / 8+4 weeks

    30 weeks
    Average: 51 days / 7+2 weeks

    31 weeks
    Average:41 days / 5+6 weeks

    32 weeks
    Average: 37 days /5+2 weeks

    33 weeks
    Average: 23 days / 3+2 weeks

    34 weeks
    Average: 18 days / 2+4 weeks

    35 weeks
    Average:15 days/ 2+1weeks

    36 weeks
    Average: 11 days /1+4 weeks

  7. #7
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    Jul 2005
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    gosh i had to go searching back the psges for this one!
    this is Nixon's birth story

    https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...y-arrival.html