Premmie Mums #8

[Sally2]

WOO WOO TRISTAN
Big crawling bubba! Great job Sal

[*Beema*]

Big hugs Sal

[tk1999]

Lots of love to you Sally... I can't imagine going through this each year... I hope we both get through this xox

[Mr Squidipa]

i hope you dont mind me poking my head in here as i could do with all the premy advice that i can get for thoses that dont know we have just had our little one at 35wks+5 never had a premy before so this is so new to us me and dw

[tk1999]

Welcome to the Squidipa family!! Congratulations on Chakotay's arrival - from your other thread (BA) it sounds as he is doing really well. Please let us know any questions you have and we will do our best to answer them.

[Mr Squidipa]

thanks i do have a question how do you look after a premy bub when he/she is home might sound silly but this is so knew and i have no idea how to look after a premy bub

[tk1999]

Just like any other bub really - some are discharged with medications, some have additional nurse visits, additional paediatrician visits but generally they are just a normal bub only smaller as bubs usually won't be allowed home until they are off all tubes etc and no longer require all the interventions that they have had during their hospital stay.

We were initially told DD would be in hospital for 6 weeks (so until her due date) but she was only in hospital for 15 days (even though they were the longest 15 days of my life). But once we got her home we didn't really treat her any differently (not that we have any other children to compare to though). We were a bit more cautious if people were sick - but I guess any parent would do that. I always made sure she was covered in the cooler weather (it was August so end of winter).