Hi Nic,
I had a prem @ 21 weeks in my 2nd pg( long story) then I was pg again 8 weeks after losing my DS. I too got a little freaked around the same time in my 3rd pg with DD. I couldnt help it, it was always in the back of my mind. Its natural. Even my sis who had her 1st @ 30 weeks was afraid with her 2nd pg as she had PE and HELLP. She just delivered her DD @ 26 weeks.
Quite frankly after my 3 pg's, the actual thought of being pg again scares living hell outta me lol but I do want more babies
Oh Nic, I can only imagine how you feel. I am not really thinking of getting pg soon, but in the back of my head, I am also scared *****less about having another prem!! I like having this small perfect bundel of joy, seems more baby than bigger bubs, but still, to go through it again ...
So just so many hard (hugs) to you hun!! I'll be having my fingers crossed for your little powpow to come much later
thanks Carrie! i actually almost paniked early thismorning 4am i awoke with some pains. think they were just BH but were coming every 9-10min for neally 1.5hrs. So many things were running through my head about what i had to organise, but i managed to get back to sleep just b4 six and haven't had anymore since waking again at 7.30am. but now im getting some sort of a cold or something i have the sorest throat. Hoping it doesnt eventuate into anything more then the sore thraot.
Tiffany- i can only imagine what you have been through and your sister.
I know im at a good gestation should something happen any time from now. How is your neice doing that was born @ 26weeks? Thats not Danni from Austprem is it??
They named her Aurora Isabelle. She is doing really well now. She has had a few little hiccups i.e valve in her heart not closing, she threw up while on the ventilator and swallowed it down into her lung which it then collapsed, a little bowel disruption, her bp kept dropping, then she dropped weight due to a minor infection from the central line in her heart but they got it early.
Despite all this the little trooper is doing great. She is off her CPAP for up to 10 hours now and has gone from 669 grams at birth to a whopping 1150 grams. There is talk of her being able to be transferred back to her original hospital in the next few weeks once she is off the CPAP altogether. I have been to see her but not IYKWIM, I just couldnt bring myself to go in and look at her. She was not much bigger than my Lachlann.
Braedon is absolutely wrapped at being a big bro, he's my little sweety, but apparently he's having issues with mummy not being at home and his father is not the easiest person to get along with let alone live with(lol dont get me started on him!!!!)
oh i have been wondering they they are doing.
wow that is great that she is off cpap already! i read Bretts last msg that they were hoping she can be transfered soon, gosh it must be tough. i understand it would be terribly hard for you to see your little neice after what you went thought with Lachlann. Poor Braedon missing mummy, must be hard on him too.
send my best wishes and i hope Aurora can be transfered closer real soon.
Im going well thanks for asking, was like a huge sigh of releif after D day! i had and OB appointment today and everything is looking good. On another course of anti biotics which ive been on monthly for the last 4-5months.
i just started getting sick again have a terrible cough atm and really affecting my sleeping ability.
so is there a genetic link there between PE & HELLPS? with you and your sister?
I thought PE doesnt commonly return in subsiquent pregnancies, or was it a higher risk for re-occurance?
Oh boy is there a genetic link Nic, my mother had it with my brother and sister and my grandmother had it with two of her five pregnancies. So far though Dannii is the only one that had developed HELLPS though, I think she was told after Brae was born that there was a 60% chance of her having it again with any subsequent pgs.
It's kinda funny in a way when I was in hospital before I had Phoebe the Ob's and physicians at the RBWH explained the whole PE thing to me and the main focus was put on my weight as the main contributing factor they went on to tell me all the others but not once did they mention any genetic predisposition to the condition huh!!
My dr told me HELLP was one of that freaky things that can happen to anyone - genitic I am not so sure! I tried to google, but the dr-talk is over my head! So if anyone understands the stuff- please translate in english! (As far a I can understand they can't say yes or no)
O yes, he was very clear about it not being a thing that you can avoid. In your case being overweight should not be the reason (so was explained to me - about HELLP)
hi guys I just have a question my baby is 10 weeks old 2 weeks corrected and is starting to sleep longer over night and has to be woken up for his 4 hour feeds should i start letting him go longer? Should i wait till he gets hungry and how long should i wait? should i just start treating him like a normal newborn and go with his cues?
I would love any opinions
thanks
xox
nay,
I think it depends on how much he weighs. If he is over 2.5kg, I would say leave him and see how it goes. If he is under, I would wake him up till he is over 2.5kg. I would wake him if he sleeps for longer than six hours through the day, but at night, he can sleep as long as he likes.
Hope this helps
Hi nay! Congratulations on the birth of Linkoln, I didnt know you had gone early until just now!!
My son is 8 weeks old, 4 weeks corrected. I really never considered him to be a premmie baby when he was born. Lucas had gastroschisis and needed an operation immediately after birth, so I was going to be induced at 37 weeks anyway so in my mind he was only a week early, and HUGE at 2.6kg compared to the other bubs in NICU. He is now 3.7kg. Anyway it’s only since bringing him home that we realised the importance of going by his corrected age. He still feeds every 2-3 hours, so I wouldn’t let him go longer than 6 hours between feeds.
I think alot depends on Linkoln's current weight and there is a way of figuring out how long he should go between feeds by going off his weight. I’ve had a look for you around BB but I can’t find it, may have been another site, or maybe the other mums here might know.
thanks for your advice he has put on heaps of weight and now weighs almost 9 pounds (i dont know what that is in kilos) he seems really happy to wait the 4 hours at night but still feeds every 3 hours during the day. I might ring the SCN and check with them if its ok or not.
Take care all
xox
Thats awesome nay, it sounds like you are doing a fantastic job and that Linkoln is going great guns at 9lb which is about 4.5kg. If he feeds alot during the day then genrally he will need to feed less during the night, but yes checking with the nurse is a good idea as I'm no expert except for my personal experiences. But to me it sounds like 9 lbs for 2 weeks corrected is great! So happy for you and your fam I'll have to backtrack a bit and catch up on his birth story etc.
9lb is about 4-4.1kg mark i think so thats great!
i would let him sleep during the night for as long as he sleeps for, if he is hungry he will no sooner wake and want a feed.
congratulations anyway, why did Linkoln make an early appearance?
yep i am going to try for a vbac fingers crossed! but im a bit more open this time on how things dont go according to plan so understand if i end up with a cs i gave it my best shot!
its weird i cannot imagine having a big baby like over 8lb or anything, dh rekons he is going to be a 9lb ahh!
How's little Blake going? he looks very gorgeous in your avater!
Thanks! He is going well, such a big boy now, 5 months and 8kg, 69cm long! He's rolling both ways, has given us a couple of giggles. He's teething at the moment and it's absolute hell, waking up at least 3 times a night!!!!!
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