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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.
August x
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?
Nickers-I just wanted to say congrats on making it to 35 weeks, this baby will be a biggun. Are you going for a natural delivery??
oh thanks Ashlee!
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!!!!!
wow he is a big boy now! and 69cm too!
i hope those teeth cut through soon for him and for your sake too!
This thread has been quiet for a while, i hope that means all bubs are doing well.
Nixon was recently sick with swollen glads and ear infections. He did not really eat for a week and lost 0.6kg. He doesnt look sickly skinny or anything but his face and legs definatley went noticably skinner.
He is eating again but starting to get to the fussy stage.... oh i used to have such a good eater please come back!
Got a referal for a hearing test which i will book in soon. Im confident his hearing is fine but his last test they recommended a follow up test and seings as dh was born with some hearing loss better to get these things checked out.
Been meaning to post here but madam hasnt given me the chance.
Rori is back on cpap after crashing once she was in SCN but now is back in NICU. On the plus side though(last I heard) she was 1.7kg so despite the little setback she is still gaining weight. Her Dr seems to think its the CLD thats causing her breathing difficulties and she will likely go home on oxygen. Dannii was hoping to be home but these things happen and they wont transfer Rori until she can be safely left in SCN.
Brae is on school holidays and is arriving today at my house sometime for a couple of weeks of pure unbridled feralness to get it out of his system. Poor mite has had to be on his bestest behaviour being at the rons house. Not much fun for a 4 yr old! I love it when he comes up but I love it when he goes home too lol He's a monster but love him to bits!
oh poor Dannii bugger they haven't been able to transfer yet.
But whats important is Aurora's health so i suppose it is for the best. Thats great she continues to gain weight and hopefully the cpap might come off again soon.
Thanks for the update and send her my best wishes.
Have fun with Mr Braedon!
Just for those who developed PE/HELLPS there are other posts about possible genetic links - search for them...
Nickers, well done...I can't believe you're so close to EDD!!
haven't posted in here for ages...Gemma is 14 months now, just over 12 months corrected, and is nearly caught up to normal standard. She is about 9 kg, still very petite overall but has grown a lot in height. She is a very active crawler and I hope will start walking soon! When I think where we were a year ago, it all seems like a bad dream. Things are so much better and happier now, for everyone :)
Rori had her first big bath yesterday, I didnt get to speak to Danni but my mum said it was a real boost for her. They are slowly weaning Rori off the cpap but looking like she will come home on oxygen.
My little monster has gone home and boy is it quiet here now. I got so angry with Brett for stuffing the plans that Dannii myself and my mother made for when Brae was supposed to stay with us. He is a selfish son of a so'n'so and I give it 5 years and she'll probably leave him because of his ways. GRRRRR!!!!!!
Phoebe is doing really well. She has the whole chubby leg thing going on, it's so cute. Had her weighed not long ago and she is 6.7kg.
Better go madam is waking up. Will try and post again
Hi guys...
We are back from our honeymoon.... Had a lovely time & great weather... but it was really nice to come home & see Lexy... only downside is that my pussy cat had to go to the vet when we were away & had to b put down (he got the cat flu)... we burried him yesterday in a spot that he cam watch us & the house... Lexy got to say by to him... (my GF took Tiger to the vet 4 me & took Lexy & told her he was sleeping)... but poor Lexy keeps going round the house looking for him :(
Lexy is a real chatterbox & hardly stops talking!!!!, she is totally obsessed with Handy Manny on tv... I have orgered her the soft toys from the states for Xmas...
She is totally into everything & knows what she wants & how to get it LOL...
We stopped giving her her dummy at night 3 weeks ago cause she was going to her room & getting it herself... little monkey... & apart from a couple of rough nights she is sleeping really well now & doesnt wake at night... but talks in her sleep lots LOL...
Wil try & keep up.. back to work on Monday :(
Hi everyone
I am Louise and I gave birth to Sofia on the 29th October at 34+6 weeks. Her big sister Maria was premmie as well (34+4). She has had no complications which is great and is in Level 1 at RWH Randwick. She will be coming home on Saturday as they took the feeding tube out yesterday and she has had all sucking feeds since.
Congratulations on your little princess louise! Hr progress sounds amazing, I'm so glad to hear she is doing well with suck feeds etc.
hello :)
My name is sally and my little boy, Brendan, was born at 30 wks on 25/2/2007. he is now 8 1/2 months old and progressing well. He is behind in milestones, but he's healthy and happy! I have posted his story is birth stories for those interested.
Louise, Congratulations on the birth of Sofia! Glad to hear she is doing well.
look foward to getting to know you guys :D
Hi Louise and Sally,
Louise Congrats on Sofia and also on being able to bring her home. It' s the most wonderful feeling when it happens. My sis has just brought her little one home after 3 months in hospital and is over the moon. I'm meeting my neice on Saturday.
Sally- As long as they are happy and healthy that's all that matters hey! I had my DD @31 wks due to PE. I also have a DS who passed away at birth @21 weeks. I went into labour with him due to Chorioamnionitis and SIC. Im glad that Brendan is happy little chappy.
Hello Tiffanny :D
Thanks for the welcome. Sorry to hear about your DS. I haven't heard of SIC before??
Hi brendansmum and kitten2b congrats on the birth of your impatient little babies!
Sally- Sorry, I forget people don't speak "tiff" language lol Suspected incompetant cervix- they put a stitch in with my DD just incase. I've had part of my cervix removed from CINIII and they weren't sure if it was the chorio that made me go into labour or a weakened cervix that contributed to me getting the infection in the first place.
Oh i get it :) lol I'm a lil behind in thinking atm, too much going on!! I guess in one sense you know why you went into PTL, whether it was a weakend cervix or the chorio either on it's own would've done it. My waters broke at 28 weeks(no reason), and I got chorio during labour.
interesting Tiff i also had CINIII about 5 1/2yrs ago, i wonder if this contributed to Nixon coming early? Because of the CIN procedure it left scar tissue around my cervix and thats why i have had 2 x caesarians my cervix cannot dilate.
Hey Louise and welcome to the group! great bunch of mums in here and whoo hoo on Sophia coming home tomorrow thats just the best news! Let us know how it all goes.
Hi Sally and Brendanwelcome, Im off to read your birth story now i also had PPROM with my first DS @ 32+6 and delivered at 33+3. you did well to go for 2 weeks after PROM happened. Congratulations on your pregnancy! How are things travelling so far? when are you due? are you beeing looked after to try and avoid another pre-term birth.
Hi Nic,
Thanks for the welcome :) I am due on 27/4/08 Things are not so good atm. I have recently become a single mum and on top off that I have an infection. I go in on Mon for monitoring. We will see how things go!
Thanks :D
Sally - good luck with the monitoring
Well Sofia is breaking out of NBC tomorrow, I have taken nearly all of her breastmilk supply out of the hospital freezer (all 3 litres of it) and tomorrow will pick up our little princess. She was weighed today and is 2kg.
Excellent news! You won't know yourself at home :D
Nic,
If you dont mid me asking- how did you have it removed? I had mine removed by LLETZ and it left very little scarring.
Well Sofia has escaped from the hospital. DH only put the car seat in this morning (grr), we went to feed her at 10am and the doctor did the checkup then as well and then we came home. She is sooo small in the car seat (reversable), but the trip hme(all 5 minutes) went fine. She then had a sleep and is now having her first feed at home. I will take some more photos this afternoon.
awwww congratulations Louise on Sofia's home coming! I remember how small Nixon looked in te reversable car seat and his home weight was 2.65kg so she must look very little in it! Glad it went well and hope her first night at home went smooth.
Tiff- something called a loop procedure? i dunno the exact terminology but burnt the bad cells off abd i remember seing the thing they use that looked like a loop at the end of it??
Sally- oh thats not good news. really isnt what you need right now is it. I know its not the same but if it is any constillation i was severly depressed around this same gestation when we moved interstate and i was living with my MIL which was hell on earth. It wasnt a good thing but i some how got through it and i hope you can too. i hope the infection clears up and everything is alright.
Louise- I know what you mean about the carseat. We had ours put right to the smallest limit and it was still loose on her.
Nic- Sound like the same thing I had.
Sally- I hope everything goes smoothly for you xoxox
I met Aurora yesterday and I just couldnt get over how small she is. She is 3kg and I was in awe of her. We put Phoebe next to her and she looked like a giant (all 7.5kgs of her) and it was hard to believe she was that little too only 6 months ago.
Thanks for the support :)
kitten2b, Brendan was 2160gms when i bought him home at 6 weeks old. We borrowed a capsule, and I rememeber packing wraps all around him, to make it more comfy :) Good luck at home :)
Nic, did you get the pm I sent you? how is Tyron?
Will let you know how things go tomorrow.
Take care Sally xxx
Hi guys... long time no post i know!!!!
Hi to all the new mums & All the oldies LOL...
Hope those wee bundles are all well & thriving...
my little miss is 20 months (18 corrected) & going great.. she is into everything & is a real chatterbox that gets into everything!!!
It amazes me how they watch you do something once & then try & copy weeks later!!!!.. I caughter Alexa the otherday trying to put the playstation AV leads into the TV!!!!! (the playstation gets used rarely too!!!)
Big news..... Alexa is finally sleeping in a big bed... well her cot with the side off And.......... she is sleeping through the night & not even getting out of bed!!!!!! why oh why didnt I try this earlier LOL... She has been in her "Big" bed since friday night... She was a really mobile baby in bed & tossed & turned really bad, but she seems to be staying put more this way... yahoo!!!!
Day sleeps still iffy... but only cause if she doesnt want to sleep she gets out of bed & plays LOL... or if I forget to totally shut the door (old habits die hard!!!) she comes running down the hall with her teddy & cuddly LOL
Hello :)
Selfish post, sorry.
just wanted to update on my pg, I have miscarried... :(
Take care.
im sorry brendansmum that sucks :(
sending you loads of :hug:
take care
xox
OMG Sally I am so so sorry for your loss, i only just got your pm and then read your post.
I will pm you but just wanted to say i am thinking of you at this difficult time.
wow it's been a while since i've been in here!!! ava is now 17mnths corrected 20.5 actual and a little tearaway. she is growing fast. Her weight now stands at 8.6kgs she is finally on the chart..she is also 78cm long and is running everywhere. We had a paed assessment and he is putting her development for mental at 24 mnths OMG i nearly died. How is it possible that this 500gram scrap is so smart? she is putting words together now... will try to pop in here more often ...sorry
It seems awhile since the last post - not sure if anyone will read my post, but I need to get these thoughts out of my head.
Madeline was born on Australia Day '08, at 31 weeks and 3 days and weighed 1180 grams (I had a severe case of pre eclampsia). Maddy went straight into NCIU, on CPAP - and was breathing unassisted by the next day. About two days later she went into SCN where she is to this day (although she was transferred from the Womens and Childrens hospital to the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide). Maddy upon leaving the WCH weighed 1305 grams and is now 1635 grams and off of her monitors as of today. She isnt sick - shes just small....
The midwifes and doctors have been very nice and usually helpful - but I just hate having to leave my baby in her humidicrib and not be able to bring her home. I know there are other mothers and families much worse off (I just read the post about Angel Baby Harrison), and I feel so lucky to have Maddy in my life - although shes just not around as much as I would like!
I'm having trouble with low breast milk supply - most midwifes say its because the breastpump is not as stimulating as having Maddy to my breast. In the last two days I've noticed a big drop in my supply levels and have been given a course of Domperidone to take. I still breastfeed Maddy twice each day to get her onto her suck feeds (and help get her out of SCN sooner) - and rarely does she need topping up via her tube feed.
Has anyone else who has been separated from their baby experienced this decrease in milk supply - can you share your experiences please? Was it just a short dip in supply which occurs naturally or did you do something else to fix the problem? I have been running about and tiring myself out a bit and need to slow down (maybe that's half my problem)?
Hi Leasa
My girls were both premmie (34 +4 nad 34 +6). With Maria my supply was not as good, I was running around everywhere when I was not at the NBC, not getting enough rest. I also was not drinking enough. I was told to drink more water, get more sleep and drink milky activite as well. With Sofia I was able to send Maria to my Mums and just spend more time feeding her and then resting, when she came home after 3 weeks so did just short of 5 litres of breastmilk. Hope this helps
Hi Leesa, Congrats on the birth of your beautiful daughter! I found that at around the 4-5 week mark I experienced a decrease in supply, and found that drinking more water and getting more sleep and also feeding Brendan as much as I could (at 4 weeks he'd only just started to suck so that was almost impossible) For memory it lasted around 2-3 weeks.
My advice is to slow down and take it easy, be kind to your self. Drink plenty of water (a NICU nurse told me I had to drink 600 ml every 3 hours) and get plenty of sleep too.
Good luck, all the best and hope you have your DD home real soon. :hug:
Hi Leesa,
Congratulations!!
My daughter was born the same way! I developed HELLP at week 33+4 and she was born weighing 1.375kg. So I hear you on the "she is fine, just small" :)
I also had to express for her and tbh I did not have any trouble, BUT I expressed every two hours for 10 minutes per breast. I eventually had so much milk that I donated to the "boobymilk-store" for the less fortunate bubbas.
In that time I did drink alot, so try upping your water/ice tea intake and try getting some sleep. I know it's hard (I wish I had followed my own advice :rolleyes: ) but you really need your sleep. After cuddles and bf'ing at the hossie, go home and rest. It's hard as hell to leave them there, but you have to look after yourself too :)
Goodluck and I hope she comes home really soon. :hugs:
hi Leesa congrats on your bubba i hope you have her home soon!
I dont hve any advice i just wanted to give you a :hug: I know it feels like time is dragging and it will be forever till you can take your little princess home. But just remember to look after yourself, This time will soon be a memory!
Take care and good luck!
xox
Leesa just wondering how your little girl is going, if she is home or close to it?
congratulations & if your going to make an early appearance what a great day to share with the rest of the country!!
how is everyone else?
Nixon will be turning 2 in about 6 weeks my gosh!