Hi i just found this website (was linked from another site).
My name is Kari and i have a premmie bub.
My first pregnancy ended up in a miscarraige at 12 weeks 2 years ago on fathers day.
I then fell pregnant and everything seemed to be going great. At about 26 weeks i started to get high blood pressure, which for me is normal but not in pregnancy it goes lower. The doctor put me on medication and i was refered to the high risk clinic at the hospital.
A week later i started to swell up, normally i get swollen feet but this was different it was so bad i could hardly walk. We had just finished moving house so i thought it was cos i was on my feet all day unpacking etc. It got to the stage that the swelling went up to my knees. I went to the doctor who sent me to the hospital where they run some tests and said nope your fine go home. That was the sunday. On the monday i had an appointment at the high risk clinic at the hospital. The doctor there said he felt the baby was a bit small for the gestation and wanted me to go for an ultrasound that week. But not to be worried about anything cos it was just a precautionary measure.
I booked in on the friday. My partner took the day off and we went to the ultrasound. The nurse left half way through and said i just have to show my superior this. She came back in and asked us to go into a waiting room and someone would come and see us. Her superior came in and said there is something wrong, your placenta isnt working like it should, the baby hasnt grown in atleast 4 weeks and there is no fluid. Then proceeded to tell us i would be going up to labour and delivery and would have the baby that day.
Rang up our parents frantic as i was only 28 weeks. They were there at the hospital by the time i got up to labour ward.
The neonatal doctors, labour ward docs all had a big meeting and came to see us. They said that the baby had a better chance of coming out then it would to stay in cos both our lives were at risk. They said they were going to schedule me for a cesearean the next day as they wanted to get some steroids into me to help his lungs. They took us on a tour of the neonatal which was pretty scary as the babies were so small!
The next day 13/11/04 at 3:09pm, Jarred Robert was born weighing in at 1pd 6 (625g).
He came out breathing on his own and let out a little cry which was half the battle they told us. When they went to take my placenta out it just fell apart. It was pretty much dead.
He was taken to NICU and put on a ventilator. He was on that for 19 hours and then put on CPAP. But a week later he caught a staph infection and was put on the ventilator for another 2 days before he pulled it out himself.
He relied on the CPAP for 8 weeks, with 6 blood transfusions, steroids, diuretics and lots of other stuff.
After 4 months of being in hospital we baught our little guy home. It was great as it was also our 5th anniversary.
He has been home for 4 months now and is going pretty good. Still suffering from reflux pretty badly. He is now 5.8kgs.
I found out after i had him that i have a thing called the MTHFR gene which is why i had a miscarraige and a premmie. Basically when i get pregnant my blood starts to clot which puts a clot in the placenta. They say i can get pregnant again but i will be monitored very closely. Though its not a 100% garuntee i can carry to term.
Well thats all from me for now :D
