Kelly - my two princesses arrived at 35weeks and 2 days. (Reallyyyy need to find the time to do a birth announcement ) They were little - C was 4p2oz and M was 3p13oz. Both girls were transfered to the Special care nursery in a larger hospital closer to the city (we are in a regional area) were they spent 10 days and then were transfered back to the hospital closer to home for 7 days.

They had no health problems as such, the main scare they gave us was after they had been transfered, they had a few breathing problems but apparently that is very common because going in the ambulance unsettles them. Both girls had apgar scores of 9 when they were born, and were really alert. Their size was the biggest issue. They both had nasal gastric tubes inserted and were feed though a tube feeds with my expressed milk for a couple of days and then they did a combination of breast feeding, and tube feeds when they were too tired. They are now both feeding really well, and both actually have an amazingly strong sucking action (ouchies!).

I had a VBAC with the girls which was fantastic. I'd planned to have a c-section after having one with DS but both girls were head down and my waters broke spontaneously (at 5.30am - nice wake up surprise!). It was really good because the girls were transfered that night, and then I went down the next morning. Aside from a bit of soreness, I didn't have that long recovery time that I had with my c section.

It's great you are preparing yourself for thedifferent things that can happen. I honestly never considered my girls would spend time in the special care nursery after I got past 34weeks (that's when our hospital will take babies from) so it was a bit of a shock. It was a very surreal way to spend their first days but having said that, they were in the best place and recieved amazing care. Good luck!