Abit of advice... 35/36 weeks preemie

[Kerrie-x]

Wow I posted this over a year ago lol, I had Maddison at 36+1, she was jaundice and after a couple of days she had developed an infection to her cord so we spent the first 8 days in hospital. she is now a gorgeous 14 month old x

 

[Diznylnd]

Wow I posted this over a year ago lol, I had Maddison at 36+1, she was jaundice and after a couple of days she had developed an infection to her cord so we spent the first 8 days in hospital. she is now a gorgeous 14 month old x

Good to hear that you and Maddison are well! And if I'm right you ticker says your pregnant again!!! Congrats.

 

[MUMOF5]

Evie was born at 34 weeks exactly, she was in for 2.5 weeks but that was because she was small for dates (3lb 12oz) and had an infection, she was only 4lb when they let her out, so its not so much how much they weigh, the main criteria for letting them go home is that they can maintain their own body temperature, breath on their own and are feeding well.

My friends twins were born at 35 weeks and went home the day after birth because they could do all of the above. The steroids will really help with your babys early arrival. Good luck, hope all goes well for you . xx

 

[AshleyDawnn]

I had a 36 weeker November 30th due to a major complication, he was not growing in fact he was shrinking he went back 4 weeks in size in just 2 weeks. he was born at 4lbs 13oz got a 9 out of 9 on the apgar test only had slight jaundice so he was sent to the ward with me for the first 24 hrs and they saw that he wasnt able to keep his sugar levels stabalized so they took him to special care for 36 hours and then he got released. he had to go back every morning to see a pediatrician for his jaundice levels for almost a week but now hes fine his jaundice is gone his sugar levels are stabalized and he is breast feeding very well. so it really all depends on the baby. i wish you luck with everything though i hope it all goes smoothly. just remember if your baby does need special care that its the best place for him, you dont want your baby being released until you know its safe to be bringing him home with no doctors

 

[brooke28]

My twins were 35 weekers, and spent 17 days in NICU. But my daughter had severe IUGR and was just over 3 lbs. My little boy however, was 5 lbs. 3 oz.

I also had steroid injections at 31 weeks due to preterm labor, so we didn't have any lung or breathing issues. Their biggest issues were eating, and needed feeding tubes for a few days. And maintaining body temperature. My daughter really struggled withthis because of her small size.

 

[Brownbug]

Had my baby boy at 35+3 days, weighing 5 lbs 4 oz. He was in the incubator on oxygen for about 6 hours. A couple days later he had dropped to 4 lbs 10 oz, and was jaundiced, so he went under the billy ruben light for 2 days. We were in the hospital for 7 days, and now that we're home, we're being closely monitored by my doctor, but things are looking good!

 

[Mrs_Random]

My LO was 35 weeks and weighed 5lb 14oz.

He was in special care for 2 days but we stayed in hospital for a week.

I hope everything goes ok. Sorry to hear you are ill and hope all goes well with baby.

 

[littlestar85]

My LO was born at exactly 36 weeks weighing 6lbs 4oz. Never knew the reason why he came early, but was incredibly grateful that he was absolutely fine. Needed 12hours of photo-therapy for jaundice but that was it. x