Well ladies my baby girl was born early on 27.09.15.
I know none of us have been on in a while but I'll update anyway for you.
Our baby girl Jessica Louise was born at 04.51am weighing 6lb 9oz. It became apparent she was struggling to breath a few minutes after they passed her to me... Then she started coughing and struggling. The paediatrician was called in who thought she may have lots of phlegm caught in her throat from a fast labour (only 8 minutes pushing in total!! although I had been in slow labour for days stuck at 1-2cm). Anyway she said they'd take her suction her throat give her a little oxygen and see how we got on....
Pediatrician then came back and said it was more complicated than they thought.... She'd had to be put on a ventilator as she was struggling a lot and they'd found out she'd got a TOF (Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula) this is an abnormal connection running either between two tubes or between a tube and a surface. In tracheo-oesophageal fistula it runs between the trachea and the oesophagus... So her oesophagus and was attached to her lungs instead of her stomach in this case. So she had to have surgery to correct it.
She was whisked off to another hospital miles from home and we followed when I was allowed to be discharged a few hours later.
That evening she had surgery. She was kept ventilated and then was put on high flow and was managing fine for almost a week... Then we found out that she'd got an infection. So after xrays and other checks they found they needed to repeat the surgery as the infection had wrecked the original repair. So a week after her first surgery she had it again... She was put into a medically induced coma for 5 days afterwards then they slowly bought her round and took her off the ventilator....
She's now 4 weeks and 1 day old and is being fed through a tube as she still has a small tear In the tubes that have been fixed. We're waiting for it to heal naturally. Once healed we can start to try and feed her properly.
We're having to stay in a home with other families with babies in the NICU which is funded by a charity this is right across the road from the hospital so we can visit and help with her care easily.
I miss Jack loads though as he's stopping with Ryan's parents while we're here we see him on weekends and days in the week they're able to get him here but it's a long drive. It's better he's at home though following his routine as he's an energetic little bundle now whose so cheeky.... He loves his little sister though he's been to see her and strokes her arms and Awwww's at her
Anyway can't wait to get home and be a family but glad my baby is here and well xxxx
and ds is 19 months 
