all of them are doing great! nothing wrong with any of them as of yet. all breathing on their own though they do get a little bit of oxygen via tubes through their nose. they cannot swallow yet so get fed formula through a tube right now.
Cycle 1 day 1. Who's with me? *update* It's a girl! Congrats baby_bray!!!
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Lol little rays of hope. I know I spend each day trying to find some. 9weeks will fly by. But first vday. Be here before ya know it. Less then 2 weeks until I see the no nonsense dr. I have a feeling we will have a birthing schedule when he sees how big Finn is. It's funny as much as I loved going into labor naturally the first 2 times I want to be induced with this one. I want to know everything. I want a shot to make sure the lungs are good. I want to have it all planned to the minute. Feel psychotic but I am just so scared.
i totally hear you there mail. i'm already asking my dr about the delivery, lol! kinda obsessed about this placenta thing. with ds i retained the placenta, now this time it came away too soon. so i'm worried about either happening this time. i try to remember that women have babies everyday and some have complications and i don't know anyone personally that didn't come out of it just fine and with a healthy baby. it will all work out just fine. sometimes the worrying about it part is worse than the actual delivery.
and seeing those 3 babies born healthy at 29+4 gives me hope! there is so much drs and technology can do now. it's really amazing.
and seeing those 3 babies born healthy at 29+4 gives me hope! there is so much drs and technology can do now. it's really amazing.
thought you might like to see this chart mail. this is without the shots to speed lung development
Odds of a Premature Baby's Survival by Length of Pregnancy
Length of Pregnancy Likelihood of Survival
23 weeks 17%
24 weeks 39%
25 weeks 50%
26 weeks 80%
27 weeks 90%
28-31 weeks 90-95%
32-33 weeks 95%
34+ weeks Almost as likely as a full-term baby
Sources: March of Dimes, Quint Boenker Preemie Survival Foundation
Odds of a Premature Baby's Survival by Length of Pregnancy
Length of Pregnancy Likelihood of Survival
23 weeks 17%
24 weeks 39%
25 weeks 50%
26 weeks 80%
27 weeks 90%
28-31 weeks 90-95%
32-33 weeks 95%
34+ weeks Almost as likely as a full-term baby
Sources: March of Dimes, Quint Boenker Preemie Survival Foundation
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It is. Not that I want to have to have my baby saved but after all the pain we have suffered its good to know that if there is a problem it may get fixed instead of hearing there's nothing we can do. Gives me the shivers just thinking of it.
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Mighty.... Loved your post on fb this am. How are you doing? When is your next scan?
Bray.... How are you doing? Haven't heard from you much?
Colta.... How goes the ttc and world of adoption?
Twinkie.... When is Liam's dr apt? Keep us posted on the jaundice.
How are all the other mommies babies doing?
Bray.... How are you doing? Haven't heard from you much?
Colta.... How goes the ttc and world of adoption?
Twinkie.... When is Liam's dr apt? Keep us posted on the jaundice.
How are all the other mommies babies doing?
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(basically a repost from another thread I follow, lol)
So appointment today went as well as it possibly could, and then the midwife asked if we were doing a quick U/S, if we were planning on knowing the gender, and I totally was like YES, I cracked! I wanted an answer!
I slept so poorly last night, I was so anxious, and I kept getting these ideas that it'd just be better if we all knew, I'll still be excited either way and I'll still have motivation to meet Baby Bray (now nicknamed Brayby by one of my sisters, I love it! ).
So, as soon as she set the ultrasound down it was the PERFECT potty shot....but Brayby was leaning forward and the little Buddah belly was obstructing the bits and bobs! We didn't see any definitive penis, but no vaginal stripe either....so even though I broke down to find out gender Brayby just wasn't having it...I guess it was Karma LOL
Midwife's best guess would be girl, since boy bits are usually pretty obvious, but we could have been looking at scrotum, lol...so she said don't quite run out and buy pink or blue yet!
Already being a little stinker!
It was awesome to be able to see Brayby again though. When she did the doppler at the beginning baby was moving all about, but when she did the U/S it was like Brayby froze up and got camera shy or something haha
So appointment today went as well as it possibly could, and then the midwife asked if we were doing a quick U/S, if we were planning on knowing the gender, and I totally was like YES, I cracked! I wanted an answer!
I slept so poorly last night, I was so anxious, and I kept getting these ideas that it'd just be better if we all knew, I'll still be excited either way and I'll still have motivation to meet Baby Bray (now nicknamed Brayby by one of my sisters, I love it! ).
So, as soon as she set the ultrasound down it was the PERFECT potty shot....but Brayby was leaning forward and the little Buddah belly was obstructing the bits and bobs! We didn't see any definitive penis, but no vaginal stripe either....so even though I broke down to find out gender Brayby just wasn't having it...I guess it was Karma LOL
Midwife's best guess would be girl, since boy bits are usually pretty obvious, but we could have been looking at scrotum, lol...so she said don't quite run out and buy pink or blue yet!
Already being a little stinker!
It was awesome to be able to see Brayby again though. When she did the doppler at the beginning baby was moving all about, but when she did the U/S it was like Brayby froze up and got camera shy or something haha
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Hi mail! Been really busy lately. A new quarter has started in my engineering masters program and I started my national security masters class in Sept. and that is getting more intense too. I'm trying to figure out how to balance everything. I also have a doctor's appointment today, but DH is at a job interview and won't be able to make it. I have no idea how I'm going to manage DD but I have to take her with. She needs a nap first but there is no way that is happening. Come to think of it, I need a nap too. I'm tired.
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I think that's a wonderful name! Congrats on wearing him down.
Bray... Sorry you didn't get to find out. But glad everything is moving along normally. I will be in your neck of the woods this weekend. Horse show in baker. Lol
Mighty... Be sure to let us know how the apt went. Will be thinking of you until then.
Bray... Sorry you didn't get to find out. But glad everything is moving along normally. I will be in your neck of the woods this weekend. Horse show in baker. Lol
Mighty... Be sure to let us know how the apt went. Will be thinking of you until then.
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Yay! I like Alexander Grant. 
Well my appointment never happened. The person who scheduled me never put it in the system. I got there and they were startled because the doctor had already gone home for the day. He isn't even in on Thursday afternoons! Grr. Not cool. Will go back tomorrow morning but I'm not very impressed.
Well my appointment never happened. The person who scheduled me never put it in the system. I got there and they were startled because the doctor had already gone home for the day. He isn't even in on Thursday afternoons! Grr. Not cool. Will go back tomorrow morning but I'm not very impressed.
