Our preemies blogs/journals/stories....(and the bag hijack thread) )

[PrincessPea]

We didnt find out J had been put in a bag until about a week before we came home. Was a bit of a shock.

What a start in life - born into a bag and your first blanket is a bit of bubble wrap

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Doesn't it help retain warmth though? Emergency blankets are made of plastic.

 

[AP]

It does ozzieshunni, i have a pic of alex in her bag, sure doesnt look as mad as it sounds dont worry!

https://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx359/alexsmall/cf8fccf7.jpg

( it does look like shes got lots of wires and things but in fact they are doing very basic things so dont let it frighten you xxxxx)

 

[bob2331]

ahh man Harry didnt get the bubble wrap blanket!!!

Even though it scares it helps our little miracles and thats the most important thing xx

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Thanks sb. That gives me some idea of what to expect. I've seen my gran and stuff with tubes and wires, but it's so much more prominant when it's a tiny baby.

 

[AP]

Thats the early days too, so a lot of it is reduced.
This was a week or two after so you can see its an initial thing really
https://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx359/alexsmall/12934548.jpg

 

[alparen]

A bag??? why a bag??

This was sammy about 20 minutes after she was born. 26 weeks 2 days old weighing 1lb.s 11oz she was no bigger then my husbands hand
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/fear_the_moon_baby/165141_10150090878521777_589636776_6631143_4761021_n.jpg


This is my first time holding her at 2 weeks old.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/fear_the_moon_baby/IMG_0046.jpg

 

[nkbapbt]

They use a bag because it retains heat, have you ever wrapped yourself in a plastic sheet? It's bloody hot! Its to they don't shock their little nervous systems too much, as they are so incredibly immature and stay that way for weeks...and weeks.

I never saw Lakai in his bag in person, but we have two pictures on our livingroom wall with him in it. Its scary, but only because the pictures are life size (actually a tad bigger, as I have the heart monitor from the pic).

It's amazing some of the tricks they do with our preemies!

 

[alparen]

Oh ok! Lol I had no idea... Wonder if they did that to Samantha...

 

[katy1310]

I didn't see Sophie in her little bag - I didn't even get a glimpse of her till the next day (I didn't see a thing when she was delivered - they just whisked her straight through to another room). We do have a photo that DH took when he went to see her as soon as he was allowed, and you can see the bag in the incubator!

 

[Olivias_mum]

Both my girlies were born into plastic bags lol i remember thinking it was nuts. When Grace had emergancy surgery she was moved from NICU to theatre covered in bubble wrap.

You can see the bubble wrap in the incubator




xx

 

[xxClaire_24xx]

I too never seen Ellie in her bag as I never got to see Ellie til about 15 hours after she was delivered.

Ellie was born by emergency section at 33 weeks due to IUGR and she was 4lb 3oz and dropped to 3lbs and on day 3 she stopped breathing for 10 mins and had to have oxygen but she came on great after week one when she was fighting a nasty infection, which they thought was meningitis but a lumbar puncture showed it wasnt. After 7 weeks we got to take Ellie home for xmas weighing 4lbs 5oz xx

 

[pink.crazy]

Yeah I was a bit stunned by the bag too!! Even though they warned me first...
https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/34792_409650061430_522966430_5117741_7432751_n.jpg
And under bubble wrap!
https://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/26688_409650961430_522966430_5117764_22274_n.jpg

I haven't typed Leo's journal up yet but I wrote one!

 

[freddiesmum]

hey all.
I had my lil munchkin at 27+4 after have spprom for 4 weeks. i had a emergency crash section so missed the whole ordeal and wasn't allowed to see him for 6 and a half hours but my dh tells me he saw him in a bag I am relieved that i was knocked out cz wot i can gather it wasnt easy for him, he suffered two deflated lungs.
Its good to hear all your stories as it makes me realise there is hope.
so far munchkin is 4weeks old and came out of ITU 4days ago!