hi ladies i was wondering if i could join you? i found out i am pregnant again and i am getting stressed already. Cameron wasnt premature but there isnt really a section for term babies that were in nnicu
feel like a lot of woman on the other sections avoid talking to me when i stress about stuff coz they never know what to say. does that make sense?
i will give you a brief history so you know where i am at lol
This will be my seventh pregnancy, 8th baby, but i only have one forever baby, and i had a few problems with my last pregnancy. I was admitted to hospital at 23.4 weeks with suspected preterm labour. I then was in and out every few weeks with pains, leaking etc. at 36weeks i kept tellin my midwife,consultant,gp any1 that would listen that something was wrong with my baby and i needed him out. at bang on 38weeks i went to the hospital with reduced fetal movement. i could see the nurses rolling their eyes at me when i told them i hadnt felt him move. I was on the monitor thing for an hour and was given 2 bottles of lucazade and Cam still hadnt moved at all. They informed me i was already 3cm dilated so they burst my waters. There was a lot of meconium in my waters so i got rushed to theatre and knocked out. Cameron was born at 2.04pm weighing 6lbs8. When i came round from surgery i asked where my baby was and got informed that he was in nnicu coz he was a bit pale!! i know now that he was more than a bit pale. He was born with hardly any blood. when i seen him 4hours later he was in an incubator and i was told that he had started taking seizures, had a line put into his umbilical cord, his blood count was only 3 when it should have been about 15, he was on c-pap, his kidneys and liver were failing and he had swelling in his brain. they gave him 3 blood transfusions and had to wait before another one coz they were worried his heart would give up. he was put on anti-biotics and anti-convulsants. this was all in the four hours from him being born and me seeing him. cant believe i got told he was a bit pale!!
on the friday he deteriorated further. he started taking more seizures and coz he wasnt getting any oxygen to his brain so they had to intubate him they also gave him a forth blood transfusion and fitted an arterial line so they didnt have to keep poking holes in him to get blood. they told us if we were gonna christen him that now would have been the best time coz they werent sure how much longer he was gonna hold on for. later that day he stopped taking seizures and things just started to dramatically change. he went from strength to strength and we got home 9days later!! the consultant wrote in his notes from a meeting last month that Cameron was 'nothing short of a miracle'
i am so proud of him but now that i am pregnant i am freaking out. I have to deal with the high chance of miscarrying again and even after i pass 12weeks i am still gonna be stressed. the only way i am gonna relax is when my baby is here.
so i was wondering if i could maybe join you ladies as i feel you maybe understand the stress i am going through? xxx
ps sorry for MASSIVE post lol
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Tasha...july ummmmmmmmmmmmmm?...ooooopppssss!!!
have they got you on aspirin and calcium?
To Honey and Riley Rae.
I remember when he was born the neonatal staff saying he only weighed as much as he did due to how long he was lol (and he had some swelling due to an infection) so I think she will be the same. F was 5lb 7oz at 35 weeks but had to wear up to 4lb clothes to start with as he was so diddy other than his length 
he was 5lb 5.
