Tyler was born at 32 weeks (we think) drs said 32 weeks by my scan dates but my dates he would have been born around 35 weeks. he weighed 5lb 5oz.
i was 17 when i found out i was pregnant. i was shocked. i had a great pregnancy, until 30weeks (drs dates) i had a small bleed, n pains. but the hopsital kept me in all weekend until the bleeding stopped and i had 2 shots of the steroids in case he came early. 2 weeks later (32weeks) i started to get really really bad back ache. i thought i was in labour but my mum and FOB thought nothing of it and left me home all day on my own. mum came back and i was on the sofa in agony. she tok me to the hospital and they put me on the monitor to xheck for contractions - Nothing! so MW was like i'll give u an internal but i dont think ur in labour. so she did the internal and i was 4cm dilated. q panic from everyone. got took to delivery suite at 6pm. i had NO contractions in my bely at all, it was all in my back cuz he was back to back.
i really struggled to push him out so they cut me 3 times. i laboured with g&a and pethadine.
he was finally born on Sunday 28th November 2004 at 7.40am. he looked massive but he wasnt. he wouldnt feed, but because he was early they thought it was just hom beng slow. he had a coned shaped head from where i coudnt push him out, so they thought he had an headache
later on he started bleeting like a lamb so they decided to take him to scbu.
i got a picture of him
i went to bed at 7pm as i was exhausted. at 3am the dr came & said he had got worse and needed transferring to another hospital to be ventlated & did i want to go and see him whilst they stabalise him. i said no. i was scared and alone and didnt know what i was going to see. but i rang my mum and she lianen go and see him because if anything does happen to him u'll never forgive urself. so i did.
the sight i saw wasnt very nice but i sat on a stool and watched them stabalise him.
a special ambulance came and picked him p and took him, i had to wave bye to him. i couldnt go because there wasnt enough room in the ambulance.
tht was the hardest thing ive ever had to do. ddnt know if i'd see him alive again.
the next day i told the mw i wanted to go, i wanted to go to my baby. they eventually agreed. he had been ventilated because his lungs still wasnt developed properly. i didnt quite understand why when he had had the steroids
he had a brain scan to check for bleeding but tht wasall ok.
he did really well after tht. he got transferred back to the hospital nearer home after he came off the ventilator and was on just oxygen and a feeding tube.
he came home on the 16th december 2004. so pretty impressive really.
he is now 8years old. he has had operations tho which arnt anything to do with being prem but i really feel tht its always been a run of bad luck for Tyler.
operations -
8 months - blocked bowel (we almost lost him, drs thought i was being paranoid and said he had a tummy bug. turns ut his bowel was blocked.
he had an op to try n blow the bowel out which didnt work so he had open surgery on his tummy)
aged 1 - grommits
aged 3 - squint operation.
aged 4 - grommits & adenoids
aged 7 - his balls hadnt dropped
aged 7 - grommits out, tonsils out, repaired ear drums.
he has hearing loss in his ears and we have an oppointment on the 31st on jan to see if he will need hearing aids.
he sill need glasses in the future but the optician said because he doesnt struggle with school work he is ok for now.
heres some pictures -
She was 4lbs.11oz. at birth and spent 14 days in the NICU. She's 3 months old now and is almost 12 lbs.!
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