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what do you add coconut oil and milk to for enhancing calories?

By peace_nhope · New reply 11:21 am
Discussion in Growing up and education · 7 replies
My Ds, Jacob is a 25 weeker, now 20 mths, 17 mths adjusted. We have been struggling to gain weight to avoid FTT diagnosis. Although, according to what the nutritionist said today, it seems like he is ...

Toe-Walking-Is a CP diagnosis possible after normal mri?

By peace_nhope · New reply 11:09 am
Discussion in Growing up and education · 5 replies
My ds is a 25 weeker (now 20 mths actual/ 17 mths corrected) who had a giant head- they were actually worried about Russel-Silver Syndrome. My Dh and I called it Russel-Simons Syndrome just to add some ...

c section do's and dont's

By mommy_1n_bedrest · New reply 11:00 am
Discussion in Open discussion · 5 replies
i had a c section 2 weeks ago and i was wondering what are things that i can do and not do right now. Also what r things that i can eat and not eat. Is it ok for me to be walking around all day and be ...

30 weekers

By HeatherH4 · New reply 10:53 am
Discussion in Preemie pregnancy · 9 replies
could you tell me a bit about what you may have gone through with your 30 week preemie. i have had my beta shots and he is measuring big for his gestational age. my Daughter was born at 33 weeks and really ...

Reflux Esophagitis or GI Allergy experience?

By seansmommie · New reply 10:38 am
Discussion in Going home/family · 2 replies
Sean just went to the GI. His reflux is getting worse - he started spitting up again and waking nightly arching back and tilting neck back and just crying for hours unconsolable and not to mention he ...

breastfeeding

By mommy_1n_bedrest · New reply 10:32 am
Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
i have been trying to breastfeed but everytime that i latch him on he doesnt want it. I have even used a nipple shield and nothing any ideas on what else i can do ...

What are your limits with your mother-in-law?

By newlywed · New reply 10:03 am
Discussion in Open discussion · 10 replies
Hi everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that the progesterone cream worked for my situation. I went over my due date! Okay I have a lil problem with my mother in law. I posted about some of the problems ...

In need of inspiration and prayers

By meltee05 · New reply 9:42 am
Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 17 replies
I don't have time to go into a lot of detail, but we have had more difficult weeks with Natalie. On the positive side, her incisions from the abdominal drains healed well. She came back from NEC much ...

Throwing up

By LakaisMom · New reply 7:35 am
Discussion in Open discussion · 10 replies
TGIF everyone! I have a sort of quick question...regarding throwing up...a lovely Friday topic me thinks. So Lakai is given formula via his g-tube and eats everything else orally. We switched him about ...

3rd baby, 2nd placental abruption at 28 weeks

By TammyEJax · New reply 6:46 am
Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 7 replies
My daughter delivered her 2nd 28weeker on Tuesday. Her first child, Brinleigh, was born at 28 weeks due to abruption and now, her third child, Brayden was born under the same circumstance. Brinleigh is ...

well i am in the Hospital :(

By HeatherH4 · New reply 6:27 am
Journal · 8 replies
I was transferred here to a larger hospital on Tuesday night after i began contracting every 3 minutes for over 4 hours. with the contractions came some bleeding which they thought was blooddy show. i ...

Once a premie always a premie

By DB-Premie · New reply 5:31 am
Discussion in Preemie pregnancy · 2 replies
I have two children. My oldest son was born 3 weeks early and my youngest who is 7 months old was born 10 weeks early. I was wondering if I was to have one more child will he or she be a premie> I was ...

Clothing Swap

By wyomom · Posted 5:27 am
Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
I am trying to help a young woman in my church who is in desperate need of preemie girl clothing. I cannot afford to buy anything new-but I was hoping someone might have used clothing for sale.or perhaps ...

Increasing Milk Production

By iannas33 · New reply yesterday at 11:33 pm
Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
Is there any way to increase my milk production or to keep my milk produciton the same? I can usually pump about 4 to 6 ounces every 3 hrs. however today my milk production seemed less is there anything ...

"She is not a preemie anymore"

By honeykovu · New reply yesterday at 11:10 pm
Discussion in Going home/family · 11 replies
That is what my MIL says when I try and explain why I can't do this or that with my daughter. My daughter is going to be 5 months actual next week, almost 3 moths adjusted. My MIL thinks that now because ...

problems with eating

By jennur08 · New reply yesterday at 10:27 pm
Discussion in Open discussion · 5 replies
my addyson is a former 30 weeker and now just made 2. gtube fed severe oral adversion the problem is she will shove eva thing in her mouth but it just sits under her tongue and she wont swallow or chew ...

Raelyn isn't crawling?! CONCERNED!

By babycooper · New reply yesterday at 9:31 pm
Discussion in Growing up and education · 6 replies
Raelyn just turned one! I haven't been on in FOREVER! Im going through a divorce, making it on my own, but we are doing GREAT! Raelyn had FTT WITH A G-TUBE from January until June, so we finally got the ...

Glasses after ROP

By jonathan24weeker · New reply yesterday at 8:20 pm
Discussion in Open discussion · 8 replies
We had our visit with the pediatric opthamologist today. Our last visit was in January and Jonathan's eyes were fine. (He had surgery for Stage 3 ROP w/ Plus Disease in November '09). Now at 11 months ...

Possible Hydrocephalus-Need Info

By foxrobmom · New reply yesterday at 8:09 pm
Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
My preemie (26 weeker) may have hydrocephalus. I am so worried and would like to hear from anyone who has experience with this condition. We have to go to the neurosurgeon on Monday. His symptons are ...

Joining the real world

By andrewmom · Posted yesterday at 5:09 pm
Journal · 0 replies
This has been quite the journey. The first month was spent with Andrew in, out and in again to the hospital. The last month has been wonderful and tiring at the same time; Andrew got to come home. He ...

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