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Proud Mommy !!!

Angel13008
  • By Angel13008 · New reply 6:23 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 4 replies
  • Proud Mommy !!! All the crying and tears from Emma and I have paid off . I made Emma do tummy time everyday through many tears . I 'm proud to say that Emma can now roll from tummy to back !!! I 'm so ...

Good news for today

sweet_lil_silas
  • By sweet_lil_silas · New reply 6:08 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
  • So, I was having a crappy day and it's snowing and yucky outside. I need to get new insurance for my car, but it's going to be pricey. Silas was fussy all morning and had to get his RSV shot. Dereks phone ...

2.5yr old-28 weeker still not talking and extremely shy...

AmyMarshall
  • By AmyMarshall · New reply 5:47 am
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 12 replies
  • Hi everyone.... This site helped me out insanely while my son was going through the main issues of prematurity...he was born at 28 weeks-2lbs, 9oz's...stayed in NICU for just over 2 months...very very ...

How many moms who had pre-e also have PCOS?

mipsy
  • By mipsy · New reply 2:56 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
  • So I was looking through that question post about the pre-e and I noticed a few other girls who had PCOS too. I'm wondering, does that make us more susceptible to pre-e? Also, how preemie were your babies ...

VP shunts in adults

racheladams
  • By racheladams · New reply 1:10 am
  • Discussion in Help desk · 2 replies
  • this is also an open discussion I am 30 years old had in the past 6 months have had 6-8 revsions. The all were between oct 20 to Nov 20. It gets so depressing I am not able to work because the pressure ...

HEPARIN AT 7WEEKS

karm
  • By karm · New reply 1:02 am
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • HELLO I WILL BE 7 WEEKS PREGNANT TOMORROW, AND MY DOCTOR IS STARTING ME ON HEPARIN BECAUSE OF BLOOD CLOTTS, I WAS WONDERING IF THIS MAY BE TOO LATE TO START? WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF HAVING A HEALTHY PREGNANCY ...

Sat what?

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · New reply 12:12 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 1 reply
  • So, Brennan may have a genetic disorder called Smith-Lemli- Opitz syndrome. Apparently, some of the things we believed to be cause by his prematurity are not. I took him to the genetist today and his ...

Temper Tantrums

db2mom
  • By db2mom · New reply yesterday at 11:49 pm
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 6 replies
  • Ok. My sons are 11 months old (today) and one is having temper tantrums when he is frustrated or doesn't get his way. He sits on the floor and bangs his head on the floor between his legs or when he is ...

pets!

StephShelby
  • By StephShelby · New reply yesterday at 11:42 pm
  • Discussion in Going home/family · 26 replies
  • Hey everyone! So sad news....well likely sad news. I've mostly decided to find a new home for my dog.....who has been my constant companion for 3 years. Shelby will be home soon and saydie my dog is already ...

Chromosome testing

Hopesmom08
  • By Hopesmom08 · New reply yesterday at 11:12 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
  • Last week Hope went to her new GI and he had her do a blood test, he told me it was to check her iron and make sure her liver was functioning well. Today i called for the results and they said everything ...

Tracheo and bronchiomalacia

mipsy
  • By mipsy · New reply yesterday at 11:12 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 3 replies
  • Anyones children diagnosed with this? My son is 16 months and was just diagnosed with this last month. I want to hear others stories of how they came to be diagnosed and what they have done for blue spells ...

For those that had pre-eclampsia

SUPERMOM416
  • By SUPERMOM416 · New reply yesterday at 11:04 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 34 replies
  • I don't know exactly where I am going with these questions, but I have been doing a lot of research about so many things regarding pre-e. Could you please answer these questions regarding yourself BEFORE ...

Very WORRIED

Angel13008
  • By Angel13008 · New reply yesterday at 10:55 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 11 replies
  • Emma is 9 weeks old . Ever since I delivered her I got my period right way for the first month postpartum all was normal with my cyle. Now I'm having a cyle every 1-2 weeks . I' m calling my Obgyn first ...

Update

Alicia2233
  • By Alicia2233 · New reply yesterday at 10:46 pm
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • I had an ultrasound today. They think a cyst may have burst but the doc will know for sure and I have slot of fluid in my pelvis. This just sucks I'm too younger for all this crap. I try to stay health ...

Today is the day

emimiller
  • By emimiller · New reply yesterday at 10:31 pm
  • Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 2 replies
  • Today is the day when reality sets in...my 25 weeker is now 4 months old-2 weeks corrected. Jackson's tracheostimy surgery is now on the surgery schedule for next Monday... He is not on a vent now, but ...

RSV?

yani2
  • By yani2 · New reply yesterday at 10:14 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 6 replies
  • I took my kids to the Dr. yesterday because they had what it seems to be a cold. My two year old(FT) was very fussy and could not sleep and my preemie was doing ok till yesterday, but she started to wheeze ...

Trache...Questions

emimiller
  • By emimiller · New reply yesterday at 9:51 pm
  • Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 7 replies
  • So they are now talking about a tracheostimy for Jackson. It has always been a "last resort" option...and now the doctors think they are heading that direction... Im terified! They say it's not as bad ...

Physical Therapy... I don't feel like we are progressing...

chloeolivia
  • By chloeolivia · New reply yesterday at 9:47 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
  • My LO is 9 months/ 7months and has been in PT for 6 months. She does not crawl and only pushes up to her elbows when placed on her tummy. She hates tummy time. She only cooperates if I place her on her ...

Made it to 33 weeks!!

lilyfaithsmom
  • By lilyfaithsmom · Posted yesterday at 8:29 pm
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • At 31 weeks I developed flu like symptoms and went to the ER. Turns out that I was severly dehydrated and needed 3 bags of fluids. This concerned both my OB and MF specialist, and I was ordered to have ...

pregnant after preemie

cg3
  • By cg3 · New reply yesterday at 8:07 pm
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • I would like advice from anyone in a similar situation. I had my daughter in sept. She was 17 weeks early. She had severe bleeding on the brain which later resulted in death. She passed in October and ...

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