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Discussions
In the hospital:-(
- By sshuckhart · Posted 3:36 pm
- In Open discussion · 1 reply
- Both of my little ones have been fighting a cold on and off for about a month. They both seemed to be on the mend, and then started getting congested again. On Thursday evening Ethan was really coughing ...
can i give her something for a cough....?
- By Tinkerbellas_Mama · Posted 9:45 am
- In Open discussion · 5 replies
- Hello ladies! Well - we have a sick household. We were tested yesterday, and it is not H1N1 - thank God. Izabella has a persistant cough. When we left her doctor's office he said if it becomes worse it's ...
Premie with Grade II bleed (plus incompetent cervix, heart murmur surgery)
- By Hempre · Posted 8:34 am
- In Preemie pregnancy · 11 replies
- Hello All, We had our baby 10 days ago, he was scheduled to arrive in feb but he came in early at 23 weeks and 5 days weighing only 1 lb 5oz. The doctors said that my wife has a classic textbook case ...
gagging on soilds....? Ideas please....
- By kiarasam06 · Posted 8:30 am
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- Hello- So Noah's ped said to try to start him on baby rice cereal. she said a taste here and there, well I do and when the spoon is on his lips he starts to gag. It's not even in his mouth yet and he ...
low milk supply
- By amimill29 · Posted yesterday at 11:35 pm
- In In the NICU/PICU · 11 replies
- I had my daughter at 29 weeks. The first couple of weeks i was producing a ton of milk. Now shes almost 5 weeks old and im barely producing any milk. ive been trying to take fenugreek and drink mothers ...
Eating Solids/Not Loving Her Bottle
- By Kaedyns_Mommy · Posted yesterday at 9:41 pm
- In Open discussion · 2 replies
- So with the OK from Kaedyn's ped we've started her on vegetables. We started her off on Sweet Potatoes for 4 days to be sure she didn't have an allergic reaction and now we are on carrots and doing the ...
what you expect in your ped visit?
- By Fozia · Posted yesterday at 8:41 pm
- In Open discussion · 2 replies
- What do you expect in ur ped visist if your child is not sick? I asked my ped to check the BP of my daughter and he replied NO we do check at 4 yr old only. Also he told me that blood work will be done ...
Carissa day 1 post-op
- By mom2gyrls · Posted yesterday at 7:23 pm
- In In the NICU/PICU · 3 replies
- My Carissa was born @ 23wks and is now 5 1/2 months old 1 1/2 m corrected. We have been in the NICU since 5/31/09 After being transfered to a new hospital almost 1month ago it was discovered that her ...
how long is too long
- By maaucha · Posted yesterday at 7:21 pm
- In In the NICU/PICU · 2 replies
- i had my little girl at 26 weeks, she has been on the ventilator for 4 months now. ok, im concerned if she has been there for too long. anyone with a similar condition out there ...
What do Goldman Sachs employees and prisoners have in common?
- By katek · Posted yesterday at 3:28 pm
- In Open discussion · 4 replies
- ANSWER: If in the high risk group, they have received privilege over the rest of the high risk public in getting H1N1 vaccines See: http://www.sphere.com/2009/10/28/fury-er upts-over-h1n1-shots-for-prisoners ...
When did you baby start walking?
- By CoastieWife88 · Posted yesterday at 10:39 am
- In Growing up and education · 10 replies
- At what age did your baby start walking? Also when did your child walk with assistance or along furniture? My son just leans and eventually falls and will not move his feet from where they are planted ...
Giant baby dreams
- By CoastieWife88 · Posted yesterday at 9:21 am
- In Preemie pregnancy · 2 replies
- Did anyone else have dreams with a pregnancy after preemie that they were going to have a huge baby? My son was 2 lbs. 4 oz. and IUGR, so he always measured small and they kept saying I wasn't as far ...
GI doc appt.
- By Jen8825 · Posted yesterday at 9:11 am
- In Open discussion · 1 reply
- We r taking our little Domenic to the GI doctor today. Hopefully we will get some answers, he is just in so much pain after he eats he cant get comfortable and doesnt sleep much which is so hard for us ...
"Surgery" Day
- By jonathan24weeker · Posted yesterday at 7:50 am
- In Open discussion · 7 replies
- Todays's the day ! Jonathan is having laser surgery for ROP stage III with Plus Disease. I'm absolutely terrified, I know the chances are very good that this will take care of it but I can't stop my head ...
Delays in Fine Motor Skills
- By chandralynn · Posted yesterday at 7:34 am
- In Open discussion · 3 replies
- Amanda just had another visit from IFS (Infant Family Services) yesterday, and her physical therapist has concerns about Amanda's fine motor skills. Amanda isn't grabbing for toys or holding onto them ...
Been trying for a year now
- By kneecoal79 · Posted November 5, 2009
- In Open discussion · 3 replies
- My huband and I have been trying for a baby for a year now. I was dignosed with having a Bicornuate Uterus in January of 2009. Since then I have been on Basil Body Temp charts, and taking 50MG Clomid ...
Persistent low-grade fever
- By violetsmom · Posted November 5, 2009
- In Growing up and education · 6 replies
- Violet has had a low-grade fever for the past 3 days. It is running around 99.5 and tonight it's 100.3. She has absolutely no other symptoms of illness and is eating great. I gave her tylenol the first ...
Growth Hormone Therapy continued
- By laurakennedy77 · Posted November 5, 2009
- In Growing up and education · 0 replies
- For those that chose to go ahaed with the GH therapy, how has it affected your child? I mean, getting a daily injection? I know many children deal with this when they have certain conditions and I just ...
Leval 4 bilateral brain bleed (both sides)
- By ndskin77 · Posted November 5, 2009
- In In the NICU/PICU · 11 replies
- I had my identical twin boys on october 30,2009 @ 25 wks. At 20 wks we had the Twin To Twin Surgery (they survived). Twin A benjamin has a bilateral leval 4 brain bleed Dr.'s say he will he will appear ...
No more apnea monitor
- By yani2 · Posted November 5, 2009
- In Open discussion · 7 replies
- I just checked my voicemail and I had a message from the neonatologist(I guess) telling me that my Leah won't need the monitor any more. She was born at 25 1/2 weeks on June 13.She came home on September ...
