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Water broke at 24 weeks

By BooBoo2013 · New reply yesterday at 10:15 am
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My water broke 24weeks6days and I'm currently in the hospital and bed resting. It's now in the week of 26. Since I'm hospitalized, I have a little fever always around 37C (around 99F) but stable. My infection ...

breast feeding

By scorchdaj82 · New reply yesterday at 10:14 am
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Hi,my name is amber I have a 17 week old preemie 11 weeks adjusted She had a weight check yesterday and had only gained 5 ounces in 30 days she is ebf eats well and often they don't understand why she ...

Helmets

By zakhimmy · Posted May 21, 2013
0 replies
Zakhi is almost a few weeks away from getting his helmet off. My question is what did you guys do when it was really hot???? Please help he gets aggravated a lot ...

need help where to

By jacemommy · New reply May 20, 2013
3 replies
okay my son is no longer on oxygen or on a feeding pump so i have so much tape and feeding bags lefted over like over 40 feeding bags and alot of diff type of tape do any of yall know where i can send ...

expecting a rainbow baby!

By ciarra1991 · New reply May 19, 2013
5 replies
It's been a year since I have lost my miracle son and I found out on cinco de mayo I'm expecting again! I was diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome after my first pregnancy (which is why it was so ...

8 weeks corrected back on CPAP w URI

By frankiebebe · New reply May 19, 2013
3 replies
Hi everyone. My baby was born 13 weeks too soon and has been in the NICU since his birth on Dec 22. He has been on nigh flow nasal cannula since 34 weeks gestational but today we went back on the CPAP ...

IUGR and further development

By kraplinka · New reply May 17, 2013
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Hi there, it's been a long time I posted here for the last time. We have visited a rehabilitation center twice and received massages, manual therapy, reflex therapy, PT...but all we got is that he is ...

24 WEEK PREMIE WITH GRADE 4 BLEED AND CYST

By Polin2424 · New reply May 17, 2013
11 replies
Please give me outcomes and expectations for my little baby. He was born very early and had a grade 4 bleed on right and a 2/3 on left he is 32 week gestesional age. They told us yesterday that the cyst ...

iugr update intensive care !!!!!!!!!!!!

By andy13 · New reply May 16, 2013
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Hello everybody just an update on my iugr baby you must have recently read about my posts Ava grace was born at 34 weeks and 3 days old weighing in at 4lb 1 oz she is in intensive care are lo carnt breath ...

Ataxia and Therapy - Your thoughts

By Lolita2011 · New reply May 15, 2013
5 replies
Ok, please bear with me, as this will be long :-) As some of you know, my 22 months son is a preemie, born at 33 weeks with 950g. He had a bout of NEC on day 8 and also has PVL. We've been on a journey ...

Bed time troubles

By Brittle · New reply May 15, 2013
6 replies
So my little one has always been very good about going to bed. I would read a book or two put her down about 8 and, she would just go to sleep. Well that was then. Now for about the last month she cries ...

breast feeding

By scorchdaj82 · New reply May 14, 2013
1 reply
Hi,my name is amber I have a 17 week old preemie 11 weeks adjusted She had a weight check yesterday and had only gained 5 ounces in 30 days she is ebf eats well and often they don't understand why she ...

probiotics given to premature babies, research treatment to prevent NEC

By becca-butterfly · New reply May 13, 2013
7 replies
Seen this article and instantly thought of this website and had to share. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-10/ne w-hope-for-premature-babies/4619984 ...

Hot weather

By zakhimmy · New reply May 13, 2013
2 replies
June is fast approaching and hot weather is right along with it. My question is did you guys use air conditioner or fans whole in the room with you baby ...

Happy Mother's Day

By zakhimmy · New reply May 12, 2013
4 replies
Happy Mother's Day to all. Each and everyone of you are amazing mothers and do the best for your child. Enjoy your special day with the ones that made you mothers. Everyday is Mother's Day to us all ...

Teething

By zakhimmy · New reply May 11, 2013
4 replies
Zakhi is getting his 2 top teeth he already has his bottom 2. When his first 2 teeth came he had an ear infection. Now he has a fever and due to him having a fever he can't wear his helmet today. Besides ...

preemie

By babyboyem · New reply May 9, 2013
7 replies
We have a 9 and 1/2 month old son (his adjusted age is 8 months). He doesn't say mama or dada, crawl,or pull up. He also will stand on his tip toes we are holding him in the standing position. I so worried ...

Ways for my baby to gain weight.

By Joyas-mom · New reply May 9, 2013
11 replies
My daughter is 7 months (adjusted 6 months) and is very healthy. She was born at 35 weeks and 3 days. It was a very tragic day for me when I had her because my placenta burst so I had to have an emergency ...

Anyone with incompetent cervix?

By JoshuaCalebProject · New reply May 7, 2013
5 replies
Incompetent cervix is the leading cause of second trimester miscarriages. The condition results in the mother’s cervix opening before the baby is full term. Often the mother has no labor pain or symptoms ...

Sippy cup

By zakhimmy · New reply May 7, 2013
7 replies
Zakhi has a sippy cup he drinks really well out of it he drinks juice and milk out of it. I recently just purchased another one because alimentum and juice in the same sippy cup isn't a good mix. Now ...

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