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Update on Head Circumference
- By peace_nhope · New reply 1:34 am
- 7 replies
- I'm late in posting but just wanted to let everyone know that we received the MRI results. We had an MRI b/c my son's head circumference was in the 75 % and his height and weight were in the 5th and 10th ...
Baby after loss
- By Tamilee · New reply 1:20 am
- 8 replies
- Hi all, ok I'm just wondering after the loss of a child how long did u wait to start trying again? And although you felt ready did your feelings change when you got pregnant again? My partner and i are ...
Ear Tubes
- By katek · New reply 1:12 am
- 6 replies
- Henry (2.5 years old) is getting ear tubes on Tuesday morning. Are kids usually back to normal right after the procedure? How long does it take to recover from it ...
NG day one
- By JessicaK · New reply yesterday at 11:50 pm
- 3 replies
- Today is our first day with baby's NG tube in at home. He is 7/4 mos. I am terrified he will pull it and i do NOT want to have to put one back in. Any ideas? I want him to meet his oral needs... We tried ...
Kaedyn's 1st Neonatal Follow Up
- By Kaedyns_Mommy · New reply yesterday at 10:59 pm
- 6 replies
- Today was Kaedyn's first neonatal follow up at CHEO in Ottawa. Her appointment went GREAT, the doctors are very pleased with her, they said she is exactly where she should be for a 4 1/2 month old (corrected ...
PALE
- By Hopesmom08 · New reply yesterday at 10:54 pm
- 2 replies
- My daughter who is one today, just woke up crying, she looked VERY pale. Her lips were fine they weren't blue, she was so pale i could barely see the white of her ski when i checked it to see her capillary ...
Nice Weather
- By yani2 · New reply yesterday at 10:45 pm
- 10 replies
- Do you ever take your babies for a walk outside. My little treasure is 2 months adjusted age. we've been having pretty days that will soon end(MO) I also have a toddler and I feel like I've been punishing ...
Down Syndrome?
- By Hopesmom08 · New reply yesterday at 10:34 pm
- 4 replies
- My daughter has been tested twice for DS and we went to the pulmonologist last week and he asked me if she has been tested i said yes twice and they were both negative. The first test was when she was ...
Preemies with CLD
- By Eutha · New reply yesterday at 9:58 pm
- 11 replies
- How long does it take for a preemie to grow out of CLD ...
Concerned about pumping and sleep after cesarian complications
- By AlisMommy · New reply yesterday at 9:54 pm
- 8 replies
- Hi everyone, My daughter was born at 27 weeks 4/7 days on November 5 via emergency cesarian after my condition deteriorated rapidly. I had been in the hospital for two weeks being monitored with severe ...
need some reassurance, baby born 3 weeks and 1 day early
- By blakesq · New reply yesterday at 9:25 pm
- 18 replies
- Hi All, Our baby son was born on Nov 2, (his due date was 11-24)and is still in the hospital. He was 3 weeks and 1 day early. He weighed 5'lbs 14 oz, now he is around 6 lbs 5 oz. He is doing pretty good ...
poems for a child...?
- By Tinkerbellas_Mama · New reply yesterday at 8:49 pm
- 4 replies
- Hello ladies. I'm looking for a nice poem for a very sick little girl. My cousin's 6 year old daughter, Caroline, has been diagnosed with Rasmussen's Encephalitis and her parents have been left with no ...
IUGR and still not growing
- By oquinn27 · New reply yesterday at 8:00 pm
- 5 replies
- My son was born 9/30/09 weighing 1 lb 7 oz at 28 weeks. Currently he weighs 3 lbs 3 oz. The doctors are concerned about his minimal gains in growth. He is below the 3rd percentile for his gestational ...
Glasses
- By katek · New reply yesterday at 6:41 pm
- 33 replies
- We took our son (2.5 years old, born 25 weeks 2 days) to his annual ophthalmology appointment today. I called this morning to make an appointment and it was today or wait until January. Fortunately, I ...
RSV
- By wtexmom · New reply yesterday at 5:03 pm
- 23 replies
- Curious if anyone else has had as much trouble getting the RSV shot after the first season. We were told by Neonatologists, Dr's and NICU nurses that we would need to get Dawson this shot this season ...
OB Concerns/ Pregnant after 25 wkr
- By EvinsMom · New reply yesterday at 2:23 pm
- 10 replies
- Hello Everyone, I am looking for a bit of advice and suggestions here. Despite miraculous odds and contraception, I am pregnant again after delivering a 25 wkr, Dec of '07. I am into my second trimester ...
HELP - Are My Twins Eating Eough
- By twinsofcardinus · New reply yesterday at 10:58 am
- 10 replies
- I have a boy and a girl born 4 weeks early on Augut 21st s they are just over two months old (I have no idea how to figure out the corrected age thingy). NICU drilled into us that they have to finish ...
Finally He's Home but had more problems
- By Riheemjrmommie · New reply yesterday at 8:48 am
- 3 replies
- I had my premmie come home with me on Oct. 20, 2009, the day he made 5 months exactly. I thought to myself .. this journey is finally completed now lets begin the new chapter and see my son thrive. He ...
Still hardly holding her head up straight
- By nativewytdiamnd · New reply yesterday at 12:05 am
- 4 replies
- My baby girl is 8 months actual 5 and half months adjusted. I'm worried about the way that she still won't hold her head up stright at any point. She won't use her arms to hold herself up, she won't sit ...
National Prematurity Awareness Day, Tuesday, November 17TH, 2009
- By babyalex · New reply November 19, 2009
- 15 replies
- Today is National Prematurity Awareness Day. I thought is would be nice to see what preemie you are fighting for? I will start. My son Alex is a 25 weeker born August 24, 2007. I am fighting for him and ...
