this was my 4th pregnancy, and so far
my worst! from the very beginning i
had been sick, tired (doesnt help
being pg 3 months after birth of last
baby) and just didnt feel right!
by the time i hit the half way mark i
had had enough and had a feeling this
kid was gonna come earlier than his
borhter (and he was a 38 weeker) i
actually thought i wouldnt make it to
december - Christmas Day being his due
date (and his brothers birthday being
the 15th) so i told my self to be
ready by the end of november!
well did things take a turn! at 29
weeks we attended a friends wedding at
which i lost a bit of my plug! i didnt
think to much of it and had put my off
feelings down to just another bout of
being sick and tired! well the monday
following, i had my best frind
visiting (thankfully) and i was sick,
i had a fever and by 10am that morning
was having contractions (dont ask my
why, but i kept it to my self till dh
got home and by then they both picked
up on something not being right and
away we went to the hospital - who
figured out i was dehydrated and had
an infection - i believe kidney was
the conclusion! and so after threats
of being sent to another hospital
(better equipted for preemie this
young) my contractions stopped and i
wasnt dilating!! and after a few more
days in fluids and antibotics, i was
free to go home, but was to return 2
weeks later for scans and appointment
with high risk doc!
those 2 weeks came and went, did the
doc thing, went home and bam at 32
weeks 2 days ( the 1st of November!)
my water broke, thankfully while the
other 2 kids were having there naps!
and so back off to the hospital we
trek, awaiting contractions (which
started naturally last time round!) 2
days later after 30+ hours of
induction failed, i was wheeled in for
an emergency c-sect, and out came
little hayden, not breathing of
course! so he was rushed off with dad
in tow. (we were told 4 weeks min
stay in nicu)
by the time i got to see bubs he was
already off cpap (spent about 5 hours
on there) and was in a incubator on
normal air!, the only issues we have
had were jaundice, and were told once
he could suck feed and was gaining
weight he could go home, and on day 3
he had his first breast feed (thanks
to a very nice nurse that hid us!
shhhhhh! and after a few days under
the uv lights i was feeding him every
6 hours, then 3 during the day and
then finally the day came and i was
told to come back and room i with
him, ( he was 9 days old!, by 11 days
we had our discharge doc checkup and
were told sorry not going home today,
hes a bit yellow!, so back he went to
the nicu under the lights, and then on
day 12 we finally left the hospital -
with a biliblanket! (horrid thing) but
that was only needed for a day before
his levels had droped to normal
limits.
and now he is 8 weeks old, (1 week
adjusted) and i swear is never gonna
grow up!
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