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This was my second pregnancy, and my
first was very uneventful. My
membranes ruptured at 23.3 weeks and I
was put on hospital bed rest. I was
able to make it to 27 weeks with much
monitoring of myself and baby. I had
no real signs of labor until exactly
27 weeks when I went into labor. My
baby boy was 2.1 pounds and was very
sick. His lungs were underdeveloped
and took 3 rounds of cerfactin before
they started to respond. He had strep
b in his lungs and anmonia. He was
put on a morphine drip to help sedate
hime so that he wouldn't use up
calories. He needed medicine to help
the valve in his heart close and he
had a stage 3 brain bleed. The first
few days of his life were the scariest
days of mine. He had a lot of
dificulty with his digestive system of
was off breastmilk for about a week
and just given nutrition through his
IV. He surprised everyone! He was
off oxygen in 2 months, his brain
bleed never got into his actual brain
matter and cleared on its own, and his
heart valve closed without surgery.
His biggest difficulty became putting
weight on and holding his body
temperature. It took him about 3 more
weeks, but he reached 5.1 pounds on
the day he went home which was 2 weeks
before his actual due date! He came
home on a monitor because he has
reflux and takes zantac for that.
The only surgery he has had was for
bilateral hernia's about a monthn
ago. He is amazing and reaching his
milestones and then some for his
corrected age. He is still small, but
wonderful! If I can give any advice
never lose hope! It never crossed my
mind that he would not make it! He is
truely a joy and a blessing!
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