Hello,
I am a first time mom, 27 weeks along, and had the most horrible nightmare last night. I was watching the news yesterday about a woman who didn't know she was pregnant, and the baby came out when she was in the shower. I think that is where this dream came from:
In the dream, I went to use the bathroom, and water came out of me. It was weird, out of my belly button, just out of everywhere. I got up to see why and when I looked in the mirror, my tummy was flat. I realized my water broke. When I looked in the toilet bowl, there was my Kylie. I wrapped her in a towel and rushed out the door to my car to drive to the hospital, praying to God to make sure she would live. (She was alive and moving in my dream, and even smiled at me, she just looked very pink.) I woke up after that, and havent been able to sleep since 3am.
Bottom line: If she were to come now, would she be able to survive? Would there be any complications for her later on?
Re: Odds of baby surviving at 27 weeks?
I'll bite...
I won't say what odds are, but I will say that I have in rare, exceptional circumstances, heard/known of even younger babies surviving, but not without very, very long and intensive stays in the highest levels of the NICU. Even then, the chances of issues arising from being born at this point in terms of mental/physical capabilities is very high. Long story short: it has happened and babies have survived, but they're certainly not meant to be born so soon.
I understand the dream issue and they only get worse as you advance in the tri. However, just be smart and talk to your doctor about concerns you may have. IF you go into pre-term labor, hospitals have fancy ways of helping stop it for as long as possible. Every day inside the oven is several days LO doesn't need in the NICU.
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Methinks you need to stop watching those "I didn't know I was pregnant" shows... Yes most babies are considered viable at 27 weeks, but I'm not going to lie - would be in the NICU for a considerable length of time and face the possibility of many different types of complications.
Avoid those wierd dreams altogether and skip those kind of tv shows You're going to have some amount of anxiety throughout pregnancy anyway - who doesn't? But might as well not feed into it by watching stuff like that for now...
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This .... i could not have said it better. I stopped watching "I didnt know I was pregnant" the minute I knew I was pregbant. Otherwise its gonna be a worrysome 9 months....not like it already isnt
My sister was born at 28 weeks via emergency c-section due to a collapsed lung in 1985. She weighed about 2.5lbs at birth and fit in the palm of my mother's hand. She went down to 1lb10oz while in the hospital. She was in the NICU for 3 months. She has no physical health problems but does have a moderate learning disability (possibly due to anoxia). Despite the learning disability she has completed community college and university and has a great job, a bf of 5 years, and they've purchased an expensive townhouse together.
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I'm sorry you had such a scary dream, but I agree with PP's it was just a dream, and I'm sure the odds of it happening to you are slim. However I also agree that although far from ideal a baby born at 27 weeks has a pretty good shot at surviving and living a normal life.
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Thank you for replying, I do appreciate your suggestion. But as you can see from my original question, I do not watch "those shows". I was watching the news and for some reason, the story stuck with me. I have also heard that its not uncommon to have weird dreams like this, so I am relieved . I hope they go away soon!