Baby Came at 32 weeks!

monstergurl

Hi Ladies,

 I was new to this board as of Monday. I was put on bed rest after having contractions 3 min apart. Well, last  Thursday I continued to have contractions, 7 in an hour. I went to L&D that night and after 2 shots of tam they didn't stop so I was placed back on mag. Apparently my body doesn't know what that means. After increasing mag to 4g an hour my body went into full on labor, cervix dilating from 1 cm to about 5 or 6 in 30 min. My contractions go so bad that I could barely handle them. Baby boy was breach, so after a call into the doctor he decided to do an emergency c-section.

Mr. William James was born at 12:45am on 3/13. He weighed 4 lbs 2 oz and 17.25 inches long. He is beautiful and is practically breathing on his own (thanks to steroids given last week). He is in NICU for now, but we may be able to hold him in a few days.

It's so odd how quickly this all has happened. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. I know our little man won't go home right away, but that means I have time to recover w/out taking care of an infant 100% of the time. Now my family is pulling together to buy stuff for the baby. I was not prepared for any of this.

Just wanted to let you ladies know that even though my little man was born at 32 weeks, he is doing so good and I am confident that everything will be fine. Modern medicine is incredible. 

Azrayla

Congrats on the little man. I hope he continues to progress really well and can go home soon! Hope you feel better also!

sawyer918

Wow that is great news!  I am glad he is doing so well.  I was asking my Dr. about steroid shots and kinda want them but he said only if there are issues.  I can understand where you are coming from with getting some extra time to yourself before the baby comes home.  I would say that is the only nice thing about the NICU.  GL!

KelsoXOXO

monstergurl:

Hi Ladies,

 I was new to this board as of Monday. I was put on bed rest after having contractions 3 min apart. Well, last  Thursday I continued to have contractions, 7 in an hour. I went to L&D that night and after 2 shots of tam they didn't stop so I was placed back on mag. Apparently my body doesn't know what that means. After increasing mag to 4g an hour my body went into full on labor, cervix dilating from 1 cm to about 5 or 6 in 30 min. My contractions go so bad that I could barely handle them. Baby boy was breach, so after a call into the doctor he decided to do an emergency c-section.

Mr. William James was born at 12:45am on 3/13. He weighed 4 lbs 2 oz and 17.25 inches long. He is beautiful and is practically breathing on his own (thanks to steroids given last week). He is in NICU for now, but we may be able to hold him in a few days.

It's so odd how quickly this all has happened. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. I know our little man won't go home right away, but that means I have time to recover w/out taking care of an infant 100% of the time. Now my family is pulling together to buy stuff for the baby. I was not prepared for any of this.

Just wanted to let you ladies know that even though my little man was born at 32 weeks, he is doing so good and I am confident that everything will be fine. Modern medicine is incredible. 

Omg! Congrats on your early bird lol I'm glad he's doing well. I'm kinda worried this will happen to me because I'm on bed rest for going into PTL at 25 weeks. She's head down and my cervix is dialted to a "fingertip" and thinning. I'm on procardia which has minimized contractions but it's scary knowing she could come early and not knowing when that'll be! Lol good luck with everything and again congrats!

july1st

Wow!  Congratulations!!!  Sounds like he just couldn't wait any longer to meet you!!  I'm so glad to hear he is doing well, what wonderful news!!

JustMarried2005

Congrats on your baby boy!  I had a 32 weeker as well, and they catch up really fast.  He was on the CPAP for 12 hours and then moved to room air.  His main issue in the NICU was just to learn to nipple.  He is now almost 2 and runs around like crazy!  Enjoy this special time and like you said, get some rest!

My only regret from the NICU is that we didn't push breastfeeding.  I started exclusively pumping and bottle feeding my son because I just wanted him home ASAP.  I wish I had at least tried because exclusive pumping was a pain after a while. 

 

BeccaLandes

Congratulations!  32 weeks is a good milestone, I hope he can be home and in your arms very soon!

stacieandclint

Congratulations and I'm so glad to hear you are both doing well! Kepp us posted!

Tigerlillies

Congrats, Mama!  Glad to hear he's doing well and I hope he gets to go home soon!

orthomom

Congrats! sounds like he is doing great.  Another poster mentioned breastfeeding and I don't know if you are going to try but I will warn you of my experience with a 36 weeker.  My DD could not learn to latch until she neared her due date.  I tried in vain to get her to breastfeed but she never did. She nursed well one time and then decided it was too tough and gave up.  She didn't take bottles well either the first few weeks, but she did grow very well.  Whatever you decide..try to be patient. Some preterm babies don't realize how to suckle well from breast or bottle, some do fine. Just accept what he does and be happy that he was delivered in good health. Good luck.

romans_baby

WOW!! Congrats!!!!! I agree modern medicine is incredible!