Introducing Myself
I had my son this past Monday (2/21/11) @ 1:17 p.m. he was 5.02 & 18 1/4" at birth born at 32W1D.
I'm Megan & my water broke this past Friday (2/19/11) They held me off with Magnesium for the next couple of days but about Sunday/Monday morning at 5 in the morning my second round of what I call the "tidal wave" came. Contractions started 15 minutes after that & I had him by 1:17. There was never any concern of him coming early. I was so miserable pregnant, I had convinced myself I was going to be miserable & over-due. Nolan has a mind of his own!!
He is doing well in the NICU. He has always been on room air, he is regulating his own body temp & handling his volume feeding increases well. Our first "minor" setback happened last night. He was given a feeding tube. He is just not eating the volume increases within the 20 minutes that they give him.
Good news he gained weight for the last two nights & is now back up to 4.10.
I've been doing "o.k." emotionally. It was emotionally the HARDEST thing I have ever done being discharged without him & leaving him every night. I'm VERY lucky that we've had an amazing set of nurses so he is in GREAT hands.
I'm trying to deal/process with all the emotions of having a preemie. I hope that I found the right place of support. You all were recommended to me by some on my local home board. I'm so glad that there is a board like this!!
I'm hoping to get on more once we get into a real schedule. We are trying with his feedings/rest time/pumping etc. I'm still pumping every 2 hours till my milk comes in. It is doubling every day but not come in fully. They said it would also be delayed because of his steroid lung shots. I can not wait to feed him by breast!!
So hello everyone!!
Re: Introducing Myself
Welcome to the world Nolan!
I went through some emotions when my baby was born--I was kinda jealous of the pregnant women who had their babies after 37 weeks. And I was trying to process not having the baby inside me anymore. And then I went to Babies R' Us, and it was a little lonely shopping with baby not there since he was in the hospital. When he finally came home close after 35 days in the hospital, we went to Babies R' Us almost every weekend, and I finally got to show him off like a proud mother. He was 4 lbs 9 oz when he was born, and now he is over 20 lbs. He is still my baby.
Congratulations on the birth of your little boy. This board is wonderful, so ask as many questions as you need. I know one of the hardest things I ever had to do was leave the hospital without my child. Both DH and I cried all the way home. It was hard for me to sleep at night with all the pumping and cry I was doing. I spent most of my days at the NICU and when I wasn't there, I had friends come over to just listen to me. That helped me so much to just vent, release the built up frustration and regret. *hugs* it does get easier.
Praying for a short and eventful NICU stay.