My 34 weeker!

palma44

I knew that I had a chance of having a preemie but had hopes of making it full term, but here we are. Baby Kaylee was born at 34 weeks 2 days by emergency c-section due to sever pre-eclampsia. It broke my heart knowing the rough road my little girl could have ahead of her and that I would be leaving her in the hospital after I was discharged. I had a horrible birth experience due to being put on magnesium to prevent seizures with pre-eclampsia but the end result was so worth it. My little girl was born at 7lbs 11 ounces and came home only 1 day after I was discharged. She is in perfect health and is doing amazingly well due to being a 34 weeker and born to a type 1 diabetic mother.

 I just wanted to share my experience and hope that you all have positive outcomes as well! 

kelkel09

Congratulations on your baby girl! Love the name Kaylee So happy to hear she had a very short NICU stay and is home doing well!

 Magnesium is the worst!!

mrsV719

Congrats! It seems like she is doing very well!

 

Just an FYI, there is a walk for Pre-E called "Promise Walk for Preeclampsia". If you go to  promisewalk dot org, you can find your local one and get involved! I am the coordinator for Boston (I don't work for them... we are all volunteer based) 

JuliaJAG

Congratulations on your precious baby girl!! That is great that she's doing so well! 34-weekers (barring any specific major issues) seem to do so well. When I was admitted to the hospital at 27 weeks with pre-e, my biggest goal was to make it to 34 weeks... so glad you were able to keep Kaylee in that long! 

rparks8467

Congrats on your little girl! I also delivered my little boy at 28 weeks on March 7th due to HELLP Syndrome / Severe  Pre-e. I am so lucky he has been doing so well in the NICU for the past 6 weeks and I am hoping he gets to come home this week or next. I totally understand what you have gone through and I am glad your outcome was a good one!

Imanurse03

Hi there! Congrats on your baby girl!!! I, too, am a Type 1 diabetic and developed pre-e around 33 weeks. They ended up doing a c/s at 35 weeks. I was on a mag drip, too. I was disappointed that his birth wasn't how I wanted it to go but I was and still am happy and thrilled that DS was healthy and only spent 1 day in MIXI for low blood sugars. Good luck!!!