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32 week delivery

gilbrechgilbrech
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So I had an appointment with my doctor on Friday for a non-stress test. On Thursday I started having what I thought were Braxton Hicks contractions. I went in for my test at 9 am on Friday and I was told that I was in preterm labor with contractions 5 minutes apart. So I quickly went to the hospital (right next door to my OB's office) and when I got up to L&D and hooked up to the fetal monitor, my contractions were two minutes apart. They quickly started me on medicine to stop the contractions (none of which actually stopped anything. They just spaced them out.) and gave me a steroid shot (Wow, I had never had one before and Man did it sting!). They got my contractions under semi-control (every 12-15 minutes) but they wanted me to stay the night there. Fine by me! When I woke up in the morning I was having contractions 5 minutes apart again and the nurse wouldn't check to see if my cervix had changed. Finally my husband had to go out and say something to her about how we weren't there to HAVE a baby, we wanted to STOP having the baby. When she checked me I was 3 cm dilated. This meant it was time for an ambulance ride to the hospital with a good NICU. So I got my second steroid shot and off we went.  We got to the hospital around 10 am on Saturday. They tried all night to get my contractions under control. NOTHING helped. Nothing helped the pain either. So around 3 am Saturday morning/Sunday night, we went to L&D again and they decide to let me have the baby. She was born today at 6:27 am. She is 4 lbs 7 ounces. She is absolutely perfect. She can breathe on her own. The only thing she can't do is eat. They say that babies don't learn how to eat on their own until they are around 35 wks. One super weird thing, she was born with the arteries from her umbilical cord on the outside of the cord, not the inside. The doctor said he had never seen anything like it. He also said that if she would have went to full term there is a good chance that she would have ruptured one of the arteries by getting her foot stuck in it or something like that and she could have bleed to death.  As my mom always says, " everything happens for a reason".  I'll put up pictures tomorrow.
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Re: 32 week delivery

  • mhopmhop
    Wow! 1st, congrats on the birth of  your daughter! 2nd, it's awesome that you got the steroid shots...they are miracle drugs.  3rd, that is crazy about the arteries being outside the cord!  I guess in this case, being early may have been a blessing?  I hope your daughter has a short and drama-free NICU stay!  Keep us posted!
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  • At1stsightAt1stsight
    Congrats on your baby girl! I'm sure you're still reeling somewhat from the crazy ride you've been on. Yes, learning to eat does take some time unfortunately. I remember feeling like it was silly that once DS was totally stable (he had breathing issues since I didn't have steroid shots) that we were still there for another 9 days waiting on him learning to eat. But eating is like a baby's #1 job, so NICUs have a lot of kiddos around learning to feed and grow. Girls tend to learn faster than boys, though. I hope she picks it up really quickly. Hang in there and if you want to ask questions/need to vent, we're here for you.
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  • lemen99lemen99 member
    congrats!!! What a little miracle!
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  • lona.hunn@gmail.comlona.hunn@gmail.com

    I'll second the everything happens for a reason. When the doctor did my csection, there was a tight true knot in Gabels umbilical cord.

     Congrats..You'll be amazed at how quick they plump up and look better..

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  • DenesdiaDenesdia member
    What a great story.  Your little miracle!  Congrats!
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  • ssg73ssg73
    congrats!  Sounds like your daughter is off to a good start.  Welcome to the board.
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  • twinlovetwinlove
    did the dr say if it was cloaca or a form of cloaca... my cousin had a similar birth when she was born, things that were supposed to be inside were outside, and this was almost 19 years ago! keep us posted and cangrats and good luck!!
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