dumb question, but what is v-day?

Re: dumb question, but what is v-day?

• ams8099 member

  January 2011

  Viability Day. At 24 weeks, your baby is viable outside the womb.

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• ckolak:-)

  January 2011

  V-day= viability day, 24 weeks, when the baby has a fighting chance of survival outside the womb.
  

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• willowprincess member

  January 2011

  thanks for asking this. i was wondering the same thing. apparently i missed mine too, but i suppose that's a good sign since i've passed it.
  

  

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• msj215 member

  January 2011

  Thanks ladies! Happy Belated V-day to me!!

  

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• desdemona39

  January 2011

  According to my nursing school textbooks, the age of viability meaning the earliest possible gestational age at which a fetus can survive outside of the womb, is 20 weeks, albeit the chances for survival at this point are minuscule, and dependent on many factors.

  The generally accepted age of viability is 24 weeks, which is when the fetus has a 50% chance of survival.

  But if you ask me, all of this is pretty arbitrary, and I'm not comforted in the least by knowing that if i deliver at 24 weeks, the chances of my baby surviving are basically the same as flipping a coin, especially since babies born at this age that actually survive have severe deficits.

  

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• Scout05 member

  January 2011

  desdemona39:

  According to my nursing school textbooks, the age of viability meaning the earliest possible gestational age at which a fetus can survive outside of the womb, is 20 weeks, albeit the chances for survival at this point are minuscule, and dependent on many factors.

  The generally accepted age of viability is 24 weeks, which is when the fetus has a 50% chance of survival.

  But if you ask me, all of this is pretty arbitrary, and I'm not comforted in the least by knowing that if i deliver at 24 weeks, the chances of my baby surviving are basically the same as flipping a coin, especially since babies born at this age that actually survive have severe deficits.

  While I agree in general - I'm not looking to deliver this little girl for a good long while - this statement is not totally correct. They have a higher chance of having issues, sure, but I know three babies born around 25 weeks (twins and a singleton, not related obviously) on the PAL board who are all doing great, and tracking on time for their various milestones. Not that they didn't have a long stay in the NICU and a lot of testing/various treatments, but they are doing so well now.

  It's not a great thing to deliver at 24 weeks, and no one should be hoping for it obviously, but not every child born that early will have issues. Some, certainly, but not all.

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• desdemona39

  January 2011

  ambrandau2:

  desdemona39:

  According to my nursing school textbooks, the age of viability meaning the earliest possible gestational age at which a fetus can survive outside of the womb, is 20 weeks, albeit the chances for survival at this point are minuscule, and dependent on many factors.

  The generally accepted age of viability is 24 weeks, which is when the fetus has a 50% chance of survival.

  But if you ask me, all of this is pretty arbitrary, and I'm not comforted in the least by knowing that if i deliver at 24 weeks, the chances of my baby surviving are basically the same as flipping a coin, especially since babies born at this age that actually survive have severe deficits.

  While I agree in general - I'm not looking to deliver this little girl for a good long while - this statement is not totally correct. They have a higher chance of having issues, sure, but I know three babies born around 25 weeks (twins and a singleton, not related obviously) on the PAL board who are all doing great, and tracking on time for their various milestones. Not that they didn't have a long stay in the NICU and a lot of testing/various treatments, but they are doing so well now.

  It's not a great thing to deliver at 24 weeks, and no one should be hoping for it obviously, but not every child born that early will have issues. Some, certainly, but not all.

  You are correct. I meant to say they have a greater chance of having severe deficits. I should've re-read b4 posting.
  

  

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