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Good news: 32 week preemie going home!

alphaphi98alphaphi98 member
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Three weeks ago, I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl Madeline Reese Johnson. My water broke and after 2 days on hospital bed rest to keep her inside me, I delivered her naturally at 32 weeks. She weighed 3 lbs 9 oz and was 17.5 inches long. She came out crying immediately. She spent 3 weeks on the NICU. She did so well! Never needed help breathing. She gained weight everyday and learned to feed from a bottle really well. I pumped and gave my breast milk to nurses to feed to her. I'm so happy that we got to take her home today! At 3 weeks old, she weighed 4 oz 11 oz.  

On a side note, I wonder why babies sleep so well during the day, but keep us up at night? This is my 1st night at home with her. And she's definitely a night owl. 

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  • PhillyGal34PhillyGal34 member
    Congratulations!!!!!!

    Try playing some white noise or soft lullabies at night. It could be too quiet for her at night since she's used to noise in the nicu.
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  • urbanflowerpoturbanflowerpot

    How fortunate! Congratulations on homecoming.

    She is still in gestational ages - she'll sleep all over the place. Even though she's home, she's still supposed to be inside you. GL :) 

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  • DrRxDrRx member
    I'm glad to hear that she did so well! I think it will be some time before she "gets" that she is supposed to sleep at night. I would say that Adalyn started STTN when she was about 2 months adjusted. They will definitely be all over the place for a while!
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    Congratulations!


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  • crystaleyes39crystaleyes39 member
    Congrats to you and Madeline! Love her full name BTW.  My girls were born at 32 weeks and also spent 3 weeks and 5 weeks in the NICU. I would keep the house bright and loud during the day time naps and then at night quiet, sound machine on, swaddled and as much as a night routine as possible. She'll eventually get the hang of it. :) 
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