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Lurker intro
Hey ladies,
I'm a preemie mom who's been lurking here a bit, but generally go back to my August/13 board more often.. Heck I lurk a lot there too lol. I try to post as much as I can but if I don't have anything new to add I don't bother.
Anyway, I've felt lately that even though we've been through the worst, I really need some support so here I am.
DS was born July 1st (canada day!) he was 34wks0d. I was in labour for 4 long days, it was spontaneous and no known cause.
He spent 4 weeks in NICU mainly for feeding issues but was having frequent Brady's as well. Came home on caffeine, two reflux meds and antiobiotic.
He had severe jaundice and spent plenty of time "tanning" and even after he was home had to go back for more.
He has severe reflux and is now on 3 meds to regulate but it's still real bad.
He has kidney reflux and is prone to uTI's hence the antiobiotic. May need surgery down the road to fix it.
Had two inguinial hernias but recently had surgery for those.
I think that's about it...for 34 weeks I feel he sure has a lot going on!
My struggles now are not only coping with all we've gone through but the lack of sleep. He's 3.5 months old and most nights I'm still lucky if I get 3 hours at once out of him, then he's usually up every hour after that. Not because he's hungry but in pain from the reflux, I can tell.
It is SO hard on me and I feel like I'm losing my mind some days. Lack of sleep really is the worst, especially for such a long time. And my poor little monkey being in pain is just so hard to watch
Ok that's my intro I guess..happy I've reached out and looking forward to chatting with you gals.
I'm a preemie mom who's been lurking here a bit, but generally go back to my August/13 board more often.. Heck I lurk a lot there too lol. I try to post as much as I can but if I don't have anything new to add I don't bother.
Anyway, I've felt lately that even though we've been through the worst, I really need some support so here I am.
DS was born July 1st (canada day!) he was 34wks0d. I was in labour for 4 long days, it was spontaneous and no known cause.
He spent 4 weeks in NICU mainly for feeding issues but was having frequent Brady's as well. Came home on caffeine, two reflux meds and antiobiotic.
He had severe jaundice and spent plenty of time "tanning" and even after he was home had to go back for more.
He has severe reflux and is now on 3 meds to regulate but it's still real bad.
He has kidney reflux and is prone to uTI's hence the antiobiotic. May need surgery down the road to fix it.
Had two inguinial hernias but recently had surgery for those.
I think that's about it...for 34 weeks I feel he sure has a lot going on!
My struggles now are not only coping with all we've gone through but the lack of sleep. He's 3.5 months old and most nights I'm still lucky if I get 3 hours at once out of him, then he's usually up every hour after that. Not because he's hungry but in pain from the reflux, I can tell.
It is SO hard on me and I feel like I'm losing my mind some days. Lack of sleep really is the worst, especially for such a long time. And my poor little monkey being in pain is just so hard to watch
Ok that's my intro I guess..happy I've reached out and looking forward to chatting with you gals.
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Re: Lurker intro
I hope that his meds start to work and that he isn't in pain.
Me: PCOS DH: Low everything (MFI)
Clomid with TI x 3 2010 BFN
Clomid+IUI+Ovidrel 2010 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 2011
9/8/11 Beta #1: 2082!! 9/19/11 Beta#2 34,689!! U/S 9/22/11 HR 127! 11/8/11 HR 150! 12/6/11 HR 136! 12/14/11 HR 139! Born at 26w2d on 2/4/2012! After 83 days in the NICU, Adalyn came home on 4/26/12!
FET 1 3/2013 BFN
FET 2 5/2013 BFN