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Update re " my nephews early arrival"

EsthiEsthi member
in January 2014 Moms
Baby is still in hospital but doing really well. He is Off oxygen . All bloodtest re strep b , came back clear. He is in a regular bed now . They still " teaching " him how to suck properly . I would have posted a pic of him. But his mum ( my youngest sis) is all sensitive about it. She only wants to send around pics once he is out of hospital ! Ok I will def respect that . She has recovered well from this slightly dramatic early birth . Now it's my turn .7 weeks left to go. Have a lovely weekend. Xxx
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Re: Update re " my nephews early arrival"

  • agunnetagunnet member
    Glad to hear he is doing ok, how many weeks early was he?
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  • EsthiEsthi member
    agunnet said:

    Glad to hear he is doing ok, how many weeks early was he?

    He was born at the end of week 35! It's just that little bit of extra time that he needed . The magical 37 weeks . But I have heard plenty times before that even babies at week 34 were completely fine from the beginning. And others had breathing problems at 40 weeks . All in all, every baby is just a miracle on its own !

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  • peanutmusepeanutmuse member
    One of my friends had a very similar experience to your sister (discomfort, water break, out comes baby in the hallway of her house), but several weeks earlier than your sister -- 34ish weeks. The baby only spent one day in the NICU. You're absolutely right, some early babies do really well and full term babies can have problems -- you just never know.

    While the home birth is not ideal if that isn't what she was planning, delivering at 37 weeks sounds pretty damn good to me!
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  • EsthiEsthi member
    No I made a bit of a mistake in my first post. It was not 37 weeks yet.( thought her actual due date was earlier ) She was at the end of week 35 when she had this baby
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  • peanutmusepeanutmuse member
    Esthi said:
    No I made a bit of a mistake in my first post. It was not 37 weeks yet.( thought her actual due date was earlier ) She was at the end of week 35 when she had this baby
    Gotcha. 35 weeks is still not too bad, though. Fortunately.
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  • megs12914megs12914 member
    I'm told 34 weeks is the magic number around here, too. That's great to hear your nephew is doing so well!
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  • EsthiEsthi member
    Absolutely . It's just the first time that it's happening in my family ... And with being 33 weeks preg myself , it just "feels" a bit different. But we are very happy and thankfull that all is going so well.
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    Esthi said:
    Absolutely . It's just the first time that it's happening in my family ... And with being 33 weeks preg myself , it just "feels" a bit different. But we are very happy and thankfull that all is going so well.
    Understandably. I think we're kind of used to it around here because there are several ladies who had their babies much, much earlier than that, but I can understand how it would be kind of scary until you knew everything was ok.
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    peanutmuse said:


    Esthi said:

    Absolutely . It's just the first time that it's happening in my family ... And with being 33 weeks preg myself , it just "feels" a bit different. But we are very happy and thankfull that all is going so well.

    Understandably. I think we're kind of used to it around here because there are several ladies who had their babies much, much earlier than that, but I can understand how it would be kind of scary until you knew everything was ok.

    Yes I know. Because of that I brought it up. quite a few over here had early babies
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  • KismcKismc member
    I'm so glad to hear that he's doing so well!
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  • peanutmusepeanutmuse member
    Esthi said:
    Yes I know. Because of that I brought it up. quite a few over here had early babies
    @Esthi, you brought what up? Your posts are vague and I keep trying to understand them, but it's quite difficult.
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  • EsthiEsthi member
    O sorry it was unclear . I did not realise . What I was trying to say is : that because quite a few ladies over here had their babies earlier than expected ( before week 37), that's why I decided to share about the "early arrival " in our family . Do you understand what I mean ? By now all they want is, that he can drink properly . After that he is allowed to go home. My sister can't wait to have him home already !!
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  • EsthiEsthi member
    @peanutmuse: I was just wondering , when are you due for your baby ??
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  • peanutmusepeanutmuse member
    Esthi said:
    @peanutmuse: I was just wondering , when are you due for your baby ??
    Thanks for clarifying. It's ok to include details when posting. :)

    I'm due Jan 25th. You?
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  • EsthiEsthi member
    My due date 17. Jan . But usually I go waaaaaay over my due date !!!! Let's wait and see. Tomorrow I have a growth scan . Super excited . Have seen LO last time in week 19!! I usually have 9 to 10 pound babies . Really curious what the gonna say tomorrow. I will keep you updated
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