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mamasarahx2
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Intro & question for STMs....
mamasarahx2
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in Preemies
Hi all,
I have mostly lurked on this board and have found all of these posts & wisdom so, so helpful. I've had a lot of questions but found a lot of them answered in old posts & archives. I think you preemie moms are incredible and heroes.
A very quick intro: I'm currently on hospital bedrest after pPROM at 25w6d (May 15th). Today I have reached 29 weeks - every Friday is my "flip day" and I celebrate and am really hoping to celebrate 30 weeks next Friday. Baby is doing great. No signs of infection, other scary stuff so far. I've made it three weeks without going into labor so might get to be one of the lucky few that makes it to 34/35 until planned delivery.
I am ok. Dealing with the financial implications of unexpectedly leaving my job and having our income cut in half has been very difficult. I have a 2.5 yr old son at home and this has been the other hard part. He visits most days with my husband and we have a sort of routine....he comes after his afternoon nap, we have a toy bin in my room from a friend, I save up my wheelchair rides for when he's here and we play outside in the garden for a little while, then eat dinner, I shower with him, get him dressed into his jammies and read his bedtime stories, and then say goodnight. We also Skype a lot but it's still so tough.
I'm wondering about the next stage and introducing DH to the baby. I'm not sure if we'll have a longer or shorter NICU stay at this point but curious what you STMs did with your younger kiddos. I'm already feeling guilt about how much of a toll this pregnancy/birth/baby is taking on him and want to help him adjust as best I can. I already expected there would be challenges spreading myself between him & the new baby under normal circumstances, but this was out of left field. I don't know what the future holds but am wondering if this baby is already going to need more of me than the first time around.
How have you found balance being a mom of a preemie and maintaining normal routines and life with your other kiddos?
I have mostly lurked on this board and have found all of these posts & wisdom so, so helpful. I've had a lot of questions but found a lot of them answered in old posts & archives. I think you preemie moms are incredible and heroes.
A very quick intro: I'm currently on hospital bedrest after pPROM at 25w6d (May 15th). Today I have reached 29 weeks - every Friday is my "flip day" and I celebrate and am really hoping to celebrate 30 weeks next Friday. Baby is doing great. No signs of infection, other scary stuff so far. I've made it three weeks without going into labor so might get to be one of the lucky few that makes it to 34/35 until planned delivery.
I am ok. Dealing with the financial implications of unexpectedly leaving my job and having our income cut in half has been very difficult. I have a 2.5 yr old son at home and this has been the other hard part. He visits most days with my husband and we have a sort of routine....he comes after his afternoon nap, we have a toy bin in my room from a friend, I save up my wheelchair rides for when he's here and we play outside in the garden for a little while, then eat dinner, I shower with him, get him dressed into his jammies and read his bedtime stories, and then say goodnight. We also Skype a lot but it's still so tough.
I'm wondering about the next stage and introducing DH to the baby. I'm not sure if we'll have a longer or shorter NICU stay at this point but curious what you STMs did with your younger kiddos. I'm already feeling guilt about how much of a toll this pregnancy/birth/baby is taking on him and want to help him adjust as best I can. I already expected there would be challenges spreading myself between him & the new baby under normal circumstances, but this was out of left field. I don't know what the future holds but am wondering if this baby is already going to need more of me than the first time around.
How have you found balance being a mom of a preemie and maintaining normal routines and life with your other kiddos?
Mama, badass social worker, wife, daughter, semi-crunchy renegade chicken keeper. On hospital bedrest with babe #2 following pPROM at 25 weeks until delivery.
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Re: Intro & question for STMs....
I have two boys at home (6 & 3). I was on bedrest for 9 days (water broke at 32+1). I went into labor and she was born at 33+5. That was on 4/11/14. She will be 42 weeks tomorrow and we are still in the NICU.
Splitting time between all of them is not easy. For the past 8 weeks, DS1 went to Kindergarten and DS2 went to daycare M-F. I would be up here with DD from 9-5. I have made sure to spend the evenings with the boys. On the weekends it varies. I usually get up early and come up here with her for a few hours and then go home to spend time with the boys. Sometimes I would spend the night up here. It's a juggling act for sure.
GL with everything! I hope you can keep baby cooking!!