My twins are 6 1/2 weeks premature, but I was fortunate enough that the labor was prolonged enough that it was me who was given the 2 shots to mature their lungs and not them. They were very healthy and was breathing on their own and never had to have feeding tubes. They were kept on warmers because they barely had body fat to keep their temps even. Katelyn graduated from the warmer after 3 days or so, but Jordan was kept on longer. And even after she was taken out, she had to be put back in because her temp just dipped down and she couldn't get it back up.

One thing that was so different and was such a shocker for me about preemie babies compared to term babies (my son was born on his due date), was the body fat. My girls didn't even have butts, their tush were all bones.

As far as the signs I felt, it was just an increase in braxton hicks contractions. They were ever so slightly more intense, but that's it. I noticed this for about 2 days and so suspected that things were changing. I was put on medicines to relax the uterus and like clock work, my contractions came back on the 3rd hour of the medicine. It was supposed to be given every 6 hours, but it only worked for me for 3 hours.

Good advice!

i had a premmie baby born at 23 weeks, he died so when a recent member was caught out in a lie it really hit me rather hard. il never forget him and he taught me alot but il miss him everyday of my life.

You write such great articles amigo Great information

 Lexi xxx

 

My son was 4 & 1/2 weeks premmie, he weighed 4 pound + 12 ounces.  He wasn't breathing at first & spent the first 2 days in a humidicrib with tubes and wires everywhere. He lost more than 10% of his bodyweight in the first week and has a heart murmur. He couldn't suck properly so he was mostly tube fed for the first 14 days.He spent 18 days in special care & then came home a couple of days later.

Your article is very accurate. Great Advice!

I too was a premmy baby ,I was born six weeks early .It was a Saturday morning and  pregnancy number 6.My mother had just had a shower while in the shower she thought she felt a funny feeling of water trickling down her leg but was in the shower at the time so she thought nothing of it . But as she was walking to the bedroom I just popped out , no pain nothing she says she thinks she caught me .

As this was 35 years ago my parents didn't have a phone so my father did a mad dash to the phone box to call for an ambulance .My mother just wrapped me up and sat on her bed and waited for the ambulance to arrive.

I was born with a few medical problems and remained in hospital for about 6 weeks,I had a heart problem Patend Ductus Arteriosis  (not sure of spelling lol) apparently a valve to the heart is suppose to shut off when the baby is born but  in my case it never did.I was constantly sick so had to wait until i was strong enough for my body to cope with the operation.So at 5 I had open heart surgery to fix that.

I was also born with congenital hip which at 7 months i was in hospital for six months in traction and  then plaster on both legs from the waste down to my ankles with a bar between my legs for a further 6 months (i think) But I still suffer with hip problem and I am in need of a hip replacement now.

I was also slightly deaf with many ear problems and at 9 had to have my left ear totally reconstructed to gain  some more hearing but still have slight loss of hearing in my left ear.I have also  worn glasses from the age of 5 too.

While  my mother  was pregnant with me  she lost my six month old sister to cot  death(sids) so her body was under enormous stress  emotionally and physically .The Dr believed this is why i was born premmy and that i was  under developed .Because of the fact that I was premmy and so sickly my father did not bond with me as he was frightened of losing another baby.It was a very hard time for my parents as they already had another 3 children .But luckily they got through it and they have been happily married now for 42 yrs and I am still here .

                                                                    Cham

i was born 4 weeks early weighing 4pound 9 and i was fine from when i came out and i have been fine so far i am a short A$%# lol but apart from that i am fine never sick so i think that it depends

my 3 child was 4 weeks(weighing 6 pound 7 which is big for then they reckon he would of been 11 pound full term ouch lol) prem and was in neo natal for 10 days on a feeding tube as he could not suck he had to learn they said to me that its better if a baby is born at 5 weeks prem than 4 weeks. he has only been sick twice since being out of hospital he is now 2 and i hope he will be healthy for the rest of his life

 

I was a prem baby. Born a month early. My mum said to me i was in a humid crib for a month and i was so under weight, and so skinny. Needed oxygen all the time and had a tube in my nose. I couldn't go home for about 5 weeks until i put on some weight.

I was on milk ( M for Milk i think it was called back then 33 years ago ) and once i got home, i was a little better.

I was on milk for a whole year as my insides had to catch up to the rest of my body, and started solids when i was about 15 months old and still couldn't digest alot of food as it went straight through me, and came out the other end as it went in.

When i was 18 months old, i was eating better, and by 2 years i was eating way better, and eating mostly everything i could.

I still have today alot of trouble with my stomach, and can't eat that much, and i can't handle drinking plain milk as it makes me sick. I have to have flavoured milk, and i can't handle that too much. If i drink too much milk, i get really sick.

People think prem babies get over it about their tummies etc being under developed but it does still effect us in a small way when we're older.

 

Mine were all totally overcooked
But great advice
xxx

i was sooo scared i would have a prem birth (but i got the over cooked kid), my poor sister had to do it at 3.5 months prem, Tamika was born and lived for 5 months and 1 day she weighed at 580 grams. She had alot of respratory probs... But even though it has been just over 6 years, there have been so many breakthroughs with keeping a premmie born so small able to live a normal, long life.

xx channy