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Baby S is here - what a fortnight we've had....
Hi All,
Just wanted to let you know that Baby S - now known as George David Stevens! - arrived on 15th April - a whole 3 weeks early!!! I won't go into the whole gory details (apart from to say that yes it flipping well hurt, as had no time for pain relief!!!) - except to say that even though he was technically full term (as I was exactly 37 weeks), he only weighed 4lbs 2oz - the placenta had stopped working about 3 weeks before he was born, and so he had basically been eating himself to keep himself going! And when his own fat reserves ran out, he started on the amniotic fluid - so my waters never 'went', as I had none left to 'go'!!!
We were lucky enough to get 5 hours with him in the delivery suite before he was taken to special care, where he had to stay for 10 days as he was unable to regulate his blood sugar levels or his temperature - since he had no fat to help him! But luckily he came on in leaps and bounds, and has now been at home with us for a week - and life is brilliant, we're in a routine of feeding every 4 hours which he is pretty good at sticking to!!
Added to the whole special care issue, we were also told when he was about 3 hours old that the docs suspected he had down's syndrome - and then had to wait 3 days for the results of the blood test to confirm it. So a pretty harrowing time for me and dad, but we've now got over the initial shock and are looking forward to the future with our extra special little boy. We wouldn't change him for the world, and the initial signs are good - his heart has been given the all clear (as heart defects are a common problem in down's babies), and his gut seems to be working well - he wees and poos for England!!!
Hope all the rest of you lovely ladies are doing well - and for those first time Mummies, one piece of advice... ASK FOR AN EPIDURAL AS SOON AS YOU GET TO HOSPITAL!!!
Sarah & George xxx
Just wanted to let you know that Baby S - now known as George David Stevens! - arrived on 15th April - a whole 3 weeks early!!! I won't go into the whole gory details (apart from to say that yes it flipping well hurt, as had no time for pain relief!!!) - except to say that even though he was technically full term (as I was exactly 37 weeks), he only weighed 4lbs 2oz - the placenta had stopped working about 3 weeks before he was born, and so he had basically been eating himself to keep himself going! And when his own fat reserves ran out, he started on the amniotic fluid - so my waters never 'went', as I had none left to 'go'!!!
We were lucky enough to get 5 hours with him in the delivery suite before he was taken to special care, where he had to stay for 10 days as he was unable to regulate his blood sugar levels or his temperature - since he had no fat to help him! But luckily he came on in leaps and bounds, and has now been at home with us for a week - and life is brilliant, we're in a routine of feeding every 4 hours which he is pretty good at sticking to!!
Added to the whole special care issue, we were also told when he was about 3 hours old that the docs suspected he had down's syndrome - and then had to wait 3 days for the results of the blood test to confirm it. So a pretty harrowing time for me and dad, but we've now got over the initial shock and are looking forward to the future with our extra special little boy. We wouldn't change him for the world, and the initial signs are good - his heart has been given the all clear (as heart defects are a common problem in down's babies), and his gut seems to be working well - he wees and poos for England!!!
Hope all the rest of you lovely ladies are doing well - and for those first time Mummies, one piece of advice... ASK FOR AN EPIDURAL AS SOON AS YOU GET TO HOSPITAL!!!
Sarah & George xxx
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Kerry xx
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Good luck with everything, Love Lee
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Hope life settles a little more for you now-and that George continues to get stronger.
Lydia xx