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It really is dangerous!!!!!!!!!!!
in Baby
Sorry to Gatecrash., i normally appear on twins forum and prem births but was advised to put this on here too!
A couple of weeks ago OH and I had the scare of our lives and i wanted to tell you all about so you can see for real the dangers of co-sleeping with your babies!!
It was a Saturday Night and one of our twin girls (12 weeks at the time 7 weeks prem) wouldnt settle after I had fallen to sleep, so my OH decided to get her out of her cot and comfort her back to sleep. This went disastrously wrong when he accidentally fell asleep with her.
I awoke at 2.30 to other twin Ashlea screaming her head off (she was still in Cot) i looked across and realised Stevie was not in the cot i then noticed that she was face down in between my husband and I on the bed. She was grunting and there was blood coming from her nose and mouth and she was unconscious. I screamed for my husband to wake up and we tried to bring her round, which she wouldnt.
We were at the time unable to get any phone signal on our phones (we have new ones now) and so i had to stand outstide and call an ambulance for her, she didnt come round at all and was still grunting really bad.
The Ambulance arrived and said that they needed to get her to the hospital asap or else!!
we arrived at the hospital and 4 doctors were trying to put canulas in all at once but she was starting to close downm by this time she also had hypothermia and her blood sugar was dangeroulsy high because of the stress. they finally managed to get a canula and some fluids into her and thankfully she picked up.
we then spent the next few days in the hospital just checking her over.
this is a shocking story and i honestly believe that my darling daughter would not be here today of her twin had not woken us up,
I would strongly urge you never to take your babies to bed with you no matter how awake you feel if they wake in the night then get up and sit in an uncomfortable chair to feed them, to ensure that you stay awake.
We have been assured by our HV that there are not many parents who can honestly say they have not taken their babies into their bed at night but wihtout such horrid consequences.
Please think about this.
Sarah xx
A couple of weeks ago OH and I had the scare of our lives and i wanted to tell you all about so you can see for real the dangers of co-sleeping with your babies!!
It was a Saturday Night and one of our twin girls (12 weeks at the time 7 weeks prem) wouldnt settle after I had fallen to sleep, so my OH decided to get her out of her cot and comfort her back to sleep. This went disastrously wrong when he accidentally fell asleep with her.
I awoke at 2.30 to other twin Ashlea screaming her head off (she was still in Cot) i looked across and realised Stevie was not in the cot i then noticed that she was face down in between my husband and I on the bed. She was grunting and there was blood coming from her nose and mouth and she was unconscious. I screamed for my husband to wake up and we tried to bring her round, which she wouldnt.
We were at the time unable to get any phone signal on our phones (we have new ones now) and so i had to stand outstide and call an ambulance for her, she didnt come round at all and was still grunting really bad.
The Ambulance arrived and said that they needed to get her to the hospital asap or else!!
we arrived at the hospital and 4 doctors were trying to put canulas in all at once but she was starting to close downm by this time she also had hypothermia and her blood sugar was dangeroulsy high because of the stress. they finally managed to get a canula and some fluids into her and thankfully she picked up.
we then spent the next few days in the hospital just checking her over.
this is a shocking story and i honestly believe that my darling daughter would not be here today of her twin had not woken us up,
I would strongly urge you never to take your babies to bed with you no matter how awake you feel if they wake in the night then get up and sit in an uncomfortable chair to feed them, to ensure that you stay awake.
We have been assured by our HV that there are not many parents who can honestly say they have not taken their babies into their bed at night but wihtout such horrid consequences.
Please think about this.
Sarah xx
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Thanks for sharing your story & hopefully it will make others think twice before bringing their lo's into bed with them
Hilary x
Thank you for posting this I'm sure we'll all stop and think next time we're tempted.
Proves the theory about twin connections!x
I had been planning on setting up the cot right next to the bed, with everything i need for feeding/changing in the bedside cabinet so that i needn't get out of bed. Is this a no-no? Should i take baby into the nursery to be fed/changed?xx
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I have fallen asleep with my lo when he was about 2 weeks old, i was sitting up and holding him on my chest, i honestly thought i had just blinked and when i looked at the time it had been over an hour, so easily done but really shouldn't be!
Going to make sure i don't do it with this lo after your ordeal!
Hope you are all ok now!!!
I had my lo in my bed quite a lot over the last few weeks as he was very ill with eczema & would not settle anywhere else. I was shattered as OH works nights and for the past fortnight I'd been up every 1/2 hour with him...They do recommend NOT to co sleep if you are very tired and I second this cos I woke up and I was leaning on lo's leg! I would have never forgiven myself if I'd have rolled on top of him
xxx