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Praying for you and your baby and wishing both of you all the best!
Need a miracle.. prayers.. positive thoughts.
Our sweet girl was 3lbs7oz three weeks ago.
Yesterday (34+3) she’s only gotten up to 3lbs14oz.
That’s only 7 ounces of weight gain in three weeks. At this stage she should be gaining half a pound a week I believe.
Doctor is quite unhappy with her growth, and has scheduled us for delivery at 36 weeks (will know the exact date at our next appointment) but it’s also likely that he could check her weight again and not like what he sees and send us to labor and delivery from that appointment.
I can’t begin to describe what I’m feeling.
Anger. Sadness. Fear. Heartbroken.
This is my last baby and I was so hoping for a good experience but it’s one bad thing after another. Now we will have a VERY tiny baby come into the world early. I can’t imagine how much scarier this would have been had she been born earlier though. So there’s that, I guess. It’s just her weight that has me absolutely petrified right now.
I’m sorry if anyone thinks I’m whining or complaining. I’m not trying to, I’m grateful we are getting her out so she can gain weight in the nicu.. I’m just so scared. :(
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One of my twins was 4 lbs 15 oz at birth at 36 weeks born early by scheduled c section. He was too much smaller than his brother meaning he probably wasn't getting enough of their shared placenta so they decided to take them early. He had a dual vessel umbilical cord and hydronephrosis (fluid on the kidney) that we had to watch with little ultrasounds a few times for a couple years, but it never came to anything. He was in the nIcu for 21 days (his brother was 14 days), learning how to eat and keep himself warm. He would have come home even earlier but he had a 'toaster head" as they called it 😂 which made it hard for him to pass his car seat test because it tucked his chin down and made it hard for him to breathe reliably well. He spent a few days under the billi lights for jaundice during that time. After we got him home he was a very normal little baby and we had the normal new baby experience :) I was told by some nurses my boys had a longer NICU stay than most with their condition and age.. apparently Caucasian boys are the slowest category of NICU babies to get going and get themselves out of there :P
My baby was just over 5 pounds at 38 weeks and she’s a perfectly healthy 5 year old. She was also 3.5 pounds at 34 weeks. Absolutely nothing was wrong with her 💝
Da
I wish that was the case for us.
We have a umbilical cord issue, placenta issue, I have a bicornuate uterus, she’s got IUGR, her dad has a severe blood disorder that seems to be stronger in girls so we have that to worry about as well.. it’s all a lot to handle for her tiny little self
I’ve heard as long as baby is over 4 pounds they don’t always need NICU unless other issues. You’re almost there! I know it’s so scary and its so frustrating Bc it’s literally out of your control. I’ll pray for baby to gain ❤️
Da
We will need nicu time because of other issues (and they do nicu automatically here if baby is born before 37 weeks) but I’m hoping she isn’t in there long. And thank you so much. 💕 it’s estimated (if she follows this growth curve and doesn’t make any big leaps in growth) that she will be about 4lbs2oz at birth. Big enough to go home luckily 🤞🏻 but I’m praying for less than a week in the nicu. Doctor said two weeks because of the blood disorder her dad has they’ll wanna keep a close eye on her. But if she’s born jaundiced and CBC shows all the markers for the blood disorder we will be there for 2-4 weeks at least
When I was in labor the hospital did a quick scan to check my daughters weight and she was just under 5lbs. When I gave birth less than 24 hours later she was 6’ 11oz! I definitely understand the concern but those are just estimates.
Da
We go to an MFM hospital so theirs are very accurate :( may be up to 5 ounces off but that’s about it
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