Any 34/35 week birth stories?

Question

I feel like I'm in the early stages of labor but I'm on procardia to keep contractions at bay. I'm nervous. I was having contractions so bad that I woke up at 5:30am this morning. Last time I was woken up from a contraction I had my baby the next day. Lol The only difference is this one is 34w/5d and my first was 37w/5d.  I'm interested in reading some preemie birth stories as i'm very nervous. Already had the steroid shot for his lungs at 28 weeks. Have had 3 or 4 shots of brethine to stop contractions. Been inL&D; 10 or so times in the past 6 weeks. Our hospital is also 45 minutes away so definitely don't want to wait too long if I am in labor. 2 weeks ago I was 50% and almost  2cm. Just had an ultrasound a week ago and he is weighing 4lbs 14oz.

Answer

I had my little guy at 35 weeks 1 day. we had a lot of different complications and my Dr decided it was safer to deliver him via c section then than to let my body continue to try to support him.... he came out screaming and fighting, my husband got to hold him and we got to take a picture together then he was wisked off to the nursery where they started their tests and measurements. while in there he started to retract a little. it was getting difficult for him to breathe and his little leg was turning blue... they put him on 30% oxygen and the nicu team took over to transfer him to kosairs children's hospital that was about 15-20minutes away from our hospital... everything was very calm and controlled. the nicu team got him stable and brought him back to me in recovery where I got to hold him for about 10 minutes while they went over the details and info we would need with his transfer to their NICU... they left and told my husband to give them 1 hour to get him there and set up then he could come too.... by the time they arrived at Kosairs the retraction had stopped and he no longer needed oxygen. he was breathing on his own and maintaining his own temperature.... they gave him an IV but less than 6 hours later he had pulled it out and they didn't bother to put it back in as he was doing fine.... over the next few days he did get a little jaundice and needed the bili lights off and on but he quickly got over it once he started taking in food and having regular bowl movements.... he had issues feeding with a bottle and nursing because he would become bradycardic. he couldn't figure out the whole suck, swallow, breathe thing and it made his heart rate drop into the 50's... very common issue with preemies... so we did use a feeding tube for a little while so he could rest and gain weight... he was born at 4lbs 11oz and 18.5 inches long. he dropped too 4lbs 3oz within the first 48 hours and it took him 13 days to gain it back... I was pumping and bottle or tube feeding him but because he had issues with gaining weight his nicu team also supplemented him with Neosure which is a high calorie preemie formula 3 times a day.... he spent a total of 14 days in the NICU.... he is now 8 weeks old and I think he is getting close to 9lbs now... he has a Drs appointment on Monday so I will know for sure then... he is perfect in every way, just tiny! hang in there, it will be ok!

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I had my first daughter at 37 wks and she was 8.5 lbs. Water broke at 6am and I had her at 10 am.  Super easy... second daughter tried to come at 33 wks. they were able to stop it the first time with shots and magnesium. two days later I was back in the hospital and went from 1cm to 5 cm in 6 hours. I was in no pain. they kept me in the hospital on bed rest for 6 days and then finally I had her . she was 6 lbs 10 oz. and perfectly healthy. The head OB doctor stopped the procardia two days before I had her because it was making my blood pressure way too low.

Any 34/35 week birth stories?

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