Could a Baby Be Born At 28 Weeks And Look Like a Full Term Baby? Posted: 12-28-07 09:25am
Could a baby be born at 28 weeks and weigh
and look like a full term baby?
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Bridget
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Posted: 12-28-07 09:30am
no. a 28-week baby would probably weigh
about 3 pounds (if that) and they would
have a nice long stay in the nicu ahead of
them.
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Mommy35
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Posted: 12-28-07 09:30am
a baby born at 28 weeks will weigh between
2 and 3 pounds and would stay in NICU
until he/she weighed between 4 and 5
pounds.
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shaz_huunter
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Posted: 12-29-07 09:58am
i had my baby at 26 weeks and no thay
don't look like full term my baby girl was
1pound 11 oz less then a bag of sugar but
if they strong they can survive but some
times they just give up it hard but i know
a few people who's babys survived
unfortunatly mine gave up 4 weeks after
she was born but i now have a 4 year old
and am pregnant again but you never forget
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 12-29-07 12:37pm
They can look alot like a newborn but it's
just looks, but then again my 12week scan
photo looked like a baby to me. As for the
weight there is no way on earth they would
weigh the same as a term baby
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tinklady74
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Pregnancy Posted: 12-29-07 13:25pm
I had a baby at 22 1/2 weeks and he looked
like a mini version of a full term baby.
However,he was 11 inches long, weighed
less than two pounds and could not open
his eyes. He had an 8 day stay at the NICU
and passed away. At such an early age,
their lungs are not fully developed yet so
they cannot get the needed oxygen to their
organs and they start shutting down one
after another. It is heart breaking to
watch your baby go through that.
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Sammy001
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Re: Pregnancy Posted: 12-30-07 10:58am
tinklady74
wrote:
I had a baby at 22 1/2 weeks
and he looked like a mini version of a
full term baby. However,he was 11 inches
long, weighed less than two pounds and
could not open his eyes. He had an 8 day
stay at the NICU and passed away. At such
an early age, their lungs are not fully
developed yet so they cannot get the
needed oxygen to their organs and they
start shutting down one after another. It
is heart breaking to watch your baby go
through that.
it is heartbreaking to read about it, and
to know that, this happens everyday. God
bless you.
