Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: South Euclid,OH
Preemies! Posted: 03-02-07 00:04am
Hi! I was wondering if any of you have
premature babies or know of someone that
has one? I myself am a preemie. I was born
May 20th 1986-3 months before my due date,
weighing less than a pound at 32 weeks (I
believe). I had to be delivered early
because I wasn't growing inside my mother.
I had many complications including
pneumonia, RSV (which nearly killed
me),etc. I only had a 10% chance of
survival and here I am. My Nana told me
that one of the docters told my parents
just to let me die cause I wasn't going to
live. I proved him/her wrong!
Our family was a Ambassador family for the
March of Dimes in Cleveland, OH both at
our local chapter (Lake County) and the
Cleveland one. We have been in the
Cleveland Magazine and I have been in the
newspaper and on TV twice. I was born at
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and
as to date, I am their smallest survivor!
So, if anyone has a premature baby or you
yourself do, go support your local March
of Dimes chapter.By doing that, we are on
step closer to having/seeing all babies
born healthy!
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arcadia
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 4468 Location: Illinois,
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Posted: 03-02-07 00:11am
my boyfriend was a preemie. he was born at
32wks. which i believe is just 2 months
early. & .he was about 4lbs 2oz. he
has lots of problems, now. but it could
also be because his mom did quite a bit of
drugs while she was pregnant with him.
which could also be the cause of him being
premature. he has problems with his spine,
& his ankles weren't formed correctly,
& he had trouble developing mentally
in school.
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An-Rika
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 64 Location: South Africa
Posted: 03-02-07 01:40am
My friend one of a twin weighed 980grams!!
Today she is fairly big built and no other
complications other than she was is icu
for awhile cause the lungs didnt develope
and she had hep B when she was small. But
she is beautifull now - wouldnt say!!
My daughter isn't technically a preemie
because she was delivered at 37 weeks..
but she'd stopped growing a few weeks
prior to that. She weighed 5lbs 1oz.. and
other than not being able to breastfeed
she was fine. I consider myself very
lucky.
I heard on the news about a baby that was
born at 21 weeks and only weighed 10oz.. I
couldn't believe it. I thought .Jenny was
tiny until I saw that!
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candita_sky
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 522 Location: in the land of pooh bear
Posted: 03-02-07 11:17am
my son was delivered at 34 weeks by my
crackpot doctor. she was fired and has a
new practice some where else . he had
heart and breathing prob from the start
then developed pnemonia had to stay in
nicu for a while i hated going home with
out him i cried everyday. today he does
still have prob. severe food allergies
asthma sensory prob (all clothes have to
be super soft no tags blankets and
bedding have to be fleece or flannel )
motor skills behind prob grasping and
pinching like with a pencil or scissors he
needs special ones to use in school
speech delayed
he has over 10 therepist working with him
everyday he goes to 2 preschools a day one
is developmental and he will need help
thru out his life but he is improving in
many ways he is super smart he is only 4
and can read some he nows his colors
shapes abc count to 30 we worked with
chuild development and easter seal. so i
highly recomend them if you have one in
your area.
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Sunflower_pie81
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 03-02-07 11:27am
I was a preemie born at 35 weeks. I was
perfectly fine. my son was born at 27
weeks and he wasn't fine. but he had
hypoplastic left heart syndrome and wasnt'
strong enough for surgery....my daughter
was born at 37 weeks which is considered
full term and we had problems with breast
feeding and her sucking.....she had .R.S.V
and was very very ill. we have been in
and out of the hospital many times. but
she is doing fine now.
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Mommy35
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 03-02-07 15:48pm
My daughter was a premie. She was born at
28 weeks and weighted 2 lbs 7 oz. She was
intubated at birth, because her lungs were
not completely mature, but she was very
onery and pulled her tubes out. She came
home from the hospital 6 weeks later
weighing 4 lbs 4 oz.
She had no real major problems. She was
way below average in size until she was
about 6 years. People used to stare at us
in stores because she was like a little 9
month old carrying on full conversations
at 2. She has a lazy eye, but has had
operations to straighten it and it has
strengthened a lot through the years.
She'll be 17 in May and there is nothing
abnormal about her now!!!
There was a baby in the NICU with her that
was 1lb 11oz. He was born at 26 weeks and
had a lot of problems. He passed away
when he was around 11 from complications
from CP.
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