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By: tracy

tracy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:27:57 +0000

i like reading all the stories the good and the not so good stories. it gives you a piece of mind that you may never know what to expect when you have a child in the nicu..

By: tracy

tracy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:26:03 +0000

my name is tracy i had twins at 29w5d and weigh in at about 2 pounds each and 14 inches long. they where in the hospital for 2 months and came home only with medication. they were born cause i had promm. the doctors where not why.
the medical promblems the twins face where nate was intabated when he was first born and the he was on the canal. keith he was the sickest of the 2 he was on a ventilater the on oscilater ventalater before he was on cpap then he moved to the cannal. the when keith was 3 yrs of age he had eye surgery . they where great babies and si i decied to have another one scared out of my mind cause i was so afraid of having another preamature baby. eric was full term and weigh almost 8 pounds

By: Afton

Afton — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:33:01 +0000

I totally understand your concerns about your preemie’s development. When it came to being on track or not, I usually used my preemie’s corrected age (as if she was born on her due date) to see how she was developing. Typically she was right on track with the charts, and sometimes a little ahead. Most often she was right between her actual age and adjusted age, so that made me feel good. People often told me that she would be the same as other kids around age 2 and that’s probably about right. She’s 3 now and no outsider would ever know she was a preemie. She has two cousins born 1 and 2 months after her due date and she is right between the two in most things (did that make sense?) Anyway, I would advise that you track your preemie’s development with their corrected age – it will give you more peace of mind and frankly measures where they should be developmentally. Whenever my preemie did something early for her corrected age I just praised her for how advanced she was! :)

By: lacie

lacie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:49:45 +0000

I really enjoy your site. I was able to look over it some while I was in the NICU but have a lot more since being home.
I personally would love to hear about life after the NICU along the lines of development. My twins were born at 26 wks and as I’ve watched them I struggle with knowing how to help them in their development and if they are doing okay. I have a degree in Early Childhood Education and thought it would be very helpful in this situation but I am struggling to know what to compare them to, a one month old or a four month old.
I would love to hear from moms who have been through similar experiences!

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:53:09 +0000

Im new to the whole premmie baby thing, i have a premmie baby who is now 29 weeks gestation and 5 and half weeks old. We still have a long way to go.
What i like to look at is all the stories, they give me so much to look forward to. At the begining i told the nurse that i have been reading stories online and she turned around and said that you only hear about the success stories but that is what i want to read. I like to hear all the possitives, i think it is important to be possitive while you have such a young baby, why think the worst all the time. you just have to deal with things as they come. thank you for having this web site for people like us who need to just have some information that the nurses or doctors can not tell you. It only comes from people who have been there.