kelley1975
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Title says it all........
Date: 12/18/2009 9:27:51 AM
Author: noelwr
what a tough job, too!
which then all leads me to my next question. if my brother and I were both born prematurely, is it likely that my own baby will be premature, or is there no relation?
Date: 12/18/2009 11:27:02 AM
Author: lucyandroger
I have a nosey SIL question
My SIL is 21 weeks pregnant with her first (and my first niece) and has borderline high blood pressure. Her OB mentioned that if the high blood pressure persisted, she wanted to induce my SIL 2 weeks before the due date. My brother and SIL live an hour from the hospital and my brother thinks the OB may want to induce because of the convenience factor for everyone, including the OB, getting to the hospital. My SIL actually wants to get induced 2 weeks early so she can make sure her sister is there for the birth. My brother is concerned about what effect this will have on the baby.
Any thoughts? Is it normal to discuss inducing this early in the pregnancy over borderline high blood pressure (some visits high, some visits on the high side of normal)? What effect could inducing 2 weeks early have on the baby?
Thanks!
Date: 12/19/2009 8:03:57 PM
Author: radiantquest
This may be silly, but I was watching a program today and a woman delivered her babies at I think it was 31 weeks. Now I know that they are taking really good care of babies at the NCIU, but if a baby would be fully developed at 40 weeks then why do premature babies have to stay in the hospital longer than the remainder of the gestation? I mean I understand if they have problems, but why if they are under developed does it take so much longer in the NICU?
It probably depends on how healthy they are... My sister and I were born at 30 weeks. My sister was 3lbs3oz and stayed in the NICU 6 weeks; I was 3lbs1oz and stayed 7 weeks.Date: 12/19/2009 10:42:32 PM
Author: neatfreak
Most of the time they don''t. Unless there are more complications-most preemies get to go home around their original due date.Date: 12/19/2009 8:03:57 PM
Author: radiantquest
This may be silly, but I was watching a program today and a woman delivered her babies at I think it was 31 weeks. Now I know that they are taking really good care of babies at the NCIU, but if a baby would be fully developed at 40 weeks then why do premature babies have to stay in the hospital longer than the remainder of the gestation? I mean I understand if they have problems, but why if they are under developed does it take so much longer in the NICU?
Date: 12/18/2009 9:27:51 AM
Author: noelwr
what a tough job, too!
I have a question. my mom says both my brother and I were born a month early (we are not twins; 6 years apart). he had to go in an incubator and had some heart problems so had to be observed. (apologies that I am not using the correct medical terms.) she said that I, on the other hand, was very healthy and could go home right away. is that possible that a baby born after 8 months is well enough to go home or do you think she may have remembered it incorrectly? she does sometimes tend to get her stories mixed up.
which then all leads me to my next question. if my brother and I were both born prematurely, is it likely that my own baby will be premature, or is there no relation?
thanks so much and sorry I am not asking harder questions. I''m still new to this pregnancy thing (at 8 weeks now).
Date: 12/19/2009 8:03:57 PM
Author: radiantquest
This may be silly, but I was watching a program today and a woman delivered her babies at I think it was 31 weeks. Now I know that they are taking really good care of babies at the NCIU, but if a baby would be fully developed at 40 weeks then why do premature babies have to stay in the hospital longer than the remainder of the gestation? I mean I understand if they have problems, but why if they are under developed does it take so much longer in the NICU?