Her son is thriving now, with no neurological issues whatsoever. And without sharing too much, as obviously it is my friends circumstances/history, her son really was a very severe case and in critical condition, they had to transfer him from one hospital to another, he was in a bad way. It was very traumatic for both . I think he did spend quite a bit of time in NICU but other than that, parenting afterwards was plain sailing. And yep he is now 9. Very tall! And doing well in school.
Anyway Iām obviously not part of this baby group but I seen your post and wanted to offer some reasurance.
That is a lot of machines, bless her. Them nurses in the NICU are like earth angels though. She is in very safe, capable hands. I remember the NICU well when my twin neice and nephew were born very prem.
Thatās good about the oxygen straight away. She looks like a nice weight. I think I can see a snippet of red hair too
@elleplume, welcome to the world, [name_f]Flora[/name_f]! Iām sorry to hear you had to transfer to hospital, and that [name_f]Flora[/name_f] has struggled. I hope that she and you are already doing much better since you last posted, but either way, youāve done splendidly and are an amazing mom already!
@elleplume Prayed for baby [name_f]Flora[/name_f] last night! [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] name for a lovely girl, and I hope she is home with you soon. Iām sorry you didnāt get the birth experience you wanted. Rest and heal!
We were provided with a room at the parents accommodation across the road from the hospital so now we donāt have to leave until sheās discharged
[name_f]My[/name_f] milk is coming in and itās so intense! Doing my best to pump with a machine and figure it all out as a FTM without my baby. Weāve heard talk that theyāre planning on taking her off the ventilator today so weāre very excited.
@auroradawn@hyacinthbucket thank you for your prayers and well wishes we havenāt told anyone except close family whatās going on so itās nice to share somewhere and receive your thoughts.
[name_u]Baby[/name_u] girl was born early Halloween morning! Weāre both doing well now though my c section ended up being more complicated than expected. Sheās a big girl: 8 lb 6 oz and 21 inches long.
[name_u]Will[/name_u] post her name in the announcements soon
Ooh, @whatchamacallit. Iāve been waiting to hear this news!! Congrats on your Halloween baby! I canāt wait to hear her name. Iām sorry your birth wound up more complicated than anticipated but I hope from here on out your healing is straightforward.
@elleplume Prayers and good vibes for little Flora! Hope to hear some good updates soon!
Iām about 36 and a half weeks right now Canāt believe little girl will be here soon!! Weāre hoping she comes closer to her due date, or at least not for a couple weeks because weāre finalizing a kitchen remodel right now. I havenāt had a working kitchen for over a month and itās been ROUGH. I canāt imagine doing this with a newborn to take care of too. Luckily the kitchen should be functional by early next week and hopefully all the little details finalized in the next week or two.
Last I posted I was getting ready for the 3-hour glucose test. I passed and do not have GD so that was great! Iāve been pretty tired these last few weeks, but Iām starting to feel a little burst of energy lately which has been a nice change!
Weāre at about the same stage ā Iāll be 37 weeks on [name_f]Sunday[/name_f]. Expecting to go slightly over with this one for some reason, so weāve been pretty chilled about preparing but Iām finally starting to get hospital bag stuff sorted and itās all seeming very imminent all of a sudden.
I hope your last few weeks go well, you get your kitchen finished and continue to feel good. Ready to meet these babies now!
Good luck for the last few weeks @lehassebrock ! I hear it aināt pregnancy unless youāre doing a reno we painted our whole house in my 39th week!
Weāre home now as of [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f]. Itās bliss compared to the hospital, but of course lots to get used to like sleepless nights and unproductive days (how do parents get anything done ever?!) [name_f]Flora[/name_f] is an absolute delight and weāre already dreaming of number 2
Getting close to the end of [name_u]November[/name_u]! I hope everyone is doing well. Looking forward to more announcements
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] is three weeks old now and already changing so much!
Aww Iām so envious that you have your little one with you already! She sounds wonderful. Getting very impatient to meet mine now!
Iām feeling OK, a little bit achey and twingey now (not in a labour-is-imminent kind of way, more in a why-are-you-doing-this-for-a-fourth-time kind of way). It feels like my abs are separating now so Iām pretty keen for this little one to put in an appearance sooner rather than later!
Have had a bit of a stressful few weeks with chickenpox going round my town and my kidsā schools. Iāve had it, but none of my children have, and I obviously really donāt want them to all catch it just in time for the new arrival. But Iām trying to stay calm about it until it either does or doesnāt happen, and we can cross that bridge if we come to it. Covid rates are also spiking here, which is not ideal.
But otherwise Iām excited! I keep peeking into the drawer with all the little clothes in and thinking how surreal it seems that thereāll be a little person wearing those in just a few days or weeks
They have been very patient surprisingly. Sheās been fussy the past few days and theyāve had to wait for Mamaās attention a lot more than theyāre used to.
They are really sweet with her. Theyāll kiss the top of her head or gently touch her arm and say baby sister.
Itās still kind of scary having two wild toddlers running around a newborn though. Lol
And itās so different having one newborn to care for instead of two! And also so different having a full term baby since they were born at 34 weeks. I remember it taking forever for them to finish a bottle in the beginning but she was born wanting to eat a ton!
Itās D-Day for me! So far Iāve had no indications that baby girl is on her way, but my midwife checked me at my appointment this morning and Iām about 2 cm dilated, which is at least something (I didnāt dilate with my first until I was in active labor). I had sweep strip my membranes so hopefully, that will get the ball rolling! Hoping to meet our little turkey baby soon.
39+3 today and Iāve been referred for an urgent growth scan tomorrow as my bump actually seems to have shrunk since my last appointment 2 weeks ago.
K has been off school today with Covid symptoms: fever, cough, shivers, vomiting. I took him for a drive-through PCR today so hopefully weāll get the results tomorrow or [name_m]Friday[/name_m] at the latest.
If he or anyone else is positive when I go into labour my husband will have to stay home with the kids and Iāll have to get myself to hospital somehow. I donāt really know what to do about that but we canāt really make any decisions until we know whatās up with the growth and whether anyone has Covid. Weāve all miraculously avoided it so far and are both fully vaccinated but rates are high in my area at the moment.
I really donāt want a homebirth but Iāve been reading up on it just in case! #3 came quickly and #4 is likely to be similar.
. I think he did spend quite a bit of time in NICU but other than that, parenting afterwards was plain sailing. And yep he is now 9. Very tall! And doing well in school.
we havenāt told anyone except close family whatās going on so itās nice to share somewhere and receive your thoughts.
Weāre both doing well now though my c section ended up being more complicated than expected. Sheās a big girl: 8 lb 6 oz and 21 inches long.
Canāt believe little girl will be here soon!! Weāre hoping she comes closer to her due date, or at least not for a couple weeks because weāre finalizing a kitchen remodel right now. I havenāt had a working kitchen for over a month and itās been ROUGH. I canāt imagine doing this with a newborn to take care of too. 
Luckily the kitchen should be functional by early next week and hopefully all the little details finalized in the next week or two.
we painted our whole house in my 39th week!
