DD was born suddenly at 35 weeks about two weeks ago. She was 5lb 8oz and didn't spend any time on SCBU - it was threatened at one point during her hospital stay, but never materialised. We are very fortunate that we were able to go home after two nights on postnatal. She's breastfeeding well and gaining weight.
My question is, what should I expect in terms of milestones? Is it likely that she will be later to smile, control head etc.? My first DD got to 38 weeks but was IUGR (born at 5lb 1oz) and as far as I remember was about on-time with the milestones, but the paed stressed to me that prematurity was a different scenario. Unfortunately I didn't really get any more of an indication of what to expect.
DD is rather sleepy and slightly jaundiced, but she looks less yellow every day and is getting more alert. I guess I'm a little concerned that it might all start going pear-shaped further down the road: contributions from anyone with any ideas or experience of this kind of prematurity very much welcomed. Thank you in advance!
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DD was born at 35 weeks - what to expect in the future
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FrozenNorth · 21/02/2010 20:13
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