shitey mc shite. Aitch is being admitted to hospital today, 33 weeks pg with pre-eclampsia, they're talking about sectioning me by the end of the week. and <sobs> the baby hasn't grown in two weeks. the poor litte thing is only about 3lb... it's too ...

[Aitch]

and i'll see if i can MN from my mobile phone when i get to the hosp.

any good stories? SKG? whomoved?

and what will happen with breastfeeding?

oh FUCK. i'm so upset. she's too wee to come out...

ROFL.

just had scottish gas at the door. the neighbours work has uncovered the fact that the gas supply into this building no longer meets requirements. so they need to rip up our oak floors and move pipes about. lololol.

i cried a bit, so they've promised not to do anything until we give them the okay. this will not please the neighbours.

So glad you are home Aitch - from my limited experience I know that every day helps at this stage.

I have just spoken to my SIL and she said she wished she could have had a bit of time to get her head around what was about to happen and make some practical arrangements. My DN was born by emergency c/s at 32 when my SIL went to the labour ward to get lack of movement checked before she went out for a pizza. An hour later she had a baby in SCBU and a DH desperately trying to get home from a work trip. The shock was terrible and she says if she had known a bit more about what to expect it would have been more manageable so I think you are right to try and find out as much as you possibly can from organisations such as Bliss.

Good luck, keeping everything crossed for you. xx

Farking hell Aitch =- are you going to have to foot the bill for this?

That is ridiculous, can't believe you've got all that shit going on when you're pg (even in a straightforward pg it would be a bloody nightmare).

Ahh the power of a pg woman's tears though...

Is there any chance they could wait for, maybe, a year?!

oh no that's the last thing you need at the moment!

Oh great that you are home!

Don't worry too much about the logistics, I'm sure friends and family will step in and help (not to mention mumsnetters!)

Oh you poor thing. I was hospitalised at 36 weeks with pre-eclampsia and they figured that DD was just over 4lbs. They kept me in hospital for a week, got my blood pressure under control and fed me up. I had a natural labour a day after I had been discharged and DD was born weighing five and a half pounds at 37 weeks.

Good luck!

Oh glad to see you are back!

Well done that girl

Does this mean that because you're responding to the meds, she might be able to get a wee bit bigger?

Lots of love and luck for all of you. xxx

Hello Aitch, you don't know me from Adam but I just want to send you all my good wishes.

I had DD2 at 34 weeks (different reasons to you) and had some similar problems - had section, DH didn't drive, another DD to look after, 15 miles from hospital. We managed, and luckily had friends running us to and fro. I started expressing straight away and had no problems there. I found SCBU staff very supportive and I hope you do too.

All the best

Glad to hear baby is still staying put and i'm sorry but i hate your neighbours and their stupid builders and i don't even know them so goodness knows how you feel.

My baby although only 3 weeks early was rather poorly to begine with and was in intensive care and on a glucose drip for the first 48 hours before he started having my hand expressed colostrum so didn't need any formula. However one midwife did say to me i had to accept that a poorly baby is a bit different and if he'd had to have some formula it wasn't the end of the world.

What we did when i was discharged (3 days post c-section) was that i spent all my time practically at the hospital doing 'care' for my baby and DH looked after eldest son with the help of his parents who basically came down to help. Not sure how viable that is for you though.

One thing though do ask if you can be prioritised for a private/single room on maternity once you've had baby - i found it very hard to be on a ward of women with babies when mine was downstairs in NICU.

Fingers crossed for you!

Oh and i had a much better bf experience with this baby than with my eldest who was born very normally with no problems.

Midwifes weren't great with bf help to be honest especially as i was expressing sooo much that actually feeding was hard as had driven my milk supply into overdrive.

Aitch - glad to see you are back, keep calm - easier said than done with the builders, gas and all that. But I am sure as soon as you see you little girl all will be well with the world. Take care

Aitch - I'm glad you're home and I do hope little one stays put for a while more. I had dd2 by emergency section at 35 weeks and dd1 was only 19 months old so things were pretty hectic but somehow I'm still here today and I did also manage to get dd breastfeeding which was a real bonus. When they told me they had to deliver dd early I cried and cried and thought they were being over-cautious. However when they got dd out and saw the state of my placenta we all knew then and there that it was the emergency section that had saved her life. I now know that they don't deliver babies early unless they really have to and I'm sure they will do the very best for your little one. Best of luck and boo hiss to those builders

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Lordy, lordy Aitch. Only just caught up with your news via Facebook via BLW forum. Adding my positive vibes to the huge virtual hug that is going on for you all.

We fought to keep Small inside me day by day for over 6 weeks - doing DAU visits every other day. Not Pre-E - but so know the stress of dealing with the medics and trying to get your head around what prem actually means.

Keeping everything crossed for you all.

Lin

Hey, Aitch. Glad you are home and no I am not stalking you from the BLW forum, I just usually like to be a lurker over here.

WRT BFing and early baby, take a look at Kangaroo care (I think the main site comes up if you do a google search). There has been a lot of research on prematurity and BFing and a lot of it is on that site.

Also there is a woman in Glasgow, Mary Kennedy, who provides BFing support either through breastfeeding network or associatoin of breastfeeding mothers. She is also the link woman for Birth Crisis in Scotland again, google should have the answers.

Thinking of you!

Great that you're back home Aitch Hope all goes well for you over the next days and weeks, and that you get lots of bf support.

Would never have been so relaxed about weaning DS without your BLW evangelism...

ive only posted a few times on this thread but have been following your story and thinking of you. I hope your little one takes a big stretch over the next few days.

xx

rather ludicrously, i don't appear to be able to access the BLW forum at the moment...been trying on and off for the last couple of hours.

i'm off to bed, i think. may never return. i've been looking at the bliss site, is there somewhere good to start, apart from the messageboard it seems to be very campaign-focused.

i think they publish a booklet. i was given one when DS1 was in NICU. do they have a link to that?

i'll have a look.
also, what is the likelihood of being able to get dd transferred to a slightly nearer (ie juuuuuuuuust walkable to) hospital after a while, has anyone done that?

have phoned the specialist bfing unit that i went to before... they've moved. gah.

glad to see you posting Aitch, I'm thinking of you. Is there anything practical I/we can do?

that's so kind of you to offer, but at the moment i just feel in limbo so i can't think of anything at all. i haven't got anything organised, so i'll have a look at what i've got to do over the weekend if i get let out of hosp tomorrow. fingers crossed.

Glad the meds worked and you are home.

Transfer would depend on babys care requirements and space but your lack of transport should be a positive if the others fall into place, your mw will know the likelyhood of this.

It depends on their scbu. We had to be transferred away from our local where she was born because she need more specialist care and it was such a good hospital we chose top stay there until she was well enough for home
Maybe check out the nearest hospital to you and find out what there scbu is like ect...
Some don't take babies under 34 weeks.
Glad you are home for now xxx

aitch i have the bliss parents information guide right here which is very practical about feeding baby and looking after yourself as well as a guide for fathers. If you want me to post them to you email me your address on [email protected] and I will do so today

xx

the collective power of MN will prevail, Aitch!

everyone's behind you and wee one!