My full-term preemie is here :) - Page 2

[K&JsMaMa]

Congrats! :

[liliaceae]

Congratulations!!! I'm due March 22, so this is exciting to hear! So glad she's doing well.

[texanatheart]

Congratulations! I'm so glad that things went smoothly for you.

[paula444four]

Wow...congrats! We share the same due date...of march 25th...so your story definitely puts a little pep in my step...time to get stuff done. Never know whats going to happen.

Enjoy that little baby!

[hippiemommaof4]

congrats

[She2dancer]

Congrats Mama!!!

[lanielayne]

Congratulations! You are my due date buddy too! Glad to hear she is doing wonderfully! Don't forget to post her name once you decide!!

[squeekybuddha]

Congratulations! I'm so glad she was big and healthy.

[*~Danielle~*]

So happy for you!!!!!

[G&B'sMama]

congratulations, and welcome baby!

[justbishop]

Another new baby! This is so exciting! Can't wait to read about the name

Congratulations!

[corrie_cat]

Thanks everybody! This was a planned homebirth with a hospital transfer due to gestational age (35+4).

I'm finally getting around to replying now b/c they kept us in the hospital for 4 days. And by that I mean, they basically imprisoned us there. I'll post a full birth story later, but basically they completely overreacted to her being a preemie, and put her in the NICU for 'erratic heart rate'. She never went above 180bpm, and the 'erratic' part? Those spikes were during contractions. She completely stabilized in 3 hrs (would have sooner if they'd just allowed me to hold her), and there was nothing else wrong of any consequence with her ("low" blood sugar at birth, lost 10% of birth weight in first day after being stuffed full of IV sugar and peeing a ton).

But they threatened to call Protective Services if we took her home. I'm struggling with a lot of anger right now, alongside my immense happiness that we're home, and that she's utterly perfect :

In response to a few who asked about her vernix and so forth, she was born with very little vernix and almost no lanugo. Great pink color, strong cry and suck response right from the beginning. My midwife says there's a few signs you can find that she's early, such as the creases on her feet being not very deep. But functionally, she seems full-term.

Love to you all, both those who are getting through those final weeks of pregnancy and those who have their babes in arms. - corrie

[texanatheart]

Wow, what an ordeal. I'm sorry you had that experience, but I'm very glad to hear that you are back home now and she is doing well! Thanks for updating us, and I look forward to reading your birth story!

[liliaceae]

I'm so sorry they put you and your babe through that.

It's great to hear that you both are doing well though, and now you have her home safe and sound.