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Posted: 10 December 2008 at 9:59pm | IP Logged

Evening,

thought i'd pop on an update on my experiance over the week just gone..

wed 3rd dec i went to a normal anti natal check at 30 +6 days where they informed me i had bad preclamsia and rushed me to hospital.. midnight blood pressure at 188/114 near to stroke level and 4+ proteins in my urine they did blood tests and came back with me going into kidney failure.. decsion made..

11am 4th dec  - baby molly maggie  born by emergancy c section at gestation 31 weeks weighing in at 3 pounds n 3 ounce..

they managed to get one lot of steriods on board before she was born so she hasn't needed any oxygen from birth.

fri 5th dec 2008 molly is in special care baby unit (scbu) has a drip with TPN monitors to messure heart rate etc and antibiotics incase of any bugs ..

sat 6th dec 2008 molly is doing amazing slight jaundice so 12 hours under light clears it up.. coming off TPN tomorrow drip will come out.. still no oxygen needed.. :-) bloods came back no bugs so antibiotics will finish tonight.

Sun 7th dec 2008 molly is still doing amazing she is my little angel so strong off tpn so no needles left in her still no oxygen and started on feeds at 5ml every 2 hours upping by a ml each feed.. first cuddles today best day so far!!!!!

Mon 8th dec 2008 molly is upto 18 ml every 2 hours and will now climb at 1ml a day tomorrow she will be promoted to the nursary and outta special care.. weigh in is on thursday and we wait eagerly to see if she has gained or lossed.. she has been amazing with no set backs n the staff already praise her for being well behaved..

today 9th dec 2008 molly has moved to the nursary she is doing so well 19 ml feeds every 2hrs and makes her mummy so very proud.. i got released from hospital today altho they didnt want to bp still very high say new drugs im on take while to kick in.. had to buy a bp machine and convince doc that im only 7 miles away from hosp if i have funny turn.. looks like im on beta blockers for life now as they say i must have had problem before getting pregnant.. have been complaing for a yr that i have heart flutters and headaches 24 hr ecg later and many months of docs fobbing me off.. they finally decided now that i may have been right all along.. and that i should have been on meds all thro my preganacy!! how annoying!!

at hospital every morning 10.30 am to do mollys cares- nappy wash and change.. then come away for her to sleep we return at 5.15 to do all the same again and have cuddle times.. my fav time of the day !! home for about 8 so u can imagine life is too and fro and inbetween is where i try n stay calm to keep my bp low.. or they will readmit me ..

it has been the most testing week of my life and so many ups and so many downs.. its still sinking in that im a mummy after all she wasnt due till 5th feb 09 but she is my little angel and is doing amazingly well i pray she continues how she has been because i can't wait for her to be home.. can't imagine that she'll make it for christmas so we will spend it with her at the hospital .. but hopefully in jan my baby girl will be home where she belongs..

thanx for taking the time to read this.. if there is other mums (still can't get used to saying that) who are going or gone thro what i have i would love to hear from you .. as i don't know anyone who has.. n its hard to understand what will happen next.. i just go to sleep dreaming of the day i finally get to take my car seat to the hospital and start living as the family at home where my little molly maggie belongs..

bev x x

Posted: 21 December 2008 at 2:37pm | IP Logged

This is baby molly.. all going great she now on 3 hourly feeds and upto 3pounds n 10ounce..(1.64kg) everyday she changes and overcomes another hurdle .. we have moved on to start trying her to breast feed.. once a day we get kangroo care and me and molly bond.. these are the moments i wait for each day.. weigh in is again tonight and if she gets to 1.7 kg she moves to a cot and outta the incubator .. im so proud of her and she really is a fighter.. fingers crossed for tonight everyone think heavy .. we want molly in a open cot for christmas and outta the fish bowl of an incubator.. will keep you all informed..

thank's for your msgs..

bev x

Posted: 21 December 2008 at 7:23pm | IP Logged

Thanks for the update - I have been thinking of you and Molly.

She is gorgeous and sounds like a little fighter - she'll be home with you soon at this rate.

Take care and keep us updated.

Posted: 21 December 2008 at 8:55pm | IP Logged

thank you for sharing these moments

lina