Sproglett
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Hi my name is Sally, i'm 25 and married to Mikey (32) and we've had our first baby after 3 previous losses (1 mmc, 1 ectopic & 1 mc). We stayed team yellow thoroughly the pregnancy then Jacob surprised us with his eager entrance 5w1d early.
Jacob David was due sunday 9th September 2012 but after my waters spontaneously broke on Friday 3rd August at 8:50am followed by spending a day in hospital and my contractions starting at midday Saturday 4th August, he made his appearance at 9
5pm 04/08/2012 weighing 5lbs 10oz and he was taken straight to neonatal.
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I had a shower and had stitches etc and then we were then taken to see our little boy on neo natal where he was in an incubator, about 1:25am I went to ward leaving my baby boy on neonatal to try and get some sleep, I was heartbroken I wanted him next to me, I couldn't believe he was not with me.
The following morning I went down to the ward to see my baby boy and was surprised to see that he had 3 blue phototherapy lights glaring at him and was wearing an eye mask, The nurse approached me and told me that he had a problem with his blood, he has ABO incompatibility and my blood had got into his system whilst I was pregnant and had started to kill his red blood cells, this was noticed with a "bilirubin" test that showed very high jaundice levels (jaundice is a side effect of ABO) the levels were border line blood transfusion level and the lights were on him to bring the levels down.
On the 7th August, we were allowed to cuddle our little boy briefly whilst the staff changed his sheets on his bed, he was now only on 2 phototherapy lights, by the 9th, he was down to 1 light and was moved from intensive care to high dependency, we were so pleased with his progress so far, although the nurses moved him from an incubator to a cot because they were worried as he had a high temperature, so he was put onto antibiotics.
On the 10th August Jacob's jaundice levels were dropping slowly, so his phototherapy light were turned off and he was no longer in an eye mask, (which means he was in clothes too), they took the ECG monitor off and he was no longer on drip and he was allowed full breast feeding.
11th August Jacob was moved to special care from high dependency, he was still on antibiotics but was doing really well. On the 12th August Jacob had to have his phototherapy light turned back on as his levels started to rise again, but on a more positive note, by the night, Mikey and I were given parent accommodation at the hospital and Jacob was staying in the room with us.
The next few days went by quicker, and I was able to feed Jacob through the night as well as during the day time, it was amazing to be able to finally feel like his mum rather than a visitor.
By the 16th August the hospital were happy with Jacob's progress and we were able to bring him home, he was still under neonatal care, and the nurses came out once to twice weekly, we also have to keep taking him back to hospital for general checkups.
17th August we ended up back in the hospital, after Jacob decided to scare the living daylights out of us by choking then not breathing and goin floppy, it was only for a few seconds but wanted to get him checked he was fine, silly sausage.
Since leaving the hospital the nurses came round to check on Jacob and he still has bloods at the hospital. On 19th September his weight was up to 7lbs 10oz and putting on approximately 9oz a week. He's breast feeding really well and slept most of the night, he usually woke once to twice a night depending on the time he takes his last feed. Now he sleeps through, and has done for approx 5 weeks.
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Sorry this ones a bit blury...
Jacob is doing really well now, please read and follow my full pregnancy journal (the link is in my signature)
Jacob David was due sunday 9th September 2012 but after my waters spontaneously broke on Friday 3rd August at 8:50am followed by spending a day in hospital and my contractions starting at midday Saturday 4th August, he made his appearance at 9
5pm 04/08/2012 weighing 5lbs 10oz and he was taken straight to neonatal.
I had a shower and had stitches etc and then we were then taken to see our little boy on neo natal where he was in an incubator, about 1:25am I went to ward leaving my baby boy on neonatal to try and get some sleep, I was heartbroken I wanted him next to me, I couldn't believe he was not with me.
The following morning I went down to the ward to see my baby boy and was surprised to see that he had 3 blue phototherapy lights glaring at him and was wearing an eye mask, The nurse approached me and told me that he had a problem with his blood, he has ABO incompatibility and my blood had got into his system whilst I was pregnant and had started to kill his red blood cells, this was noticed with a "bilirubin" test that showed very high jaundice levels (jaundice is a side effect of ABO) the levels were border line blood transfusion level and the lights were on him to bring the levels down.
On the 7th August, we were allowed to cuddle our little boy briefly whilst the staff changed his sheets on his bed, he was now only on 2 phototherapy lights, by the 9th, he was down to 1 light and was moved from intensive care to high dependency, we were so pleased with his progress so far, although the nurses moved him from an incubator to a cot because they were worried as he had a high temperature, so he was put onto antibiotics.
On the 10th August Jacob's jaundice levels were dropping slowly, so his phototherapy light were turned off and he was no longer in an eye mask, (which means he was in clothes too), they took the ECG monitor off and he was no longer on drip and he was allowed full breast feeding.
11th August Jacob was moved to special care from high dependency, he was still on antibiotics but was doing really well. On the 12th August Jacob had to have his phototherapy light turned back on as his levels started to rise again, but on a more positive note, by the night, Mikey and I were given parent accommodation at the hospital and Jacob was staying in the room with us.
The next few days went by quicker, and I was able to feed Jacob through the night as well as during the day time, it was amazing to be able to finally feel like his mum rather than a visitor.
By the 16th August the hospital were happy with Jacob's progress and we were able to bring him home, he was still under neonatal care, and the nurses came out once to twice weekly, we also have to keep taking him back to hospital for general checkups.
17th August we ended up back in the hospital, after Jacob decided to scare the living daylights out of us by choking then not breathing and goin floppy, it was only for a few seconds but wanted to get him checked he was fine, silly sausage.
Since leaving the hospital the nurses came round to check on Jacob and he still has bloods at the hospital. On 19th September his weight was up to 7lbs 10oz and putting on approximately 9oz a week. He's breast feeding really well and slept most of the night, he usually woke once to twice a night depending on the time he takes his last feed. Now he sleeps through, and has done for approx 5 weeks.
Sorry this ones a bit blury...
Jacob is doing really well now, please read and follow my full pregnancy journal (the link is in my signature)
) so I've nothing to compare this experience too, but fighting so hard for him both during pregnancy and since he's been born makes him even more special to me. I frequently loose whole days just cuddling him, I couldn't bare to put him down for the first 10 days!
