Hey I am mummy to 3 prem babies. Georgia, 5 next week was born at 31 wks, Theo, 2 born at 35 wks and Olivia, 4 months born at 36 wks.

I have had 3 different experiences with all of them.

Georgia was in nicu for 3 weeks. She suffered sleep apneas and reflux. She took longer to master her motor skills such as walking and toilet training but is now the now at the same level as her school friends just a bit smaller than them lol.

Theo had no problems.

Olivia has been very hard so far. I lost my waters at 31wks and had to be monitored almost everyday. She was delivered by emergency section due to fetal distress. She had feeding problems at first and showed signs of reflux. At 2 wks she went blue and spent a weel in hopital due to severe silent reflux. Since then she has suffered loads with it. She had bronciltus 3 weeks ago. On Friday she went blue again in Tescos and was taken into hospital again. The drs changed her formula to enfamil ar and so far she has been so much better.

Sorry for the essay

Corinne xxxx

I hope olivia starts to become easier soon. It must have been scary when she turned blue. Is she still very small?
If you need to tall or get advice, there's plenty of people on here, all with different experiences.

Thanks, I am sure I will have question or 2 lol

Olivia is gaining wait well. She was born at 5lb 1oz and is now 15lb 4oz. Surprising with the amount of sick!!

Awww bless I bet they were teeny tiny when they were born!

Good to hear that Olivia is gaining weight well considering lol The other 2 sound like there doing great too.

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Hope Olivia starts to get better soon.
I only have 2 premies. Ella (2 year old) was born at 37 weeks so just term by the skin of her teeth. She was a wee grubber and ate all the time. She was bottle fed from the minute she was born, and in 2 years she has only had 2 colds and 3 ear infections
The twins are just 8 weeks old (2 months today). They were born at 34 weeks. Ironically I had been at the twin clinic on the Tuesday begging the Dr to induce me ealr , i.e there and then, but she refused and things started by themself on the Wednesday, and low and behold 27 hours later they arrived. Katie was fine, but spent 4 days in an incubator in the room beside me. Abbie was having a few wee problems with breathing and was taken straight to High Dependency and put onto c-pap. She was only on it for about 12 hours, but kept in for 5 days in high dependency. She then joined Katie and I in transitional care. We all got out 2 days later. Unfortunately both girls wouldn't feed and were taken back in just 2 days later. Katie was dishcarged there and then, but poor Abbie went back into special care. This time they found increased white cells indicating an infection, but as yet have to find where that infection was. The wee soul had several venflons, drips, and a lumbar puncture at barely 2 weeks old
Both girls are gaining weight now. Katie was 5lb when born, but now at 8.7lbs. Abbie was 5.6lbs when born and now 8.10lbs (well when they were weighed a week ago!) Abbie still seems to be the sicker of the 2. She has had what appears to be conjunctivitis for a few weeks now and both of them are loaded with the cold - Abbie is much worse than Katie.
I know what you mean about turning blue. Abbie has done it once or twice in the car. Really scary. She wasn't allowed out of the hospital until she passed a Car seat challenge - her breathing was monitored for an hour while in the car seat. She nearly failed as she moved at 58 minutes and knocked the sensors.
xx

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