Day 65 of Life - August 22nd
The little turkey continues to rest and Ma and Pa have gone home for the night, for some much needed R&R. Sha's eyes are swollen and the staff says that they will likely remain that way for about 5 days or so. He is still doing well on the Aladdin, and is down to 37% oxygen, which is good. What he will be looking forward to the most are his feeds, and his nurse is going to give him half of a feed around 6:00 to see how he handles it. Knowing the boy, this will go over with no problems and he'll be ready for full feeds in no time!!! Here's hoping, anyway!
Tonight was scheduled to be bath and weigh-in night, but the nurses, in consultation with Ma and Pa, have decided to put that off until tomorrow, to give the little one more time to recover from his eventful day. So, I should have a new weight tomorrow...stay tuned.
Ma and Pa know that people are curious about the "next" baby that will be added to the Babooblah clan and Ma has asked me to let everyone know that another "natural" Babooblah baby will not be in the future. Measures are being taken to make sure this doesn't happen by accident!!! She has asked me to post the paragraphs below to explain why:
If patient developes severe preeclampsia before 28 weeks, recurrence rate in subsequent pregnancy is 60%. One third of those will be before 28 weeks again.
Preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a leading global cause of maternal and infant illness and death. By conservative estimates, these disorders are responsible for 76,000 deaths each year.
Ma's blood pressure started to become a problem at 8 weeks and little Sha only made it just shy of 26 weeks before having to be delivered. Although he is doing incredibly well, considering all of the challenges he could face (knock on wood), there is no guarantee that the next baby will do as well. It simply isn't worth the risk, for either Ma or the baby.
As an aside...Welcome back, Dr. B...it's good to hear that one of our most faithful readers has made it back home safely!!!
Tonight was scheduled to be bath and weigh-in night, but the nurses, in consultation with Ma and Pa, have decided to put that off until tomorrow, to give the little one more time to recover from his eventful day. So, I should have a new weight tomorrow...stay tuned.
Ma and Pa know that people are curious about the "next" baby that will be added to the Babooblah clan and Ma has asked me to let everyone know that another "natural" Babooblah baby will not be in the future. Measures are being taken to make sure this doesn't happen by accident!!! She has asked me to post the paragraphs below to explain why:
If patient developes severe preeclampsia before 28 weeks, recurrence rate in subsequent pregnancy is 60%. One third of those will be before 28 weeks again.
Preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a leading global cause of maternal and infant illness and death. By conservative estimates, these disorders are responsible for 76,000 deaths each year.
Ma's blood pressure started to become a problem at 8 weeks and little Sha only made it just shy of 26 weeks before having to be delivered. Although he is doing incredibly well, considering all of the challenges he could face (knock on wood), there is no guarantee that the next baby will do as well. It simply isn't worth the risk, for either Ma or the baby.
As an aside...Welcome back, Dr. B...it's good to hear that one of our most faithful readers has made it back home safely!!!
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