Re: "Never trust a 35 weeker"

What's also scary are the kids delivered at 35 bc of PEC who go home really fast. We just had one who came to us for a day of CPAP and some feeding help, then went home DOL 5 with mom. Two days later he's in the ER because he "won't eat". He was eating like a beast with us, so... As soon as baby is settled with us mom takes her own self back to the ER for a "pounding" headache with visual changes and feeling like her pressure is high. So we sent a tenuous kid home with a mom who's still clearly really sick herself. No wonder she couldn't get him to eat, she felt like crap! Kid was wicked dehydrated and needed lights. Stupid, stupid us.

Re: "Never trust a 35 weeker"

Originally Posted by marie229

My son was born at 35 weeks and had to be intubated he was in the NICU for 17 long days. The first week we weren't even allowed to touch him. My niece was born at 35 weeks and was fine, her and her mom stayed in a couplet room for a week and that was it. I was so jealous.
p.s. he a huge 2 year old now, rough tumbly, you would never know he was early.

I know this is an old post, but I had the same thing happen with my son. He was 35 weeks, had to be intubated, and came home at 17 days. He'll be 2 in February and is doing great...but boy did he give us a shock. He was in a SCN/well baby nursery for a few days because the neonatalogist completely dropped the ball. Looking back, we're very lucky he didn't crash there. I felt like I could finally rest once he was transferred to a Level III NICU...thank you all for what you do!

Re: "Never trust a 35 weeker"

And it continues...

35 4/7 twin girls, born right at 2000 when I walk in the door. I get twin B - who is a champ. Sugars a fine, temps are great, eating 15-20cc q3h PO, planning on sending her up to newborn after rounds in the morning. Twin A was the one with the slight temp issues and needed D10 for some sugar issues.

I come back the next night and see that twin B was no longer in my assignment, I figured she had indeed gone up to newborn. I asked the resident who was standing right there when she went upstairs. He then told me that she had spontaneously perfed and was in the OR that very minute.

I think my jaw actually hit the floor! Seriously!!!

At 09 she was still fine. Girth was still 29, and ate her 20ml no problem. At 12, her belly was huge - girth up to 34... X-ray showed a huge amount of free air. Never had any temp issues or A/Bs or any of that other stuff.

She had perfed in her sigmoid colon - only took out a few cm of bowel, and no ostomy or any of that non-sense.

Since when do 35 4/7 wk babies spontaneously perf at 14 hours of life???

Re: "Never trust a 35 weeker"

What were twin B's apgars?

Re: "Never trust a 35 weeker"

Originally Posted by RainDreamer

What were twin B's apgars?

Both twins were either 8 and 9, or 9 and 9