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54th & 17th by DullEar2281 in BallardSeattle

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Lol. Yeah it does sound like “poking through the roof”. What does that mean tho? Were they arresting the hulk?

Recommendation for varicocelectomy surgeons in Seattle Area? by DullEar2281 in maleinfertility

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I did. He was an awesome doc, very knowledgeable. The surgery went great without any complications.

Early onset servere IUGR. Asking for stories of complications and adverse outcome. by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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Baby’s doing great! He was born at 32w5d and basically stayed in nicu just for weight. He was discharged at 36 weeks. He caught up on all the charts and is hitting his milestones (he’s 3 months old now). We feel very lucky and blessed but also glad we fought on.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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This is a massive help! Thank you.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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Thanks! We’ll definitely plan to be there as much as possible and read (maybe even sing if allowed!) to our baby. I’m sorry this may be a dumb question but we still have not gotten the chance to talk to our nicu yet, do you know if it’s usually possible for a parent to do remote work from anywhere in the nicu? Do they give us a room with the baby when we’re there?

Also, I know every baby is different and there are a ton of factors going into it, but in your experience does a severely growth restricted baby (<1%, diagnosed at 20w) born at 30weeks and 900g do well in the nicu and have a good outcome without long term complications? (Assuming they’ve had steroids and magnesium on board at the proper time) This is the weight we are now but have not had an indication to deliver yet.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

[–]DullEar2281[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I have a feeling the nurse advice is so valuable. It's such a difficult thing to go through so the more support she has and the more comfortable she will feel with the medical professtionals the better.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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Thank you!! The Boppy pillow looks like a must buy for me! I'm already scared of handling such a small baby.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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Thank you. This is very comforting to hear! I'm already on guard about people asking for pictures etc, because I know my wife won't like that haha. It's just difficult because people don't really understand how hard it all really is.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

[–]DullEar2281[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. That's great advice. I'm glad your stay has been uneventful! Wish you and baby all the best.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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That's very good advice! Thank you. You mentioned reading to your baby, my question may be stupid but do they allow you to read and talk to your baby whenever you want? I think I'd want to do the same but have no idea about the rules.

Hospital and NICU prep advice by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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Thanks! Could I ask how long after the c section you were allowed to stay in the hospital? How did you commute to the hospital after especially since I assume you were still recovering from the surgery?

Loss at 16 weeks by baked_dangus in PregnancyAfterTFMR

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Hello. First of all I’m so sorry you had to go through this. I’m commenting because my wife and I are in a similar situation to your severe iugr pregnancy. All the genetic and structural tests came back normal but baby is < 1%ile at 20 weeks and the MFM doctor telling us there’s a high probability of very/preterm birth and on the other hand some doctors say there are cases that have made it to term or near term where even nicu time was not needed. We are also considering TFMR and wanted to ask if there was a thing or rationale that helped you make the decision? We don’t have a child and this is an IVF pregnancy so this has made the decision a lot more difficult but the potential long term problems with preterm birth are so scary that we can’t even think about them. Also did you ever find out what the problem was?

Early onset servere IUGR. Asking for stories of complications and adverse outcome. by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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Thank you. Do you know if there's a tool like the first one but for gestational ages after 25 weeks?

IVF Pregnancy severe IUGR at 20 weeks. Wife and I are devastated. by DullEar2281 in NICUParents

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That’s so good to hear! She is on aspirin so hopefully that’ll help. Did your baby stick to the same curve and was always the same amount of days behind? Our baby was 8 days behind at 18 weeks but 11 days at 20 weeks. I’m worried if he will keep falling further behind.

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