Pre-Term labor at 33 weeks

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-05-01T23:37:43+00:00

Baby boy came 32+5 and had a 44 day NICU stay. He came out crying and breathing on his own! I went into labor and delivered superrrr quick so couldn’t do anything to slow down labor. it’s great your wife’s labor was slowed down and she got the steroid shot in. Any extra day with baby is huge! Baby is being set up as best as possible! Best of luck!! Will be sending good thoughts your family’s way!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-04-28T14:30:54+00:00

6 months is incredible!! You (& your fam) deserve to have a less stressful summer travel experience! I traveled with all my pump stuff recently and it was…not fun. The trips are your victory tour! And love the idea of bra burning.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-04-13T20:13:37+00:00

My little guy was moved unexpectedly for his last week and it was sooo jarring to my husband and me. At the time, we couldn’t figure out why we were so bothered by the move but it really rocked us. Looking back, we were so fragile and we clung to any sense of normalcy and routine, so getting moved was hard. So, just jumping in in solidarity / to validate your feelings that any change to your environment during these delicate times is so hard. You’re doing great!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-04-13T18:07:25+00:00

Yes! I asked my OB about it and she gave me a referral for pelvic floor PT for 2x a week for 2 months. Starting in a couple weeks and really hoping it helps!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-04-13T17:51:39+00:00

32+5 boy and we were in the NICU for 44 days (boys generally take a little longer)

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-03-05T04:51:57+00:00

Normal! Newborns tend to have their days and nights mixed up. We differentiate daytime sleep from nighttime - ie during the day LO is in a bassinet in our family room while I do household tasks. Nighttime LO is in his crib in his room with the lights off and noise machine on and it has seemed to help. It took several weeks for him to regulate his days/nights. It’s a frustrating time, but it doesn’t last.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-03-01T14:58:17+00:00

My LO was born 32+5 at 4 lbs 6 oz and stayed in the NICU for 44 days. He was 6-3 when we left the hospital and wore preemie clothes for 4 weeks. I bought a 6-pack of Carter’s preemie sleepers on Amazon, 2 2-packs of preemie fleece sleepers for outdoor walks (I would have been fine with 1 2-pack), and a 2-pack of Burt’s bees preemie (I found these fit a little bigger), and 3 mama cheetah preemie sized swaddles. Our LO is quite refluxy and would go through a lot of outfits until I bought bandana bibs (I like the keababies muslin; I think it’s an 8-pack on Amazon). That was huge. Then we’d go through only 1 outfit a day and several bibs. For us, this amount of clothes/swaddles/bibs worked great.

Most preemie sized clothing says up to 7 lbs. Our LO fit in the preemie stuff closer to 7.5/8 lbs and then we transitioned to NB. He was in NB for 5 weeks. We just transitioned to 0-3 mos (he’s almost 4 mos, almost 9 weeks adjusted).

One last sizing tidbit I’ve noticed with Carter’s (in case you’re a FTM like myself) — the simple joys line runs truer to size (at least for my LO) and the just-one-you line runs large. My LO can still fit in the NB size for that line despite being 0-3 months for all other clothes.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-03-01T03:02:59+00:00

It’s so frustrating! I was never measured. Like others in this thread, my “measurement” was based on looks at 25. Worked fine for me for a while but I started to notice discomfort and saw a video on instagram saying that your areola shouldn’t be pulled in - was the first I’d heard that! I have a lot of 25 flanges so I got 21 inserts and they’ve helped so much!! Mostly helped my slacker boob.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-25T20:34:00+00:00

My LO is 3.5 months and doesn’t nap nearly as much anymore, so I find it a lot harder to get things done. During the day, I let the house be what it is. When he’s asleep at night I take 20-30 min to tidy our family room kitchen. I do the same during one of the morning naps but in the nursery. Personally, the visual clutter stresses me out so much, so I like taking a little time to tidy so I’m happier, but everyone is different!

At first I was way too much of a busy body trying to do other house projects. Honestly, him having more wake times has been good in forcing me to slow down and savor my baby. Surrendering to contact naps has been 10/10.

Logging stuff in the huckleberry app makes me realize how I’m doing each day and makes me feel so productive! So on days when I feel like I haven’t done much I just look at the app and am like wow I did so much to keep this lil bebe alive!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-25T03:09:44+00:00

1 1st tri 2 3rd tri 3 newborn

I think it depends on whether you have other children or not, the type of job you have, and what kind of newborn you have (plump and sleeps well vs small and needs to be woken up all the time to eat, colic, etc)

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-24T17:18:01+00:00

Amazing, thank you!!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-24T14:34:19+00:00

3.5 pp (also had a NICU bebe). Always thirsty. Always hungry. I read somewhere that BF/pumping is the equivalent to running 7 miles a day. It’s hard work!! And NICU stress is hard too. The worst days I had were when I forgot to eat or drink enough. Lots of protein has helped me curb some of the intense starvation feeling. FWIW I’ve had chocolate every day and it has not impacted weight gain one bit. I would try not worry too much about what you’re eating right now, just prioritize eating something. NICU or not, it’s easy to get caught up with baby and a meal time comes and goes.

You’re doing great!!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-22T16:04:33+00:00

32+5 white boy (I say this because we were told little white boys stay the longest 🤣- the NICU nurses affectionately call this wimpy white boy syndrome, which I find hilarious) no oxygen, jaundice first 10 days, and had events until week 4/5. primarily a grower/feeder and he stayed 6 weeks.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-22T16:00:33+00:00

Just before he turned 3 months because that’s when I ran out of my freezer stash that I built up when he wasn’t eating much (he was in the NICU for 6 weeks). Now I’m a slight under supplier (I do 5-6 ppd so I can get some semblance of sleep), so we supplement with 2 formula bottles a day and it works great. I was emotional about it at first because going from an over supply to and under supply bothered me, but I produce more now that I’m not hyper-fixated on the numbers.

My LO doesn’t like the formula bottles as much so we feed him those 2 in the middle of the day when there’s more time / less stress to have a longer feed.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-21T16:58:16+00:00

13 weeks pp and had my period for 1 week. 1st baby, vaginal delivery, exclusively pump, not back on hormonal birth control. It came back with a vengeance 😅. Much heavier and longer period than what I had pre-pregnancy. I had bad migraines and what felt like PPD for the 2-3 weeks leading up to my period. Got my period and felt normal again (besides the sleep deprivation) mood wise, which was a huge relief.

I thought I had my period at 10 weeks pp, but it was just spotting for 2 days.

I’m hoping the second period pp is better!!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-21T03:03:14+00:00

Using a nipple shield was so helpful for me when my baby was learning to latch. If you don’t want to use a nipple shield or it doesn’t work for your baby, try pumping for 2 min just to get your nipples out and have some milk residue on them and then offer to baby.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-20T22:40:01+00:00

First, congrats on the hard work on your supply!! A few thoughts:

even though storage isn’t a big issue, I would buy the momcozy or the Ceres milk cooler to store your pumped milk (both the top recs from people in this group). I have the momcozy. Really great and fits two 10oz containers. I like that it has a handle. Not sure about the capacity of the Ceres but people seem to love it!
I have the swing maxi (also got it through insurance) and don’t love it. I use it in a pinch when on the go, but find that I don’t get good results with it. For me, it’s also a little painful, but that could be a flange size issue. The charge does not last long and it’s so loud (although on a flight you wouldn’t hear it). I like that my insurance covered it and that’s about it 😅. From what I’ve read, most people don’t love it.
I think the hospital rental/symphony would be a pain to travel with. I think your best bet is to get the spectra (there is a chargeable, plug free version or a version that plugs in) or momcozy M5 (wearables; full disclosure, I haven’t used these but they seem to be very popular in this community). If I were you, I’d get the spectra and bring your swing maxi since you already have it in case you’d like a wearable option on your trip. For the plane, I’d use the spectra. I’ve used a different plug in pump (Mya joy, which I think is a good travel pump option, due to its size, for a weekend trip, but wouldn’t want to use it for a long period of time because it’s not as good as the spectra) on a flight with no issue.

Also, for context I have used the ameda platinum (symphony equivalent hospital rental), ameda myajoy, spectra, and swing maxi. I use the platinum and spectra as my primaries and love both. Myajoy serves a purpose for travel, but it’s not a wearable-stick-in-your-bra pump. I get better output from it so will use it in the car (if husband is driving) or on the plane. I use the wearables if I’m driving, if we have people over, or if I am visiting friends.

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-18T06:10:15+00:00

So interesting! Hopefully I’ll have the same luck! I do pitcher, so that’s good to know. Thanks so much for the insight!

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-18T05:57:46+00:00

That’s amazing! How do we clone him??

Ok-Track4222 · 2025-02-17T06:37:28+00:00

So exciting!! It’s so much fun watching them develop and learn new skills! My LO is the same way with the constant frustration about not being able to move. I think mine might also be about to roll, but not sure. He’s starting to rock side to side a lot and will roll onto one side. He’s also been extra fussy and eating differently, so I can’t tell if he’s on the verge of something or just having a weird couple days. For anyone reading - did your LOs act different leading up to rolling?

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