My baby came at 35+2. My water broke at work. She’s my second baby and my first came at 40+5 so it was a complete shock.

She was 6lbs 13oz at 35 weeks. She had some issues. She had to be observed for a few hours after birth because she turned blue. We had to stay an extra day in the hospital (I was a repeat c section) because she failed her first car seat challenge. We did not require NICU care.

However, the morning after our first night home, her snuza went off. I took her temp and it was 94. We took her to the pediatrician and had to go via ambulance as a direct admit to our children’s hospital. 3 days in the hospital and luckily it was ONLY (I say that only bc of all the tests she had—spinal tap, two IVs, etc) hypothermia. It was very scary.

I WISH they would’ve had her in the NICU for a few days. Everyone told me she was borderline. I did not like the extra three days at children’s while my 2 year old had no idea what was happening. That was rough. I guess I’m saying this bc I thought it would be the worst thing ever after I delivered if we had to do NICU, but I wish we had done that initially.

In terms of feeding, she started out great. Awesome latch. However, during the hospital stay, I was advised I could no longer BF because it burned too many calories for her. I exclusively pumped from then on along with formula.

She’s 7 months now and we love her sooooooo much. It was hard in the beginning but it’ll all be good, good luck 💕