I’m at risk of vasa previa and all I’ve been told is that I’ll be looking at a pre-term delivery which has a very good chance of a NICU stay for my baby.
I’m wondering if anyone else has a vasa previa delivery story to share: how early did you have to get your c-section, and how long did your baby need to stay in the NICU?
I’ve been waking up on my back and in terrible back pain (it’s upper/middle back pain). I have a pregnancy pillow yet I’m still finding myself on my back and I’m worried it’s been affecting the blood flow to my baby (he has a growth restriction).
How do you prevent back sleeping? I slept like this with my other two kids and never experienced any back pain or issues but this is a much different, more high risk pregnancy so I’m wondering if that’s why it’s making a difference.
I’m curious if anyone can speak to their experiences trying to breastfeed once their NICU babies have been discharged. I do not know when my baby will be born, but we’re facing almost certain IUGR diagnosis in our near future as growth has been dropping by a day a week since 20 weeks. We’re currently at 10 days behind at 23 weeks.
I would love to be able to breastfeed my baby since he’ll be our last (#3) and I had such great experiences with my other two, but I know there are challenges with preemies. Particularly when growth restriction is a factor and goal is to get them as many calories as quickly as possible.
Additionally, I have a very fast letdown so I’m concerned a preemie might not be able to keep up with it. Both my other boys were 41 weekers and even my second who was my bigger baby (50% at birth to 90% at 4 mo) struggled to keep up with the flow when he was a newborn. There was just so much so fast…