Category: Our Preterm Baby
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Our Preterm Baby Part Three: NICU and Beyond
The NICU at NYU is staffed by incredible doctors and nurses doing everything they can for an array of preterm and ill babies. It’s an incredible place, filled with incredible people. It is also cramped and loud. Monitors are going off incessantly and just about everyone has a worried look on their face. There is…
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Our Preterm Baby Part Two: Labor
Its funny how things work out. With all the bumps we’ve hit bringing the baby home, labor and delivery were the smoothest parts of the road. E went into active labor at around 3 am on May 3rd. By 11:30 am she was pushing. By 12:33, our daughter was in the world. We were of…
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Our Preterm Baby Part One: PPROM
Introduction When my wife’s water broke at 29 and half weeks gestational age, I immediately started googling. “born 29.5 weeks” “preemie 30 weeks” “water broke 29 weeks” etc, etc, etc. I read stories of incredible women and families who dealt with very severe health issues, or almost no issues at all. I read message boards,…
Milo and the Calf 