I have been in early labor for a couple of days, you know the whole lightening, nesting and flu like symptoms. Hopefully it wont be too much longer, bella just went through a growth spurt and is tipping the scales at 7 lbs! I am so uncomfortable, but I finally passed the 120 pound mark, I think I weight 122 now. Lol

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You are a joke you cannot upset me.

Are you going to make up your mind are you ignoring me or trying to upset me.

Oh I am so hurt that you have no respect for me,awwwww bless you can be a bat

Why do these "debates" always turn into attacks?? Pcforme, you seem to be the one causing the most drama here so why don't you just keep your fingers off the keyboard when it comes to other people and only type when you want to debate. As for the others, don't feed the animals guys. C'mon this is getting ridiculous!

Im not sure what you did girl but it really shut everyone up! Lol

lol...It's gotten ridiculous here!

Ya, I wrote a post asking a question, not even trying to debate and it turned into a full on war!

Couple of comments. 24 weeks is "viability," where 50% of all born neonates survive to one year of age.

But it is not until 26-27 weeks where 50% of the survivors survive without "major" chronic physical or mental problems.

So it is a very good bet that at 22 weeks, there will be some major serious, lifelong damage. That is why many neonatal untis now are not as agreessive about employing all possible meassures before viability.

Go read up on the "duke miracle babies." duke medical school pushed survival up at the extreme preemie end, but after a couple of years, when it was clear that the outcomes where not all that happy, they quietly went back to the standard "comfort care" before viability. Nearly all of these "miracle babies" today live in institutions and group homes, with a few being cared for at home. To mu knowledge, not even one of them ever have been able to function even moderately independent.

I believe you steen, when my mom's friend told me that, I kinda had to think twice about it. All I was trying to say is that the baby left the hospital doing just fine, according to diane (the nurse). Im sure that she had to stay there a long time and had to be on a respirator but she left the hospital without any artificial life support.

I am curious about this kid's future function. I predict (based on the background) multiple mental health admits beginning somewhere around age 5, lots of conduct problems, likely mental retardation and eventual placement in a group home or other seriously structured setting somewhere around age 9-12, never really leaving again.

Not a positive prediction, I am sorry to say, but rather a typical one for such situations.

It is sad working with neonatals, you just know, in your heart that sooo many of them will not be right, will be difficult to handle, I even followed up with some when I was working with them and there were a lot that were just handed over to the state, which I am not saying is a bad thing and some were put in rest homes which is really sad but a lot of the crack babies do not make it long as they cannot handle de-tox, it is so sad sometimes with a lot of situations.
Sincerely,
sandy

Just wondering why they say 36 weeks is full term if technically it is pre-mature?

firstly, it was so nice without your stank arse here lately. Why don't I pay for your whole computer and have it shipped up here so you can't use it at all anymore???

Secondly, certain sites and doc's (not my doc, he says 38) say 36 weeks is full term.. Maybe they mean a full 36 weeks, but on yahoo health and a couple of others it says once you reach 36 weeks you are full term. I was just asking a question so don't start jumping down my damn throat about it.

Lilblaze, I fail to see where there was any attack in that post????

I was foreshadowing. As I knew she would start with her shi. Again calling names and stuff over a question asked as she usually does.

I didn't name call. I said don't jump sown my throat cause I knew you would and you proved my point with your next post. Don't call me stupid you doing it feminine shrine! You want name calling we'll get into name calling!

ok fine-sorry. If you had read my post you would have seen I said on yahoo health. I have a pregnancy calendar on my yahoo page from yahoo health and last friday (which was actually the day before I reached 36 weeks) it said "congrats you are now full term" sorry but i'm not linking you to my yahoo page. Sorry about the attack, my hormones are a lil out of wack. I apologize.

But if I was to go into labor now at 36 1/2 weeks would they stop it? What is the diff between now and 1 1/2 weeks from now wheni'll be 38 weeks?

Well I doubt I will go into preterm labor as I haven't even been having braxton hicks or anything. I get the newsletter weekly from the link you posted but there doesn't seem to be much difference between this week and 38 weeks. At my 32 week ultrasound the baby was a lil over 5 lbs already (which was determined by 2 different techs) which is what he's suppose to weigh now, so i'm sure he'll be a good healthy size. I just hope I don't have to push out a 10 lb baby-lol

He's been head down since my 28 week check-up.

My mom had a normal birth with me, my sis had c-sec's with both hers, and my grandmothers...????

I was born the day after my due date, my bro was almost a month early but was 8 lbs and 23 in long. My sis is my father's kid so ??? My niece and neph were both around 39 weeks at 8lbs and once again my aunts and uncles ?????

I guess when he comes i'll see, that's all I can do right now is wait for him. I'm just very imaptient.

My sis had a c-s cause with her first, he she was breech and they couldn't turn her, and then with her second, they did it cause they had done it with her first.

I had my doc's appt today and he's dropped a bit but I am not dilated at all. My cervix is completely closed, so I guess there are no worries that he'll be a preemie.

the hosp i'm at is a diff one from where my sis went and they only do c-s if the mother or baby is in life threatning danger.