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I had my some on Feb 8th 2005 at 32 wks He spent 29 days in the hospital. I brought him home with a heart monitor, he still has the low heart beats occasionally and is on caffeine for it and zantac for the reflux, but weight and height wise is doing great, and so far I cant see any developmental delays, just wanted to say good luck and god bless anyone going through this, THIS BABIES ARE TRULY BLESSINGS NEVER THOUGHT I COULD WATCH A BABY GO THROUGH THIS UNTIL I HAD MINE. I had 3 children before him all full term. This was definetely a scary time for me and still is.

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Congratulations on a wonderful website. My daughter Gabrielle was born 13 weeks premature weighing 465g in April 2000. She is now a healthy happy 5 year old although still extremely pettite. It's wonderful to read other people stories and to know there are others out there who have been through what we are going through now and survived. Regards Rosemarie

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Hi everyone. My name is Erin and I am 22 years old. I was born 11/23/82 at 30 wks. gestation weighing 2#2oz., and was 10 1/4" long. I had some of the common premie problems as well as a somewhat "uncommon"(yet, common, depending on how you look at it) problem: As & Bs, severe jaundice requiring exchange transfusions, seizures(just during first two weeks), Grade III IVH and subsequently developed PHH(Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus), etc. I was initially shunted at 5 wks., and 2 days old and had ten surgeries during the first 7 years of my life. I managed to go EIGHT weeks and TWO days shy of FIFTEEN years before needing a shunt revision(*brand new* shunt) April 20th. I then had another surgery on May 10th to have a left ICP monitor placed as well as the 14y/o shunt's ventricular catheter removed. I am a nursing student(just got back into the program for the fall semester) and had ALWAYS dreamed of(and intended on) doing Level III NICU nursing(staff nursing and then subsequently NNP), and I had also thought of dual degreeing as a NNP *and* PNP b/c I also spent time in the PICU due to the neurosurgeries. However, due to my recent hospitalizations/experiences, I feel that neuroscience(neurology/neurosurgery) nursing is what I am interested in. Heck, I dunno...I'm still thinking about it all. LOL. Anyway, that's *my* story! Feel free to e-mail me/ask any questions!

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Great site.

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my son was born 9wks premature (2/5/04) that was due to high blood pressure and gestational diabeties, he was ventilated for 2 days after birth and then to air threw the humi crib and nasal, after a week he was moved to and open cot(cambed) that was just for warmth then moved to a plain open cot after a few weeks. 5 long weeks later the day finally came when i could leave the hospital with my son. now 12 months later he is a happy healthy 1yr old little man today he started daycare i was so happy but sad at the same time.

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I am a mother of Tanja Vilevksa born on 25-feb-1993 , on 24 weeks, 750g she is in year 6 at Sn George Chirstinan School in Sydeny, like for any premi kids there was not an easy things for her, she have worked very hard to overcome most of the problems she had, but she is slow in all she does, she warks the hardest in the class and she is at the bottom of it, she feels she have been bulied from others and offen she is sad, but she is a strong chistian girl and that have help her a lot, she is very loving girl. Thanks, Milka

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