Premmie Babies Born at 33 Weeks Gestation

Premmie Babies Name: Emma
Gestation Born: 33+6 weeks
Weight When Born: 1490gms
Length When Born: 38cm
Current Age: 8yrs in November
Current Weight Now: 21kgs
Babies Outlook/Ongoing Issues: She has a VSD (hole in her heart) she suffers from asthma and has lots of bowel troubles. She had hernia repair early this year.
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Premmie Babies Name: Nixon
Gestation Born: 33+3 weeks
Weight When Born: 2296 grams
Length When Born: 48cm
Current Age: 3yrs 4months
Current Weight Now: 16kgs
Babies Outlook/Ongoing Issues: Nixon is speech delayed and currently having speech therapy.
He is in the process of being seen having tests etc as a number of professionals (paed, CHN, Speech Pathologist, GP) think he may be on the Autism spectrum. No diagnosis yet but he is having behavioural problems. It could be due to a seizure at birth which was a grade 2 haemmorhage in his left ventricle of his brain. Otherwise he is going very well, he continues to grow infront of my eyes!

Advice From Parents: Talk to other parents in the NICU, everyone is going through the highs and lows of having a premature baby and the support of someone who knows the hurdles and struggles of the hospital journey is comforting. They may become a life long friend.
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Premmie Babies Name: Nakita
Gestation Born: 33 weeks 4 days
Weight When Born: 2350grams
Length When Born: 45.5cm
Current Age: 16 1/2 months
Current Weight Now: 10.69kg
Babies Outlook/Ongoing Issues: Nakita had a relatively smooth run through SCBU, coming home at 35 weeks 1 day, weighing 2170grams, she was a slow gainier with weight, but once she started on solids she started to really put on weight. At 11 1/2 months she wasn’t rolling, only siting very straight, and was fearful of moving out of her comfort zone. She was assessed and diagnosed with hypermobility and for the past 5 months we have been attending weekly physio sessions, which have made a huge difference as she is rolling, crawling and has jsut learnt to pull to stand. She has had 9 respiratory infections during her second winter, requiring 4 hospital visits and 2 stayd requiing oxygen. She has atelectasis of the right lung, either caused from her early arrival or one of the respiratory infections she has had in recent months. The Paeditricians believe she should grow out of it by the time she is 3, but during winter will likely encounter further repiratory issues.

Advice From Parents: Take plenty of photos, enjoy the little milestones and there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Premmie Babies Name: Charlie Piper
Gestation Born: 33+5 weeks
Weight When Born: 2020 grams (4 pound 7oz)
Length When Born: 48 cms
Current Age: 6 weeks
Current Weight Now: 3 kgs !!! 6 pound 6
Babies Outlook/Ongoing Issues: So far so good, eats like a horse .. sleeps like a ‘baby’ .. can hold her head up and tries to roll from her back to her belly ..

Advice From Parents: Ask as many questions in hopistal as you can… i learnt more from them then any book or website told me
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Premature Babies Name: Bryan Lucas
Gestation Born: 33 weeks
Weight When Born: 2.2 kgs
Length When Born: 26cms
Current Age: 5 days
Current Weight Now: 2.5 kgs
Babies Outlook/Ongoing Issues:
He is still in the hospital. Once he is feeding and off the oxygen we can bring him home.

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Premmie Babies Name: Ella
Gestation Born: 33 + 5 days
Weight When Born: 2.2kg
Length When Born: 46cm
Current Age: 7 1/2 months
Current Weight Now: 7.4kg
Babies Outlook/Ongoing Issues: Ella is doing really well and we’ve not had many problems arise. She is a little slower achieving her physical milestones such as rolling but mostly this is due to tight muscles in her neck. We are currently seeing a physio and working on strengthening her muscles for these skills. She started solids at 4 months and has done brilliantly since then.

Advice From Parents: Keep a diary with photos – I took a photos everyday she was in hospital! Not only does it help to get some of those feelings out but it reminds you of everything that happened. It’s a dramatic time in your life and its amazing some of the things you forget!

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