re: My 37 week preemie....question...?

<blockquote><b>Quoting SammyGirl+Lovely:</b>" hopefully the charts arent messed up with someone elses...other than being on an apnea monitor at home i dont see anything wrong with her..."</blockquote>


Was she struggling to breathe at all?

Quoting HUgabearrr:" 6lbs IS healthy...so is 8lbs...maybe the baby has reflux or something. that would explain the baby being maybe at risk of losing weight."

weight has nothing to do with healthy or not.

Babies of diabetic moms can be very large, and underdeveloped. They gain weight, but that doesnt' mean they're the same developmentally as another baby of the same weight

<blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting SammyGirl+Lovely:</b>" i rounded up to 37 weeks. she was actually ... [snip!] ... think it made that much of a difference"</blockquote> Oh then yes I think "technically" that can be considered preemie."</blockquote>


Yep.

Quoting SammyGirl+Lovely:" i rounded up to 37 weeks. she was actually 36 weeks 5 days but i didn't think it made that much of a difference"

I wouldn't necessarily say that's enough for high calorie formula (but I'm sure there was another good reason).. but yes... the days do matter.

If we have a baby at 11 pm... and mom turns 37 weeks at midnight... we have to treat baby like preterm and do carseat trial

Quoting snglemama:" if baby was losing a lot of weight in the hospital.. or if it took too much energy and sats dropped ... [snip!] ... dropped while eating.. before finishing a feeding maybe? I'm sure there's information you'r emissing if your LO was in NICU"

her oxygen dropped when i was breastfeeding her. even though my milk didnt come in yet for some reason when she was sucking her oxygen levels went to like 70. a few times... hospital wanted to keep her but my sister told the nicu doc that she'd stay home with me and monitor... shes a anesthesiologist...and they agreed to let her come home.

Quoting snglemama:" I wouldn't necessarily say that's enough for high calorie formula (but I'm sure there was another ... [snip!] ... If we have a baby at 11 pm... and mom turns 37 weeks at midnight... we have to treat baby like preterm and do carseat trial"

yup she had car seat check and i needed to take another infant cpr class on the day of discharge

Quoting SammyGirl+Lovely:" her oxygen dropped when i was breastfeeding her. even though my milk didnt come in yet for some reason ... [snip!] ... told the nicu doc that she'd stay home with me and monitor... shes a anesthesiologist...and they agreed to let her come home."

I'm not trying to be snarky here ....but don't you think that's pertinent information to your question?

weight has nothing to do with it. Baby doesn't tolerate the WORK of eating... so to make a feeding shorter.. but still get in required calories... doc wants her on high calorie food.

Quoting snglemama:" if baby was losing a lot of weight in the hospital.. or if it took too much energy and sats dropped ... [snip!] ... dropped while eating.. before finishing a feeding maybe? I'm sure there's information you'r emissing if your LO was in NICU"

It's normal for your child to lose 6-12 ounces a few days after birth. If I was OP and this concerned, I would be asking more questions to the medical staff about it.

<blockquote><b>Quoting SammyGirl+Lovely:</b>" her oxygen dropped when i was breastfeeding her. even though my milk didnt come in yet for some reason ... [snip!] ... told the nicu doc that she'd stay home with me and monitor... shes a anesthesiologist...and they agreed to let her come home."</blockquote>


Did they do an echocardiogram?

Quoting ★311161.69★:" It's normal for your child to lose 6-12 ounces a few days after birth. If I was OP and this concerned, I would be asking more questions to the medical staff about it."

no.. it's normal for LO to lose at or below 7% of it's body weight.

Quoting snglemama:" I'm not trying to be snarky here ....but don't you think that's pertinent information to your question? ... [snip!] ... the WORK of eating... so to make a feeding shorter.. but still get in required calories... doc wants her on high calorie food."

no no. not snarky at all...it just didnt occur to me that the oxygen levels dropping would also make the feeding shorter...duh! lol. sorry

<blockquote><b>Quoting ★311161.69★:</b>" It's normal for your child to lose 6-12 ounces a few days after birth. If I was OP and this concerned, I would be asking more questions to the medical staff about it."</blockquote>

12 ounces is a lot...

Quoting Squeaky McGee:" <blockquote><b>Quoting SammyGirl+Lovely:</b>" her oxygen dropped when i was breastfeeding ... [snip!] ... monitor... shes a anesthesiologist...and they agreed to let her come home."</blockquote> Did they do an echocardiogram?"

no echocardiogram but she does have a barium swallow study and flouroscopy scheduled for next week.

Quoting snglemama:" no.. it's normal for LO to lose at or below 7% of it's body weight. "

Well my son lost 8 ounces, and all was well. So yes, it can happen.

Quoting snglemama:" no.. it's normal for LO to lose at or below 7% of it's body weight. "

yep. so far baby has 10oz weight loss.. my sister says if baby loses more than 2lbs shes putting an NG tube in her.