What are the complications of delivering a baby at 32 weeks? Will the baby need to stay in NICU?

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What is the survival rate?

Answer 1

They will tell you alot of stuff that will have you thinking the worst. BUt they do that because you should expect nothing more than what you already have. I can tell you that unless you've had an absolutely horrible pregnancy, your baby should be okay a few weeks after birth. If I can deliver two babies who combined didn't weigh more than 4 pounds, then I hope and pray that your baby will survive and be as healthy as mine are. I gave birth to my oldest daughter at 23 weeks and she weighed 1lb. 3 1/2 oz. She had a few scared during her first few weeks (brain bleed and trouble with her lings and eyes) but considering that she wasn't supposed to be alive anyway, I had no complaints. I gave birth to my youngest daughter at 28 weeks and she weighed 2lb. 1 oz. and she had a brain bleed that required surgery. But on the morning of her surgery, the doctor went to check her and believe it or not, the bleeding had stopped and she didn't have to have the surgery. Miracles can and do happen. Prayer helps too!
Oh- if you deliver at 32 weeks, your baby may or may not have to stay in the NICU until your due date. That all depends on how well your baby does after birth. If your baby is at a healthy weight and can feed from a bottle, can breathe on its own, and can do many of the things that a full term baby can do, your baby may go home earlier than that. They do alot of test to determine how well your baby is doing when compared to other babies born at 40 weeks gestation. I'll be willing to bet everything I own that your baby will be fine as long as you haven't had a difficult pregnancy and you are taking all of the medicines that they offer you in the hospital. They actually help! So when it's 3:30 in the morning and you just went to sleep at 3:15 and the nurse comes in wanting to give you some kind of shot, don't get angry because you just went to sleep. You've got to remember that without those medicines, your baby probably won't make it.

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What are the complications of delivering a baby at 32 weeks? Will the baby need to stay in NICU?
What is the survival rate?

Answer 3

At 32 weeks the chances for survival are good. Because lung development isn't fully completed, baby will probably have to stay in the NICU.

Average pregnancy is 40 weeks. Normal runs between 37 and 42.

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Delivering At 32 Weeks

Answer 5

Babies that are born early... typically stay in the hospital until they WOULD have been full-term. So a 32-week baby could be in the hospital for ~ 8 weeks. Maybe NICU, maybe a step-down unit. Everything on the baby is made... just needs to grow stronger... thus the reason for the hospital stay

good luck

Answer 6

At 32 weeks, the baby will be okay, but, you should have the steriods before they deliver to help with the lungs. Also, you will not be able to nurse the baby for a few weeks, they will likely put a tube down the throught and feed with a syringe. Babies don't get their sucking reflex until 36 weeks or more, so alternate feeding methods for sure, maybe only for a few weeks. Depending on how the baby reacts to treatment, and the weight gain, you should be able to bring him/her home within 3 weeks of the birth. But, every premie is different, so it sould be longer, or shorter.

Answer 7

well i read that a baby is not full term until 37 weeks and if you were to go into labor before then, the doctors would most likely give you a shot to stop the labor and if that didn't work and you still had the baby, it would probably have to stay at the hospital longer than full term babies just to make sure it's healthy because the lungs are really the only thing left to develop by this time and it gives the baby a chance to gain weight but most likely it would live and be perfectly healthy.

Answer 8

It depends on the baby's size and how developed the lungs are. Survival rates these days are almost 100%. Even my grandson who was one week past the due date, and weighed 10 pounds, had some fluid in the lungs and spent a week in NICU, just as a precaution.

Answer 9

A baby delivered at 32 weeks will have to be in NICU usually until they reach their actual due date. The survival rate has greatly increased to premature infants because of the technology that we have today. I think the survival rate is like 80 something percent.

Answer 10

yup the baby will need NICU and prob an apnea monitor once you go home but pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee dont worry I had two prem babies one at 30 weeks n one at 31 weeks unless something medical arises you will be ok if you dont panic try n take notes on what you are told or ask for things to be put in terms you can understand,medical lingo can be more scary,doc's know black or white but there is a patch of grey to be considered.