Sleep Apnea and my newborn?

Question

my 24 day old son is on a apnea monitor for a sleep apnea. He does stop breathing everyday but on the days he has problem he stops 2-3 times. It so scary. any parents with advice. What advice did your doctors give? Is there anything to help? how long will was you baby on a monitor?

He is not on any medications or cafe. I have a monitor that will go under his matress after the monitor come off.

Answer 1

Please consider co-sleeping, mom's breathing will help regulate the baby's. If you absolutely will not co-sleep at least consider putting the crib right beside mom's side of the bed.

'"Our newborn was on a monitor and slept in a cradle next to our bed. One night I heard her gasping. I know baby noises, and these weren't normal noises. As soon as I picked her up and put her next to me in bed, she breathed regularly. My pediatrician told me I was just a nervous mother. If her breathing didn't wake her up, it wasn't a problem. He told me it was my problem, and if I moved her out of our room I wouldn't hear her. I kept badgering pediatricians to study her and indeed they found she had apnea eighteen percent of the time. When she slept with me I noticed a difference. She breathed with me. My doctor still thought I was a nervous, crazy woman, and said she would be fine if I would just leave her alone."
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/t071000.asp

"With the generous support of the National Institutes of Child and Human Development, Drs. Sarah Mosko, Christopher Richards and I are presently exploring the effects of mother-infant pairs sleeping apart and together over successive nights in a sleep laboratory. Our studies show that while co-sleeping, infants breastfeed more frequently and for longer total duration; they have more arousals, many of which are induced by the mother's movements or sounds, and that the infants spend less time in the deep stage of sleep from which some infants have difficulty arousing (apnea). We have been impressed with both the mother's and infant's acute responsiveness to the other's activities, all of which seem to change the infant's physiology in ways that look potentially helpful in resisting a SIDS event, although we cannot prove this at this time."
http://www.naturalchild.org/james_mckenna/sleeping_safe.html

Answer 2

Hi
I work in pediatrics and have for 20 years. Yes it is scary, but try not to worry, that's what the monitor is for.
Is the baby on caffeine or any medications. She will probably be on it for a couple of months until she maintains her breathing and show no evidence of braydcardic episodes.
You will probably become attached to the monitor as a safety precaution and not even want to give it up, or maybe afraid to. Don't feel like that, she will be fine, I see this all the time.
I know the leads are a pain in the but, but it will be off soon enough!

Good Luck

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

my twins were on the same moniter for 2 months It is incredibly scary but know that sometimes the alarm is false and I noticed that someone told you to cosleep with your baby and while that is a beatiful thing it is not a good idea because the moniter can pick up your breathing if there is a problem and it wouldn't go off and there could be a problem My heart goes out to you because I know it is very hard but keep your spirits up and best of luck God bless

Answer 6

co-sleep your breathing and presents will help his breathing and heart rate stay on track and wear him in a sling during the day for naps(they use slings in Africa when they run out of incubators and hi tech machines for preemies and get the same success rates! here's a link on co-sleeping and its profound effect on babies breathing and heart rate http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071000.asp#T071002