I am having a high risk pregnancy, and am afraid I will end up delivering early. I am 29 almost 30 weeks and I was just wondering if she will be ok if I do go into labor.
2007-06-26 09:16:23 · 12 answers · asked by I love sushi 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I read that the survival rates for babys born at 24 weeks are pretty good right now. At 30 weeks, your baby would have a fair chance. Good Luck!
2007-06-26 09:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by serendipity_siren 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's much higher than ever! One of my nurse's had a son that was less than 2 pounds when he was born; he's now 13.
The doctors will know whether or not your daughter can go through a vaginal delivery. I had problems throughout my pregnancy at 41, though my son was fine up until the last minute. At one point, they gave me some kind of injection so that his lungs would develop faster. I believe those are the very last things to develop. That way if they had to take him early, he was ready. As it was, I was in labor for 12 hours and only ever dilated 3 cms before his heart rate would drop with new contractions so I had to have an emergency C-Section. It wasn't as difficult a recovery as many say and he's fine.
Good luck!
2007-06-26 09:26:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At 28 weeks the chances of survival are over 90%, so your baby should be fine as far as that goes. Also, once you reach 28 weeks the chances of any permanent cognitive delay is slim to none as well.
Your baby would stay in the NICU until she is anywhere from 36-40 weeks gestation, depending on how she does. She could be breathing on her own if you are given Serfactin shots to mature the lungs. She will probably require an NG tube to feed her so that she doesn't burn too many calories when feeding, assuming she has the suck swallow breathing coordination down. She will probably develop jaundice and require the lights, but that's not too big of a deal. She may have apnea spell, where she stops breathing but they will be monitored and she won't be sent home until they cease. When she does come home you will have to be very careful in the winter months of her getting RSV, which is a virus that most babies and toddlers get, but in a premature baby it causes pnemonia due to their immature lungs. It's best to keepo premature babies out of daycare for at least the first year if possible to keep them protected from illnesses. Also most premature babies have acid reflux, and some require medication for that.
If you baby is 2 and a half months early then her age is adjusted for that, so at 6 months, you would want her to be doing what a 3 and a half month old is doing and so on, until she reaches age 2 and then we stop adjusting. She should qualify for free Early Intervention services and be monitored until age of three.
2007-06-26 09:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Your baby will be fine if he/she is born right now. Of course every day you carry the baby increases the odds of a healthy baby. I was a high risk pregnancy I start having contractions at 7 months. I ended up having my son at 36w 5 days. The doctors didn't expect me to go that long though. They gave me steriod shots in my hips twice to make sure the baby is fully developed if he was born early.
2007-06-26 09:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by *~*love always*~* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I was born three months early in 1983 &my twin brother and I are still here. Throughout our lives there have been some complications with things like blood pressure, and Retinopathy of Prematurity which caused my brother to go blind. I think that there are a lot of things that can be done today to prevent such things from really causing trouble with babies. Um...check out the websites below. Bless you.
2007-06-26 09:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by tigerlily23 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The rate is about 80% for your gestation I believe...higher if there are no known medical reasons for the prematurity. (drugs, preeclampsia etc) and every day you keep her in you she'll do a little better. Also, if it is a girl, her odds of survival with little to no problems are quite good indeed. Girls mature faster in the womb than boys. I had a 32 weeker...she was in the hospital for 3 weeks because she had to learn how to nipple feed and put on weight...but she was NEVER on oxygen and came home at 3.5 lbs. I did have shots at 30 weeks to help her lungs mature quicker...seemed to have helped!
2007-06-26 09:19:35 · answer #6 · answered by Mara 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my cousin was 2 months early and she did just fine shes now a healthy almost 1 year old.... she was in the NICU until she reached 5 pounds.. there is so much medicine out there today that your baby has a very high chance of being just fine
2007-06-26 09:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by kaylaaa 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hi, I'm sorry to hear your having a difficult time, but survival rate is very good now, with all the modern medicine, & technology, my friend had twins very early, they were like 1 & 2 lbs, they came through with fling colors!! & are just fine!!just keep the faith & pray, everything should be ok, take care!!
2007-06-26 09:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by onecent1232003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
after 24-25 weeks the fetus is viable the chances of survival increase with each passing week in the womb spent.
2007-06-26 13:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by chichibaby 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should be given shots to speed up lung development, if you make it to at least 32 weeks survival rate over 95% with shots.
2007-06-26 09:22:13 · answer #10 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋