Premature baby born at 23 weeks 6 days?

Question

Has anyone had a baby so early? If so I would like to know what developmental problems, if any, did the baby experience after leaving hospital.

Answer 1

My waters broke at 23 weeeks and 6 days but the baby hung on for a few more hours and just made it to exactly 24 weeks. He spent 9 months in hospital before being allowed home. We had been told to expect all sorts of problems as, early on, he suffered a severe brain bleed.
He will be 2 next week. He is still very much behind on his milestones but that is only to be expected after the rough start he had. It is expected that he will have completely caught up with his peers by the time he starts school.
If anything I would say he is a very bright and determined little boy who just loves to prove those doctors wrong.

Answer 2

24 weeks is very early chances of quality of life improve significantly with every week they stay in utero. A 30 week preemie is much better off then a 28 week baby. A 2 lbs baby is most likely bigger then your baby I bet your baby weighs around 500 grams or 1 pound. That is a significant difference in survival. I work in a pediatric nursing home for "medically fragile" children. They are all trached that's a tube in their neck that they breath through. Many of them are on ventilators because their lungs were so premature that they sustained irreparable injury from being on the ventilator in the NICU. Also they have bleeds in their brain which causes them to be brain damaged. Some babies have very small bleeds and are only a little slow or not slow at all but most at that age have big bleeds and require a lot of help or they're vegetative. Cerebral Palsy is where the muscles are contracted and that's from not having enough oxygen at birth. Before the baby leaves the hospital it'll most likely have been there for several months to hit the original due date then will probably go to a rehab where hopefully she will do well and can go home. You'll have to be trained in how to care for all the medical devices used to sustain life such as the feeding tube and the trach. You'll also need to learn CPR and how to keep the lungs clear and how to give the medications and what times. If your baby lives it'll be with a lot of help and you will have a big road ahead of you to care for her. You can always institutionalize her which a lot of people do. Good luck and God bless, I do hope your baby is the 1% that improves significantly.

Answer 3

That is very early and most babies born that early do not survive. Some of the chances are dependent on how much the baby weighed at birth -- under two pounds is very risky and at under 24 weeks most babies don't weigh even near 2 pounds. Also lung development is a big factor. If the baby was given something to help his lungs develop early, he ahs a better chance. However, the chances of survival are still very low. Infections and hemmorages are two very likely and life threatening issues that the baby is likely to encounter. With a baby this premature, it is difficult to know whether to truly hope for survival or not because if the baby does survive, the chances are extremely high that he will have major life long health and developmental issues. Unfortunately sometimes our technology does more harm than good. If this is your baby, I wish you love and strength. If this is the baby of someone you know, please offer them as much support as you can and stick by them as they go through a very difficult time that may involve very difficult decisions for them to make. Offer them all the help you can, and if it is your baby please seek out all the support from friends and family and professionals that you can.

Answer 4

I haven't experienced this myself, but I've seen it many times. It's true, their chances of survival are minimal....but you gotta keep hope that the baby will be among the lucky to survive being born so early. Their chances of survival raise with the kind of care you get, so the better quality you get, the better the chances. Lung failure is VERY common in premature birth. Their lungs aren't ready to breathe till just before labor starts....it's the mature lungs that send out the signal to start the contractions at full term. They will probably give the baby a kind of steroid to quicken the development of the lungs. There's many other problems that can occur as well, but it all depends on where in the development the baby is born.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

My best friends baby was born at exactly the same time yours was. He was a little over 1 pound. He was put on a feeding tube, and oxygen. Before his first year, he had a heart surgery, and hernia surgery. He was put into a coma to give his heart and lungs a break. They gave him a 99% chance he would have to have a traichionomy(spelling?) , but this precious boy overcomed that, and was sent home. During his coma, he was placed on his tummy to sleep, which resulted in one of his hips popping out of socket. He had surgery to make a new socket and had to wear a body cast for 8 weeks.
That being said, he celebrated his second birthday last month. He is completely off oxygen, is eating solid food, and can pull up and trying to cruise. The doctor time after time told her that if she wanted to let him go, they would understand. But she never did, and he is now her miracle. And there are plenty of miracles to go around, so you will get yours.

Answer 7

Mine was born at 30 weeks 1.2 lbs but we go to the reunions from the NICU and I have seen tons of kids there that are doing pretty good. It seems if they do not have any cardiac issues or respiratory issues, then their main problem is vision. My son is fine, both heath at development. I must admit I did things a bit different though. I had extensive therapy to make sure he developed on track, I did not do the rsv vaccinations...in fact I have not vaccinated at all. I have studied it extensively and made the choice that worked for me. I did not get him out in public when he was very young so that he would not catch what others had. He was breastfed so that he got the best possible nutrition and I used a great book "Super Baby Food" to learn how to provide the best possible foods for him. He is 3 years old now and in Montessori school. Good luck to you. The anxiety is high, but relax and think about what is best. Everyone will try to give you advise, but just relax and make the best choices that work for you and your family.

Answer 8

My cousin was born very very prematurely, but i,m not sure exactly in which week of pregnancy, he was in hospital for a long time, and i know he did have a hard time in school, he has slight learning dificulties. Now he is 18 with a driving licence and is 6 feet tall and training to be a mechanic.

Answer 9

I have a son that was born at 31 weeks plus he had a birth defect. He was in the hospital for 4 months. My son spent a lot of time being paralyzed because he was on a vent and oscillator. He is 8 months now he just stared sitting up. He also just stared trying to roll over. I think it is depending on what complications the child had determines how quickly they will do things. My son is developing at his pace. Even at a young age a baby knows what he/she can do. Just love your baby and support him/her. One program I got my son in is called Early On. The come up with specific goals for us to help our son accomplish.

Answer 10

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