Re: dilated- cathy/womabt?

[Guest guest]

wombat wrote: " your are 34 to 35 weeks pregnant and even though if

you were to the the baby now it would need to go to the NICU ( baby

intensive care unit),34 to 35 weeks ususally do very very well at

that gestation. "

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At my hospital (one of the 3 major birthing hospitals in the state),

just because babies are 34-35 weeks gestation that isn't any reason

for them to go to NICU. In fact, if they look great (7, 8 or 9

apgars) and weigh over 4.5# they go to well born nursery.

Are you in the U.S.?

Just wondering.... Here, prematurity doesn't mean a mandatory NICU

stay.

Sheila

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> usually only need help wth feeding and keeping their blood sugar

> levels up and keeping them warm. 37 to 40 week is considered term,

so

> your only a couple of weeks off being term. At 37 weeks most babies

> don't need to go to NICU and can stay with mum. But if you start

> getting more pains like what you were having I would called the

> hospital and get checked out. Our thoughts are with you, not long

to

> go now.

> Cathy

[Guest guest]

In the Australian hospital where i'm at we only have a combined

NICU/ Nursery. so all babies premature or term and sick go there.

Cathy

[Guest guest]

you can't get our NICU RN's to take anything with anything less than

a 6/8 apgar...lol

We just changed protocol that we only even call NICU if the gestation

is less than 36 weeks. Any baby, no matter the gestation, will go to

Wellborn nursery unless they have low apgars or are low birthweight.

[Guest guest]

you can't get our NICU RN's to take anything with anything less than

a 6/8 apgar...lol

We just changed protocol that we only even call NICU if the gestation

is less than 36 weeks. Any baby, no matter the gestation, will go to

Wellborn nursery unless they have low apgars or are low birthweight.