TrackCoach wrote:
Father of 16wk preemie wrote:
8 weeks premature is a "grower and feeder" these days. Felix has over-dramatized the situation and the users here on the boards don't know either. Baby will go home after 4 weeks with some very minor concerns.
The difference between a 4 week preemie and an 8 week preemie is the 4 week will need a few days to demonstrate growth & feeding, the 8 week will take a couple weeks to be ready to try feeding.
The difference between an 8 week and a 12 week is vast and the difference between a 12 week and a 16 week is 50% mortality with another 50% of survivors suffering morbidity.
re: "Felix has over-dramatized the situation "
I don't get it; exactuly what are you saying.
My first kid was born with jaundice, a farily common and treatable thing, but I prayed for him everyday as if he needed open heart surgery. When it comes to pregnancy and childbirth, there in nothing a new Mom does that I consider "over-dramatized".