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Do you use this formula or know of someone who does? This is for low weight, premature infants and it’s high calorie to promote growth and development. My daughter was born a month early but she does not use this formula. I recieved it in the mail from Similac today. If you are interested please reply and let me know- I hate to see formula go to waste. Thanks!
Um. Donate to where?

Oh I use that formula for my son who was born at 26 weeks!! If you e-mail me I can give you my address- I would love to have it. my e-mail is sponge1bob1@yahoo.com.

I was born premature and I was only a couple weeks old when I got RSV.
I was in the hospital for months and I almost died :O
When I got out of the hospital I stopped breathing a lot and had to go back to the emergency room..
The doctors told my mom that I would have to get ayearly flu shot, get blood tested every month, have athsma, and possibly be on an oxygen tank.
Because of this,(I have a VERY severe case of RSV) is it easier for me to get a cold, pneumonia, and athsma? I never got the flu shot, athsma, or blood taken.
But I do get sick often and everytime do, I always get a lot of gunk in my lungs and it is hard to breathe, and sometimes I stop breathing and have to use a nebulizer (sp?)
Is RSV related to this?
When I was in the hospital they had to put tubes to my lungs to take the gunk out of my lungs..so am I more prone to lung-gunk? haha.
also, whenever I swallow something, I lose my breath for about 4 seconds after I swallow when I am sick.

Most children that have severe RSV do tend to develop asthma which is a hyper-reactivity of the airways of the lungs. It causes them to constrict and trap air and unfortunately germs. Your having been born premature also play a role in the development of the asthma. Most children are born with fully formed lungs. In premature infants the lungs have to play catch up and again become hypersensitive due to their immature state. Some don’t completely outgrow it. You will hear people talking about having outgrown their asthma. This is a misnomer. Asthma is a physiologically condition that while it can less or more sensitive with time, will never completely go away. Once you have it, you always have it. The good news is that it can be controlled. First, I recommend that you start be getting that yearly flu shot. If you have not had the injection for pneumonia, you should also get that. That gunk you are worried about is formed from trapped germs so wash your hands frequently and stay away from people who have signs or symptoms of cough or colds. If you have not had a formal screening for asthma, now is the time to do so by a broad certified pulmonologist. This is a doctor that specialized in the lungs. I hope that this helps you. Good luck.

or premature infants or something like that give description please!

You mean a neonatologist? That’s a Doctor that specializes in treating newborns who are premature or born with health issues.

a. socioeconomic status is unrelated to developmental outcomes
b. premature infants are not considered high risk infants
c. the more premature babies weigh and the closer to term they are born, the less risk of negative outcomes
d. premature babies with no visible problems are at equal risk as premature babies with visible problems

C - I think it’s C because doctors try to get the baby to stay in the mom for as long as possible….the longer the baby stays in utero the better chance of being healthy and less risks it has in the world.

Hi all,
Just wondering if there’s anyone with a very premature infant…my 3rd baby was born at 26 weeks and we have had such a long journey. I’m just wondering if there’s anyone else out there to talk to about all the difficulties and all the emotions and hardships faced.

My girl was born while I was on a cross country move in a city I"ve never been to before where I ended up stuck for 6 weeks without kids or hubby before she was transferred closer to where my kids were at…still here with no hubby! So anyone just wanna chat………i’d be relieved and thankful!

Also any preemie moms have difficulty with breastfeeding after long stints in the NICU any advice would be greatfly appreciated!
thanks
My son was born at 30 weeks, he was actually a twin, his brother we lost at that time, stillborn. My surviving son weighed 2 lbs 13 oz, and spent 7 weeks in the hospital. He was my first child (I’ve since had another boy, full term) so I cannot relate as to experiencing taking care of your little girl in the hospital as well as your children at home, however, I can say that breastfeeding him was so difficult and stressful, he just wouldn’t latch! I eventually gave up after 3 months of pumping and trying to breastfeed whenever I was at the hospital. Just wasn’t going to happen for us, however I do know lots of the other women with their babies in the NICU were able to eventually establish a healthy breastfeeding schedule, over time.
As for no hubby, I can also understand, partially. My husband was suffering from a mental illness at the time (he has since sought help and is much much better now) and was mentally checked out, he just slept all day and visited our son maybe 3 times the whole 7 weeks! So it was like I was all alone.
Feel free to add me as a friend if you want to further talk about everything your going through. But if you are attempting breastfeeding, it sounds like she’s doing pretty good! Lungs must be doing very well if she’s not on tube feedings anymore!
Good luck to you and your little girl, it’s difficult, it’s heartbreaking, but remember, you have to take sometime for yourself (easy enough said, but you have other children to take care of too) make sure you are eating and sleeping well, I saw so many moms in the NICU who at first felt like they needed to spend every waking moment there. I told a few of them, no one is going to think anything negative if you go home, sleep in and have a nice long shower!

I’m trying to have better stamina, but I’m wondering if my heart surgery/heart size has anything to do with my poor performance, and tips on health care would be appreciated as well. =) Thanks!

If the surgery was when you were a child, chances are it healed up by now.

Fertility drugs have greatly increased the incidence of multiple births. When more than two embryos share the uterus, the incidence of premature birth and developmental problems increases substantially. The medical cost of caring for multiple premature infants is staggering. When fertility drugs produce multiple embryos, the physician can selectively eliminate some of these embryos early in development, so the remaining few have a better chance to develop fully and normally. Given these facts, discuss the ethical implications of taking fertility drugs.

Is an embryo a human being? If so, is selective reduction murder? When does an embryo become a fetus? Do it’s rights change at some point? Do we as humans have the capacity and right to decide which embryo has the right to life?

I guess it mostly depends on your view of what is a human being and who has the power of life and death over one.

I am doing a project for my nursing class over an ethical dilemma. The dilemma that I decided on is a premature infant born to a family of Jehovah’s witnesses is in need of a blood transfusion or he will die. I know the obvious solutions are don’t give the transfusion or give it but to comply with the family’s wishes can other treatments be allowed? For instance can the family donate the blood to the infant or can other blood enhancers be used? Whatever suggestions would be helpful!

Let’s start with some non-JW-sources (I apologize for the ad)… ALSO NOTE:
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Video: San Antonio’s First Bloodless Hospital
http://www woai com/mediacenter/local aspx?videoid=504331@video woai com&navCatId=14
Article: San Antonio’s First Bloodless Hospital
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You are welcome to surf JW’s Official Website for more information. I’ll post a few specifics:

Transfusion-Alternative Health Care
—Meeting Patient Needs and Rights (video)
http://watchtower.org/e/vcnr/article_01.htm

Transfusion-Alternative Strategies
—Simple, Safe, Effective (video)
http://watchtower.org/e/vcae/article_01.htm

No Blood
—Medicine Meets the Challenge (video)
http://watchtower.org/e/vcnb/article_01.htm

Articles:

Nonblood Treatment—What Experts Say
http://watchtower.org/e/19990308/article_01.htm

Bloodless Surgery—Its Benefits Gain Recognition
http://watchtower.org/e/19980822/article_01.htm

Bloodless Medicine and Surgery—The Growing Demand
http://watchtower.org/e/20000108/article_01.htm

Outstanding Conference on Bloodless Surgery in Moscow
http://watchtower.org/e/19990422a/article_01.htm

Jehovah’s Witnesses—The Surgical / Ethical Challenge
(A reprint of the article that was in, JAMA 11/27/81 AMA)
http://watchtower.org/e/hb/article_06.htm

The following show the reasons why many non-JWs also refuse blood transfusions, including many doctors:

Blood Transfusions — How Safe?
http://watchtower.org/e/hb/article_02.htm

Transfusion Medicine—Is Its Future Secure?
- Disease-Free Blood—A Moving Target
- Mistakes and Transfusion Reactions
- [Death by TRALI]
- Experts Speak Out
- Will Medicine Change?
- [Alternatives to Blood Transfusion--Documentary DVD Series]
- The Composition of Blood
- [Fractionation---The Use of Blood’s Lesser Ingredients in Medicine] http://watchtower.org/e/200608/article_02.htm

Blood Transfusions Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Death
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A documentary of a neonatal hospital specializing in the deliveries of premature babies. This segment of episode 107 aired on October 17, 1989 on CBS.

Vote for Rescue 911 on TV/DVD at the links following the video.

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If you weren’t a smoker, but lived with someone who did, could the residual smoke on your clothing cause RSV in a premature infant if you were to hold the baby? I know smoke is harmful, but residual on clothing?

RSV is a virus that causes most of us to just have a bit of a cold but to vulnerable babies it can be quite serious.
It is spread the usual way cold and flu germs are spread, from person to person.
It has nothing to do with cigerette smoke.
I once read that toxins from cigerette smoke can cling to clothing and later be inhaled by the baby if you were to hold them close. However I think this is only a negliable amount and would only be a problem in regular sustained contact, for example if one of the parents smoked even though it was outside away from the baby.