Name: Anthony
DOB: July 16 2009
Gestation: 35+4weeks
Weight: 2950 gms
Length: 35cm
Length of Hospital stay: 7 Days - 6 Special Care Nursery

Complications: Sucking, Regulating temperature and at risk of infection so was put on antibiotics immediately

Just adding Maxx...my 4th little prem

Name: Maxx John
DOB: 14 January 2010
Gestation: 25 weeks
Weight: 920 gms
Length: 33cm
Length of Hospital stay: ?

Complications:RDS (respiratory Distress Syndrome), HMD (hyaline membrane disease), ventilated 2w6d, NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis), perforated bowel, apnea, bradycardias, no temp control, anemia (3 blood transfusion in first 3 weeks), large PDA (patent ductus arteriosus), peritonitis, CLD (chronic lung disease), grade 1 IVH (Intraventricular hemorrhage (brain bleed)), jaundice, CPAP.

It is scary when you write it all down...and this is all before he is 3 weeks old.

Name: Audrey Paige
DOB: 26th April 2011
Gestation: 36 weeks
Weight: 2.65g
Length: 46cm
Length of hospital stay: 2 nights

Audrey is now almost nine months old and in the middle of going from 000 to 00 clothes. She is still in 0-3 months shoes

Ok so technically DD was only on the brink of being a premmie so I don't really consider her as premmie just early.

Name : Emilie
DOB: 25th December 2009
Gestation: 37 weeks
Weight: 3280g
Hospital/NICU stay: 10 days

Complications:
-Laryngomalacia causing retractions. (ie couldn't breathe properly)
-Unable to suck causing rapid weight loss more than 10% (fed via naso-gastic tube progressing to syringe, progressing to Bottle fed ebm and eventually successful breastfeeding)
-High temp was given ABs
-Jaundice requiring phototherapy for 3 and a half days

Outcome:
-Now aged 2, still has stridor from Laryngomalacia and developed asthma diagnosed at around 16 months. On steroid medication via inhalers and under control :-)
-We successfully BF for 18 months!
-No after effects from jaundice or high temp

Happy and healthy toddler!

I'm not too sure why but I can't edit the above post??
Anyway, as DS was still in hospital when I posted, this is the update!!

Name: Isaac Benjamin
DOB: 19th December 2011
Gestation: 32 +2 weeks
Weight: 1.9kg
Hospital/NICU stay: 31 days
(24 days Mater Mothers in Brisbane, then Royal Flying Doctor Service transfer to our home hospital SCN for 7 days.)
Discharge Weight: 2.6kg

Complications:
- CPAP - 3 days
- Chronic Lung Disease
- Small lung collapse
- Jaundice, phototherapy 5 days
- Tachycardia
- Apneas


Update as at 3/3/12:
Currently in the process of testing for ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity)
Next week he goes for a routine brain scan - 14/3/12: brain scan all clear

Also, with a lot of blood, sweat, tears and determination (literally all 4) he is and has been 100% fully breastfed, woo hoo!!

Name: Liam Thomas Gray
DOB: 23rd November 2011
Gestation: 33 +6 weeks
Weight: 1.665kg or 3pd 10oz
Discarged: 2.180KGS
Hospital/NICU stay: 5 1/2wks

At 20wk Morphology scan, I was told that my sons heart and portal vein was very different. Was told that it might not be possible to live. Was sent to Townsville to have a teritary scan. They were far more optimistic. I continued to go there to have scans. At 28wks Dr Watson said that he was small for gestation and to have a scan at 30wks in Mackay then another at 32wks in Townsville. We packed everything we needed for our 32wk scan as bub was not growing very well. He told us to go home for another wk. However he tried calling us on our way back home to tell us to stay. Pity I didnt hear my phone! Argh!!! We drove back up 3 days later. Had traces done on bubs heart on the monday morning and got admitted that afternoon. Was not expecting to have our son til 36wks. Wednesday arvo I had an emergency c-sec. I didnt get to see him for about 5mins. He had cord around neck twice and needed to be resuscitated.

Antenatally diagnosed fetal abnormality
- double SVC, small muscular VSD, variant anatomy of the portal venous system
Complications:
- CPAP - 1 days in NICU
- Jaundice 2 days under billy lights
Flew home at 6days
Needed to be put on O2 cos of flight home
-hypospodius
-scaral sinus
Came off O2 3 Days before coming home