Premature birth at 26 weeks, when life becomes a miracle.

Baby Oreo is one year old. Thinking about this year, I have been accompanied by luck, I want to say thank you, and I have gained happiness. 2016.2.1, at 15:50 in the afternoon, on that snowy afternoon, the little guy was reported 3 months in advance (born in Jiangyin People's Hospital), with a gestational age of 26W+6, a weight of 1030g, and a length of 40cm. He was transferred to the hospital 5 days later. Shanghai Children's Hospital, weighing only 970g. Everything happened so suddenly, the whole family was panicked~

1. Baby, I'm sorry, I didn't protect you.

At about 5 o'clock in the morning on 1.31, my stomach hurt. I called my husband in a hurry, but after a while the pain stopped. We felt that nothing was wrong and continued to sleep ~ the pain started again at about 7 o'clock , I called my husband again, and he became nervous and said he would take me to the hospital. I thought the doctor hadn’t gone to work yet, and I was now six months pregnant. It should be fine. I thought I’d better wait for the doctor to go to work first and I’d make a call. Ask your doctor. At around 8 o'clock, I called the doctor. She listened to my situation and asked me if I had constipation. What a coincidence. After I took iron supplements due to anemia during pregnancy, I was indeed constipated. I had not had a bowel movement for three days. She told me not to worry, drink more water, and then drink some yogurt. The stomachache was probably caused by Caused by constipation. (Actually, it was just contractions at the time, but no one expected to have a premature birth.) I went to the toilet at around nine o'clock and suddenly noticed that I was red. I called the doctor again and she told me to go directly to the hospital. This was a late-stage threatened abortion. , may be hospitalized. I was completely panicked. I packed my things in a hurry and rushed to the hospital. I went to the hospital for a B-ultrasound and found that everything about the baby was normal, which made me feel relieved. The hospital was fully occupied at that time, and I was not assigned to the ward until after 12 o'clock. Then I started to wear water to protect the fetus. During this period, I kept feeling soreness and distension in my lower abdomen, accompanied by slight labor pains. Starting at 10 o'clock in the evening, the frequency of bursts of pain increased and lasted until I gave birth. The doctor came to the ward at one o'clock in the afternoon on the 2nd to ask about my condition. I was in so much pain that I didn’t even want to talk. Then he said why it couldn't be stopped, and then he gave me another medicine (it seemed to be magnesium sulfate) and then continued to hang up. Anyway, I just felt more and more pain (actually I was about to give birth, but no one noticed). Around two o'clock, a doctor I knew came to see me. Anyway, by that time I was already lying on the bed alone in pain and didn't want to talk. She saw that something was wrong with me in pain, so she called my husband to the office~ (Probably she said that it was impossible to save me if I looked like this, so she asked us to be mentally prepared and do an internal examination on me later.) When she came back, I asked my husband. What, he even comforted me, saying that I might need to stay in hospital for two more days and have to wait for a few more days of fluids. At that time, the pain became more and more severe, and it could no longer be relieved by lying down in any position. I simply squatted there. Fortunately, my belly was not very big, so I could still squat. After a while, the doctor came to perform an internal examination on me. After the examination, he told me, "Oh, XX, you can't survive this. Seven fingers have been opened." I burst out crying. I was finally 6 months pregnant. If I kept insisting, we would meet. All I could think about was the pain of losing him. How could I accept that fact! The doctor asked me to change clothes and quickly enter the operating room. I was stubborn and refused to go in. I wanted to wait for my parents to come. I naively thought that there might be a glimmer of hope (actually I knew it was impossible, but I was always unwilling to get to that point. Face reality. )

My husband called my mother and asked her to come over quickly. The doctors and nurses were telling me to let me go into the delivery room, but I still couldn't hear anything and cried there under the quilt. The first one to arrive was my aunt. When I saw my aunt and I was holding her, I burst into tears. I said I couldn't save her, what should I do? My aunt comforted me and told me to obey. The waiting process was long. I felt like I had to wait for a long time for my parents to come. At that time, many doctors and nurses came to the ward and asked me to go to the delivery room. I kept crying and refused. Then, all my life, I will remember that a certain Director Zhu looked at me fiercely and said to me in a scolding tone, you might as well go home! The family was furious at that time. (I don’t know if she, who holds the title of director, said that in such a tone, has considered the feelings of the parties involved and their families. If it is your family members who need to face this kind of problem, do you still have the nerve to say such a thing? Have you never been a mother? ) Really, God knows what I went through during these six months of pregnancy. In the first three months, my progesterone was low and I saw redness, so I stayed in bed and took various medicines.

I started having pregnancy reactions on the 50th day of pregnancy. I didn’t eat anything and kept vomiting until I gave birth. I vomited whatever I ate. Not long before I went to the delivery room, I still felt pain and went to the bathroom to vomit. After eating, I looked for the trash can. It's really enough. Everyone comforted me, saying that I was still young and told me to be obedient. Slowly, I began to accept that if I didn't go into the delivery room, if I really exerted my strength, the baby would be born. At about 3.20, I entered the delivery room~

Later, I didn’t know what happened. I only knew that I was going to have an abortion. Later, when I arrived in the delivery room, the doctor was preparing things, and I heard the doctor say that my family needed to be insured. Of course, doctors have always told us that we should not be insured. There has been no such case in Jiangyin, and there will be sequelae and so on. But I thought it was useless to give birth, because I was bored and searched Baidu the night before to ask whether a six-month-old baby would survive after birth. The first answer I saw from Du Niang was that he would definitely die. Later I found out that it was my father who insisted on protecting me, so the first person I want to thank is my father. If it hadn't been for his persistence at that time, maybe what happened next would not have happened.

Then the doctor broke my amniotic fluid and asked me to exert force. I exerted force a few times, and suddenly a ball of hot stuff rushed out with a bang. I thought the baby had flown out. I quickly looked up and saw that the doctor told me not to worry, it was amniotic fluid. Then I was asked to continue exerting my strength. I used all my strength, and I don’t know how long it took before I heard the angelic baby crying! The sound was very soft, like a newborn kitten meowing. At that moment, I decided that I would protect him at all costs. Even if there was really any problem, I would admit it. The little baby was crying. Wouldn't it be cruel to throw him in the trash can like this? The doctor said, it's a boy, so we'll hold it for you and see him, and send him directly to the neonatology department after the treatment is done. Then several doctors started simple first aid measures, and within a minute or two they rushed upstairs with the baby in their arms. As I watched the doctor leave with the baby in his arms, I was actually very afraid that this would be the last image of his back that he would leave for me. I had not yet taken a good look at him, hugged him, or kissed him. I also don't know how tall he is, how much he weighs, or who he looks like. Baby, I'm sorry, I didn't protect you.

2. Baby, I still owe you a hug.

After observing in the delivery room for a while, I was pushed into the ward. As soon as I arrived at the ward, most of the comfort came from family members, including doctors and nurses. Since the matter had come to this, I could only accept it calmly. Later, my father and husband came to the ward, and I learned that the baby was only 1,030g and 40cm long after birth. I prayed silently in my heart, hoping that everything goes well for the baby. Then I started the first day of confinement. But the first day was torturous, and I barely slept the whole night.

The next afternoon, the family member in the bed next to me said that today was the day of inquiry in the neonatology department, and that they were going to see their baby later. I wanted to go after hearing this, but no one in my family would let me. Go and let me stay in the ward obediently. In the end, I couldn't help but let me go. We waited in line for a while upstairs before it was our turn. The doctor told us that the baby's condition was okay now, but he wasn't too optimistic. He had a slight intracranial hemorrhage and some signs of jaundice. He still recommended that we go to a big hospital, after all. They had never encountered babies of small gestational age, and then they asked the director of the neonatology department of Nanjing Children's Hospital if he could help us contact him. At that time, it was like I had found a life-saving straw. I was so happy when I heard that someone from Nanjing was there.

On the 2.3rd, the third day after the baby was born, the director of Nanjing arrived. My husband said that she went to the ward for a while and then came out. Originally, my family wouldn’t let me go up, but I still secretly ran to the freshman room. Pediatrics, after all I wanted to find out for myself.

When we arrived at the doctor's office, everyone was sitting inside. The director of Nanjing was already speaking. The atmosphere in the office was so solemn that it made people breathless. I found a chair and sat down. The director of Nanjing said to me, you kids, Now the situation is quite urgent, 26 weeks + 6, gestational age is also very small, premature babies need to pass several levels, first the breathing level, then feeding level, infection level, jaundice level... This situation We have also encountered it in Nanjing. The risk is very high, there are many sequelae, and the probability of survival is not high. I have also looked at the current situation. I do not recommend that you transfer to another hospital. If you want to transfer, you have to wait until his condition stabilizes, which will probably be In about a month, if you want to go, you need an adult to hold it in your hand, because it will shake when placed in a thermal insulation box, so your family members should consider this carefully and be mentally prepared. I clearly remember my reaction at that time. I didn’t hesitate for a second and firmly said yes! As she spoke, tears came to her eyes, and she was pulled out of the doctor's office by her mother. I didn't seem to see hope, but instead added another blow to my despair!

After returning to the ward for a while, my father came. He said that he had just contacted a friend to contact the director of Shanghai Children's Hospital, and he would go to Shanghai to pick up the doctor tomorrow. Everyone said that the conditions in Shanghai are better in all aspects.

On February 4th, the fourth day after the baby was born, my husband and uncle went to pick up the doctor early in the morning, and I was able to have my confinement at home. I don’t know the situation in the hospital either. My father came back and told me that the doctor had been inside for several hours to observe the baby's condition and see how his breathing and movements responded. This is the first doctor I want to express my special gratitude to, Qiu Gang, Director of the Neonatology Department of Shanghai Children’s Hospital. It is he who gives us hope and the continuation of our baby’s new life. I met with Director Qiu in the afternoon, and some of his big rocks in my heart finally found their home. He told me that I had seen the baby and everything was fine. If he cried at birth, it showed that he had some ability to adapt to the external environment. You can rest assured if you leave it to us. Tomorrow I will ask our hospital's car to pick up the baby, and bring a doctor and nurse. I didn't know what to say at the time, I just felt so excited that I wanted to jump up. I don’t know why, but I feel a lot more at ease. From that moment on, the belief that the baby would come back healthy never stopped.

2.5, the fifth day after the baby was born. Today, the little one has to be transferred to another hospital. After completing the handover with the People's Hospital, the baby is on his way to Shanghai Children's Hospital. When he arrived at Shanghai Children's Hospital, his weight was only 970g. After the baby is transferred to the hospital, the doctor will often send us some photos of the baby and tell us some of the situation.

On 2.11, everyone in my family went to see the baby. I was in confinement at home and couldn’t go. The baby is in stable condition.

The days during confinement are really long and boring.

3.7 I went to Shanghai to see the baby for the first time after confinement. I got up early in the morning and was so excited. There was traffic jam all the way, and we didn't arrive until 11 noon. When I arrived at the hospital, I first checked with the director about the baby's condition. The baby was very confident and everything was normal. After understanding the situation, we changed our clothes, made hygiene preparations, and went in to see the baby. I am so excited to finally meet my little angel! As soon as we entered, the little guy was sleeping soundly in a posture of surrender. He was still super mini, weighing 1.56kg.

On 3.18, I went downstairs for lunch at noon and saw my husband answering the phone. The hospital called and said that the baby had an intestinal infection. At that time, I heard that everyone was not well. Premature babies are really afraid of various infections. . Later, I called the doctor and asked the doctor. Fortunately, it was discovered in time. I just found a little hidden blood in the stool and got it under control in time.

On 3.21, I went to see the baby again. As soon as I went there, the little guy was crying. The nurse said that he acted like a spoiled child when he saw his parents coming. He also cried heartbreakingly. He felt that he cried the most in the world. Poor haha. He was waving his little hands and kicking his little feet, and even pulled out his own gastrointestinal tube.

At 3.30, I made an impromptu decision to see the baby today. I went back and forth for four hours just to see him for one minute.

On 4.7, it was time to see the baby again. When we arrived at the hospital, Director Qiu said that we could transfer to the nursing ward to prepare for the baby.

Happy ~

On 4.8, I went to the hospital early in the morning, but the director said that there would be no transfer today. The baby was unstable and had breath-holding symptoms. Suddenly, I felt a strong sense of loss ~ but I was more worried.

On 4.12, after four days of waiting, the baby was finally transferred to the hospital and could finally stay with him. I have really been looking forward to this day for a long time. We moved from the new hospital on Luding Road to the old hospital on Beijing West Road. This day is a day I will never forget because it was the first time I hugged him. I owed him this belated hug for 72 days.

We have started a new journey. We have been in the hospital for more than a month and many minor problems have occurred. I would like to express my special thanks to Director of the Neonatology Department Huang Qiwei. Our baby’s jaundice is as high as 13 (pathological). Anemia, diarrhea caused by not adapting to breastfeeding, colds and coughs, breath holding until the whole body turns purple... You have led us through these problems one by one, thank you.

On 5.24, the baby was discharged from the hospital.

From birth to discharge, Oreo suffered a lot. He was put on a ventilator when he was born, and he had water all over his body and couldn’t find a place to poke it. He had an intestinal infection for 14 days. I didn't eat, couldn't take a bottle, and had a gastric tube inserted all the time... Fortunately, we all survived. What's even more fortunate is that all the hardships and efforts we put in were worth it. Seeing that we are now healthy Of you, listening to every cry of yours, watching every smile and every fresh move of yours, I am really happy.

Now Oreo is one year old, with a corrected age of 8M+28 months. Now he has become a small ball of flesh, and all development indicators are normal and healthy. So I really want to thank a lot of people, including Dr. Shen Chengying of Jiangyin People's Hospital. It was snowing outside in the winter, and she carried our baby from the delivery room to the neonatal department in short sleeves. Special thanks to Director Qiu Gang, Director Huang Qiwei, Director Cai Cheng, Director Shen Yunlin of Shanghai Children's Hospital (and some doctors whose names I don't know) and all the medical staff in the Neonatology Department of the New Hospital and Old Hospital. Thank you for giving our precious baby Thank you for your help and careful care, day and night, thank you for your patience, love and care, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would also like to thank my family for your continued help and support.

I hope baby Oreo can grow up healthily, be safe and happy. ?