At what stage of pregnancy is baby "viable"

SusanC_2

RAS wrote: »

When someone gets real pre eclampsia (as opposed to the mother being at risk of) the only option is to get the baby out immediately. At 31 weeks it should be OK if this happened to your daughter.

Do you realise you are implying that tiamai_d didn't really have pre-eclampsia?

mountainofdebt

A colleague of mine, who has previously suffered a miscarriage, has found out recently that she is pregnant.

She has admitted that until she gets past the point at which she miscarried, she probably will be on tenderhooks......I'm guessing your daughter was the same.

However as a previous poster has said, please try and focus on the positives, especially as your daughter is well past the point at which she miscarried.

I know us mums can't help but worry but tbh I dread telling my mum I even have a cold as that's all she seems to focus on and it does nothing but wind me up.

Abbafan1972

My eldest dd was born by emergency c-section at 24 weeks due to me having pre-eclampsia. She weighed in at 1lb 3oz.

It was a long rollercoaster ride and she spent the first 4 months of her life in the neo-natal units of City Hospital (Birmingham) and Walsall Manor Hospital. Staff at both hospitals did a fantastic job.

She is now a happy and healthy girl who's just celebrated her 9th birthday at the end of November.

zaksmum

RAS wrote: »

When someone gets real pre eclampsia (as opposed to the mother being at risk of) the only option is to get the baby out immediately. At 31 weeks it should be OK if this happened to your daughter.

Rather than concentrating on all the possible bad things that might happen, maybe it would be better for you and your daughter if you enjoyed her pregnancy.

I am enjoying her pregnancy and she has no idea about my concerns.

It's just that we sadly lost the last baby, and I'm desperate for this one to be ok.

zaksmum

SusanC wrote: »

Do you realise you are implying that tiamai_d didn't really have pre-eclampsia?

Surely nobody would imply such a thing?

SusanC_2

zaksmum wrote: »

Surely nobody would imply such a thing?

One would hope not but that's what it sounded like.

csh_2

RAS wrote: »

When someone gets real pre eclampsia (as opposed to the mother being at risk of) the only option is to get the baby out immediately. At 31 weeks it should be OK if this happened to your daughter.

I had 'real' pre-eclampsia and my baby wasn't delivered immediately. In fact I had 'real' eclampsia before my DD was delivered and spent the first 3 days of her life in Intensive Care.

I'm quite sure you never meant to come accross as patronising as you did to those of us that have actually had 'real' pregnancy problems and imply that others posters weren't actually ill because of the way their Consultants led their care.

I think what you may have wanted to express is that the only 'cure' for pre-eclampsia is delivery. However it can be managed to ensure the baby and mother have the best chance of survival. Sometimes this means immediate delivery and other times it means medication and delayed delivery to administer steriods to the baby to help its lungs and aid its chances of survival.

Pigget

I was born at 32 weeks. My mum had to have steriod injections to help my lungs mature.
I was in hospital for about 3 weeks after my birth and discharged as an outpatient after a year.

I'm 25 now and no ill-effects.

Hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well. x

Tigsteroonie

Our little boy Andrew was born at 29+1 wks, I had the steroid jabs at 28wks when things started going wrong. He was born incredibly small (1lb 6oz) and still is small for his age .... but he's flippin' wonderful

southoftheriver

RAS wrote: »

When someone gets real pre eclampsia (as opposed to the mother being at risk of) the only option is to get the baby out immediately. At 31 weeks it should be OK if this happened to your daughter.

Rather than concentrating on all the possible bad things that might happen, maybe it would be better for you and your daughter if you enjoyed her pregnancy.

There is pre-eclampsia, and there is eclampsia. There is no "real" and "not real." For the vast majority of people pre-eclampsia is asymptomatic and is only picked up when women visit their midwives and their blood pressure is found to be high with the addition of protein in their urine.

The options when someone has pre-eclampsia are dependent on the health of the mother, the health of the baby, and the gestation of the pregnancy. The only cure for pre-eclampsia is delivery, but it can be managed prior to delievery if it is safe to do so, and if there are no symptoms or signs to suggest that any of the factors outlined earlier are in danger.

EDIT: See csh has pretty much said the same thing as me