4lb baby

Mine is slightly different. I had IUGR with my first, she was a c section at 37 weeks and was a bit bigger at 4lbs 8oz. She was taken straight to NICU because she did need breathing support. However, she was only on it (CPAP) for 24 hours. She also needed a few days of light therapy for jaundice.

They found that my daughter actually had a cleft palate, so for her feeding was difficult (it meant she couldn't suck) and she did have to be ng fed and introduced to special bottles. We were in NICU for 10 days, but the vast majority of that was for feeding.

I would say comparatively to other babies in NICU ours was a whopper! Had she not had the cleft palate I think we would have been out of there in a few days. I also found the NICU staff to be actual angels, and yes, it's a horrible situation, but they were really fantastic and taught us a lot about caring for a baby (they know allllll the tricks)!

I had a semi planned semi emergency c section which was booked after my 34 weeks scan. Twin A supposedly didn’t grown since the scan a week prior and Twin B had less blood flow from the placenta since a few weeks but always positive. I went in at 34+4 weeks. Babies were 4lbs and 4,9lbs. One needed breathing support only for 5 minutes then was fine the other didn’t need it at all. They did have feeding tubes as they really struggled to eat. That was painful to watch, they put it in 3/4 times because the girls kept tugging on it, having it move out of place. We spent 9 days in hospital I was there with them the whole time, no NICU time. Both had jaundice, one treated by UV light one ended up with prolonged jaundice which went away itself after we left the hospital. Girls dropped in weight after 3 days. 3.5 lbs and 3.97 lbs. So very very tiny. I suggest getting size 0 diapers as we only had size 1 and that was massive on them.

It was a very stressful time for me…

My LO was small for gestational age, was born at 39 weeks after induction (should have been sooner but hospital errors…), and was born in the 1st percentile at 5lbs. She was fine at birth, no concerns just very small! Was discharged 5 days later with no NICU