January 2012 babies

Thanks Thyme and Kel

Hi all
Many congrats to all of us on lots of beautiful bouncing babes.

I wanted to wait til everyone had birthed before sharing our incredible journey. Khouri was an easy labour and is an even easier baby, he started having problems with his breathing a few hours after birth which got worse and we ended up at the highest level of NICU within 24 hrs as the suspected a major heart defect. A few hours of worry ended with a diagnosis of a mild ASD which is a hole between the heart chambers. Unfortunately he still needed considerable help with oxygen due to the ASD. Then a few days after his birth we got confirmation that he has down syndrome. We had no idea and had been given a low risk score after scans (no u know why I waited to tell u all :0). So we had a day of tears sadness and shock during which time my only thought was I needed to cuddle him as much as possible as I was so worried I wouldn't love him enough. But it's funny but that heart scare (they said he wd have to have open heart surgery within days) I was just so glad he was alive and ok that the downs diagnosis just didn't matter any more. He was my beautiful baby boy and I loved him just as much as my other bubs.

We are so much more positive now, after being so worried for his (and truthfully our) future, anything seems possible.

Thanks for being there to listen I'm so glad everyone has their babies now, we are all blessed and whatever trouble they bring us at least we have the joys to make us forget the tough times

Much love Samantha xxxx

Thanks thyme, hopefully the ASD will close over time if not keyhole surgery at about age 4 much less stressful than the first option!! I've got 4 children now and unfortunately all our family are in the uk. The support here is good tho and I've made some lovely friends in the year we have been here who have been amazing over the last month.

I have always said that kids choose their parents so we feel quite privileged the he trusted us enough to come to our family, I hope we are as good as he hopes !!!

Scarycat wrote: But it's funny but that heart scare (they said he wd have to have open heart surgery within days) I was just so glad he was alive and ok that the downs diagnosis just didn't matter any more. He was my beautiful baby boy and I loved him just as much as my other bubs.

^ this is beautiful I'm so sorry you went through such a scary time, but it sounds like Khouri couldn't have chosen a more loving family

Congratulations to all the new mums and dads and brothers and sisters! Cannot believe all the babies are here! Samantha what a lot to deal with but you sound, like others have said, like you have an amazing attitude. Khouri is a lovely name btw!.

Agree with Nicole that an Auckland get together needs to be arranged!

Baby Lily is doing well but makes a lot of noise in her sleep which keeps me awake- she sounds like she is straining. I managed to get a breast infection in week two so spent 2 nights in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics which was awesome fun but really nothing compared to what some of you mums have been through. Lily has been great - such a calm and sweet baby, except for the wierd noises!!! Im a lucky first time mum.

We had a nightmare with breastfeeding in the beginning and I only feel that we are getting there now (at 3 weeks) although I still do not feel like I am particularly good at it! Work in progress I guess.

Anyhoo thats a lot of chat isn't it so I will stop gasbagging now!

Natalie x

Lurker from august thread ,
Scarycat , your story was like readying my own birth story with DD.
After a healthy normal pregnancy and birth ,She had a complete avsd so had 4 wholes between chambers and because of the type of defect they tested for downs. I remember the 2nd they got the blood test back for downs, I was eating hospital roast . The doctor told me to carry on eating but I have something to tell you....She got ill about 9 weeks of age and we went to starship to have it fixed .
To put a long story short , that sick little baby is now a very energetic intelligent 7 year old . She can read , spell , count , swim ,everything her friends do .
Your little boy will be harder than you were expecting , but he will love you more than you were expecting and even tho his milestones might take a little longer to get to , they will mean soo much more. When my DD finally took her first steps I balled my eyes out and we had a family party.
People are going to say the wrong things sometimes , and you will wonder why sometimes . But why not? He will teach you a lot about life and how to love in a completly new way.
Congradulations ! your life will never be the same , and you will never wish it was.

Wow Evelyn! That is one big bubba for a natural birth, congratulations to you and your hubby for a big gorgeous Grayson (love the name)!

Sorry to hear about your tear, I hope you are taking it easy and recovering well. I had a small but kinda deep tear but MW didn't give me stitches (yay) but after having Lexie on the 9th Jan it still hasn't completely healed (I can tell when I wee)...I will get it checked out again but last time MW checked it was almost done, not red or 'oozing' (eww lol) so hopefully it is done soon. It was my fault for doing too much and not sitting properly...no one told me not to sit cross-legged!

Very quiet on here, lots of busy mums with little babies!
Lexie will be 6 weeks on Monday, can't believe how fast the time has gone! She is doing well at sleeping, usually only waking once during the night on a good night :)
My mum was telling me that when everyone else's babies are sleeping through the night to just lie and say mine was too (this is what she did with her coffee group) but we have been lucky so far.
She is feeding well but won't take a bottle, going to start trying everyday as I want her to be able to take a bottle when I go back to work. She is doing well with the Medela Calma bottle so will persevere

Wow I haven't been on here in a very very very long time and so there is no way i can read all the way back to about the end of dec!

I dont get on facebook as often as i would like either, we have a very alert lil girl who doesn't like to sleep at all during the day

Jen&bubs r u in the facebook group yet? I have no idea how 2 add you but could ask someone on facebook

Hi,

Im in the MIA list, havent been on here for a long time!!!

We had our Fraternal Twin girls on january the 2nd.

Twin one Jade Mihi Baker born @ 5.58 pm (2.475kgs) and Twin two Zoe Hana Baker born @ 6.25 pm (2.595kgs.)

Went very smoothly!

hi all congratz to all with babies :) sorry havent checked here latley more on fb :) anyway we are doing well now hae the odd rough day but that to be expected :) hope your all enjoying bening parents either again or for first time im a mum of 3 now.. keep me busy :)... talk to you alll soon