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Hello, everyone!I’m a first time mum who’s baby boy was born at 35+4. I nearly died of HELLP super unexpectedly so he was born via emergency section.I had already been prepared for a preterm birth weeks before, I had a week long stay in hospital with medication to stop my preterm contractions and was given shots to mature baby’s lungs just in case.The shots helped baby when he got here, he only needed a tiny bit of oxygen and was off of it rather quickly. He needed a feeding tube for a while though, which he ended up pulled out of his own nose one night while the nurses were busy with another baby.But what was the most surprising was his size. My son weighed 3,570 kg and was 49 cm tall. The average size of a full term baby. He looked full term too, compared to the tiny babies who were around his gestational age. (I also suprised people by having such a big baby because I’m only 1,43 meters tall.)Baby and I graduated a while ago, we’ve been home for 15 weeks now. But I feel our short NICU stay (2 weeks) still has an effect on me sometimes. Worrying about him breathing, a very bad case of reflux which leads to worries about his food, right now the trouble gaining like in NICU…Not to mention some questions I still have. Did anyone else have big babies despite them being preterm? Or is this just another one of the weird things my body decided to do during my pregnancy? And was it hard for you too to get people to understand why baby couldn’t come home despite their weight/hight? And did people ignore baby having been premature as soon as they came home for you too?I really wish I had thought about joining when he was just born, but I’m glad I found my way here now! via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/b1pa4gd