June 2016 Babies Club

Digs · 09-06-2016 03:43PM

Oh god penny I'm so sorry to hear all you've been through! So glad you and the little man are doing better now though.

My lassie had viral meningitis when she was 7 months old and those initial days were hands down the scariest time in my life, I can't imagine how tough it was being so sick yourself and with a tiny newborn to worry about.

I hope he continues to get stronger and stronger and ye get home soon. Mind yourself x

appledrop · 09-06-2016 03:51PM

Penny I don't know what to say. I'm sitting here bawling reading your post. I can't believe what you + your little boy have been through it's everyone worse nightmare. So glad that things are starting to look more positive for you both. You are going to need a lot of support in the weeks ahead to help you +babs with your recovery. The trama of all that alone woukd knock you for six never mind the fact that you have had a major operation + meningitis. Just to let you know I had meningitis myself when I was in college + I recovered well with no after effects apart from being l weak for about a month after I left hospitial.

Wishing you both a speedy recovery after everything you have both been through×××××.

Hazelnut Button · 09-06-2016 04:23PM

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

Well things got very dramatic and very interesting for me on that fateful Sunday.
I came to the Coombe and within a short enough space of time my headache was crazy, couldn't stand the light, temp went sky high, BP did (for me) too and the baby was very tachycardiac.
Consultant admitted me and visited 3 times on Sunday evening and although baby wasn't ready to be born in terms of being favourable for induction she decided a section was the only way to solve the problem and it would be at some stage on Monday.
Then as the night wore on I got sicker and sicker and had to be transferred to another ward for closer monitoring.
Consultant came in at 07:00 on Monday said I was in sepsis and they had to deliver the baby sooner rather than later and it would be under GA as I was too weak for anything else.
Our beautiful baby boy was born on Monday morning.
Then I had some unexpected reaction to the pain meds where they just didn't work and when I woke up in recovery it felt like I was still open on the operating table. Lots of worried faces all around and they had to get two consultant anaesthetists to come and anaesthetise my lower abdomen to ease the pain.

I was then in HDU for two days on a morphine pump and super strong pain meds and antibiotics.
Our little boy was put on antibiotics as a preventative measure but they felt he was ok.

Things got normal and quieter for a few days and then on Saturday morning just before we were due to be discharged my baby's temperature spiked to 40 and he was whisked upstairs to the ICU where he has been ever since.

To cut a long and very scary story short we now know he will live and be ok. Apparently I had viral meningitis which is what brought me to the hospital all that time ago and it crossed the placenta and infected my baby's blood stream too.
Between yesterday and today he is making massive strides in his recovery and they are talking about maybe allowing him home this weekend.

It has been quite the roller coaster but thankfully we will all be ok and soon our biggest problem will be stopping his big sister crushing him with hugs and kisses.

Penny what an ordeal you went through. I'm so glad you and your little man are ok. Sounds unbelievably scary. Wishing you both a speedy recovery. Hope the family are looking after you both xxx

stickybean · 09-06-2016 04:44PM

Aw penny, that sounds like such a horrible experience you poor thing. I am so glad to hear you are both getting stronger xxxx I hope he gets home very very soon.

shivers27 · 09-06-2016 06:57PM

Oh lordy Penny, how awful for you :-( I can't believe how sick you and your little man have been. Thank God you were well looked after in the Coombe and are on the road to recovery.

I hope you have some help around as you will be recovering for a while.

Sending lots of love xx

Betsie_xr3i · 09-06-2016 07:21PM

God penny can't believe how sick ye have been what an awful thing to happen ye x hope ye are on the road to recovery x

Aveen · 09-06-2016 08:47PM

Oh penny, what a scary experience, delighted to hear you both on the road to recovery. Positive thinking & wee prayer to you and your family

Hope all appointments today went well

bonnie_ · 09-06-2016 09:30PM

Penny, Wishing you and your little man all the very best for a full and speedy recovery. What a scary thing to happen! Hope you can get home this weekend and start putting it behind you and enjoying all the cuddles. Take care x

moving_home · 09-06-2016 10:42PM

Fu(king hell Penny. What an ordeal. Thank goodness things are looking better. I can't even imagine the trauma you have been through.

Digs · 09-06-2016 10:58PM

Meant to say aswell Aveen very best of luck tomorrow, looking forward to hearing the good news

LNH666 · 10-06-2016 12:18AM

Wishing you & your little boy a speedy full recovery Penny. Best wishes to your little girl & husband too.

Penny Dreadful · 10-06-2016 07:29AM

Thank you everyone for your really kind words, it's really lovely.
It is at times like this (much as that is a cliche) that you really realise who your true friend are and appreciate your family.
My family have been absolutely fantastic and there to mind our daughter and myself and my husband. All while they have been so worried about us and our little boy too. My sister lives in the UK and brother in Sweden and they've both flown home.
Our friends are great too and we're really lucky with all of the support we have had and continue to have.

It looks like we might even get to take our little one home with us today which would be fantastic. He has made huge strides in his recovery over the last 36 hours and it would seem that the rest is now up to him.
We're heading into the Coombe very soon this morning and unless there has been somewhat dramatic decline overnight then we should be able to bring him home at lunchtime! Fingers crossed.

Aveen · 10-06-2016 09:42AM

Oh penny, that would be lovely to get him home today, fingers cross for you all.

So my bag pack, starving because no eating or drinking after 12 last night, I'm be heading to hospital soon, will update you all when I can.
Oh the nerves & excitment

Hazelnut Button · 10-06-2016 04:20PM

Great news Penny. He sounds like a little trooper. Enjoy having him home.

Best of luck Aveen x

Betsie_xr3i · 10-06-2016 04:40PM

Aw that's brilliant news penny

Aveen hope your doing ok x

Still here waiting, I am now ignoring calls and texts sick of saying no no baby yet

LNH666 · 10-06-2016 04:46PM

Fingers crossed Penny. And good luck Aveen. I hope you have baby in your arms!

Aveen · 10-06-2016 05:27PM

Baby boy born 2:32 pm, 7lb 3oz. We both doing great. I'm over the moon. Feeding of to a good start fingers cross it stays.

Penny hope you got home.

Betsie_xr3i · 10-06-2016 05:31PM

Aveen wrote: »

Baby boy born 2:32 pm, 7lb 3oz. We both doing great. I'm over the moon. Feeding of to a good start fingers cross it stays.

Penny hope you got home.

Fantastic news aveen delighted all is well x

Digs · 10-06-2016 05:33PM

Ah yay! Huge congrats Aveen! Enjoy every second of the newborn cuddles (would love some myself!)

Betsie - same here, it's a bit mean given we aren't even due until tues (think we've the same due date!), people are annoying! My friend came over to do a bit of a tidy up waxing so I am good to go! My bump dropped massively today so I hope she's doing something productive in there aside from teasing me.

Penny - hope you got home!

LNH666 · 10-06-2016 05:45PM

And I'm behind you both... not due til Monday week.

Betsie_xr3i · 10-06-2016 07:30PM

I could do with a tidy up down below but I'm kinda too afraid to go get it done incase anything happens x

I have 2 go 2 a 2 ye old birthday party tomorrow, the thoughts of it is actually making me sick ðŸ˜ž

Digs · 10-06-2016 08:17PM

I suppose it can't go on forever girls

I'm bouncing on the ball, eating a curry being subjected to the euros. I'm such a cliche. Taking mild comfort in the fact my husband is missing out on the pub though. Such a witch.

Betsie good luck with that party, Ugghh sounds like torture!

shivers27 · 10-06-2016 09:08PM

Yay congratulations Aveen :-) Fantastic news.

Penny, I hope your little man got to come home today. Really glad to hear that your family and friends are all there supporting you xx

Girls we're getting so close now to meeting our little ones... eyes on the prize :-)

Rogueish · 10-06-2016 09:47PM

Congrats to all who have had their lovely Babas. I hope that you are all keeping well and settling in. I'm only jealous of you all. We are on countdown here ... 4 more sleeps!

Penny you poor dear. That is a birth story for the future that will top all others. I hope that you and your little man will continue to recover in great strides.

For those of us still waiting. Goodluck and wishing you all as comfortable of a wait as is humanely possible.

Henwin · 10-06-2016 10:05PM

Jeez, thats such an ordeal penny, hope you both feel beeter soon.
congrats Aveen, great news,
think il be here on my own soon, not due till the 27th

Betsie_xr3i · 10-06-2016 11:19PM

Henwin still plenty of us here you won't be totally alone x

Digs in really dreading the party and have to go to it she is my husband's God daughter,

So went up to bed at 9 feel asleep with eldest in the bed with me, hubby came up and moved her to her own bed and woke me and now I can't sleep x

shivers27 · 11-06-2016 09:24AM

Rogueish wrote: »

Congrats to all who have had their lovely Babas. I hope that you are all keeping well and settling in. I'm only jealous of you all. We are on countdown here ... 4 more sleeps!

Penny you poor dear. That is a birth story for the future that will top all others. I hope that you and your little man will continue to recover in great strides.

For those of us still waiting. Goodluck and wishing you all as comfortable of a wait as is humanely possible.

Hi Rogueish,

Are you having your baby on Tuesday ?? Me too :-) Elective section for me

Rogueish · 11-06-2016 09:52AM

shivers27 wrote: »

Hi Rogueish,

Are you having your baby on Tuesday ?? Me too :-) Elective section for me

Yes same here ECS next Tuesday. There are some days I'd swear I'm gonna go early.amd I'm ticking off in my head what in have to do i.e whose the closest sitter that can look after he boys til the inlays get here, does my oh actually have his phone with him, last minute things to put in the bag and then nope false alarm/hope.

It's mad. I don't know about you but I'm more than ready to have this baba. Everything is uncomfortable including almost all of my 'presentable ' maternity clothes. If i spend too long on my feet the Braxton hicks kick in and literally have me leaning on something til they pass. And if it wasn't for the Section date next week it could be another 2 weeks of this before we meet the babies. That's just torture.

My biggest problem is going to be my darling mum. She has already expressed her intention of pretty much moving in while I'm in hospital to look after my 2 monsters and staying the weekend I get out to cook etc. I know that I'm incredibly lucky but we pretty much have the childcare for next week sorted and while I'll be delighted to see her at the weekend there will come a point that I want the house cleared and just ourselves here. Anyway small problems.

How are you coping with the run up to Tuesday?

Penny Dreadful · 11-06-2016 10:39AM

Congratulations on your lovely little boy Aveen, delighted everything went well for you.

We're still in the Coombe unfortunately. Our little boy had another of those cardiac episodes on Thursday night/ Friday morning and the cardiologist wants to be safer than sorry and has started him on a new drug to temporarily regulate the electrical flow through his heart.
They need to monitor the levels of the drugs in his blood and will know on Monday if they're happy to allow him home or not.
If the levels are too high or low the need to be adjusted and monitored further.

tt2014 · 11-06-2016 01:17PM

Im so sorry to hear your news penny, i'll say lots of special prayers for you and your little one today, big big hugs xxx

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