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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,

I'm the PP with the 32 week preemie.

I placed his bassinet right up against my side of the bed, and listened to him every night. One night during a feeding he turned very pale, and that was probably a deceleration, but he self-corrected within a few seconds. I watched over him LIKE A HAWK for a month, day and night.

Despite this, I really want you to accept intellectually that the risk of anything untoward happening is MINUSCULE. If your rational brain can acknowledge this, you will still feel anxious, but you will be able to talk yourself into a being functional and content parent. Please don't make yourself miserable! Short episodes of deceleration happen and they don't hurt infants.

To alleviate your understandable anxiety, please talk again to the doctors. Ask about the consequence of deceleration on the body, the probability of it happening again, what should you do if happens, etc... You need to think like a doctor/nurse. You can always ask for a second opinion - doctors are never offended when patients ask this. It happens all the time.

Big hugs. Enjoy your little one. Do you know how old mine is?

15 :-)

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If you have a 15 year old I do not know why you are commenting on this forum or thread. [/quote]

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