1 lb preemie delivered on RCCL

[jdb in AZ]

The baby was delivered a few weeks ago and wasn't due til December. The article isn't specific on dates, but I'm assuming the mom sailed after she was 24-weeks along, with her doctors' permission. Someone in the comment section of the article said that in her go fund me account it says the baby was born 15 weeks early, so she was past the 24-weeks. Sorry the go fund me info is listed in the article. I know that solicitation isn't allowed here on the DIS, and would have edited out that part of the article if I could have.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=36661466&nid=148&fm=most_popular&s_cid=popular-2

 

[ashley0139]

I can't believe they were able to keep him alive long enough for them to make it to the hospital. That's amazing. What a crazy story.

 

[Shea&Van]

Wow...just wow! That is truly a miracle. Prayers to the family. Agree with PP, what a crazy story indeed!

 

[LLM]

Amazing! I wish them the best!

Lisa

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Prayers for Mom and the child!........Hang in there little one!

AKK

 

[SandyinMonterey]

Sending prayers to Mom and baby. My daughter was a preemie. Born at 28 weeks, weighing 1 pound 7 oz. I know actually what she's going thru right now. I wish them all the best. My daughter is now 10 years old and a happy, healthy normal little girl. Miracles do happen!

 

[redsonja76]

Why oh why did they tell her he had died?????

 

[bumbershoot]

It's interesting, the dribs and drabs that have come out about this story.

Doesn't matter what the doctor said. What matters is that she willfully lied to get onboard that ship. And that family's actions are likely going to change things for all pregnant women going forward. After an issue a couple years ago, Royal was going with the honor system with pregnancies; just like DCL, you're not supposed to be there once you've hit the 24th week (meaning 23 weeks and any days). They had stopped requiring a doctor's note saying that you were under that mark*. And now...




*for those wanting to prove me wrong, yep, the Royal site (same great IT as DCL!) has outdated info about a note. I have an email sent in May, however, stating clearly that the site is wrong and no doctor's note is needed and that they are working to change the site...

 

[gotomu212]

Something is really weird here. The Captain didn't know the next morning that the baby was alive? Until he heard him crying over the phone? The medical team didn't call up to the Bridge and say hey we have a Micro preemie down here alive but in serious shape as soon as they figured out that he was still hanging in there?

Plus they weren't letting mom see him even though they thought he hadn't made it? I understand that delivery at this stage has a lot of unique unknowns but something sounds really off here.

 

[MickeyMeCrazy]

Certainly a miracle baby! That is quite the story, and I agree something seems off with the communication of everything.

I'm just thrilled there is a happy ending!!

 

[sambycat]

this whole story is so weird i agree. a person shouldn't be sailing if not allowed and, of course, unforeseen things can happen, but the medical management of this emergency is wildly inappropriate on many levels (lying to the parents, not alerting the captain/proper authorities, saying hours later "oh i guess now we will try to get you somewhere"...) if accurately reported. and i question if it is accurately reported. just so weird!

 

[truck1]

It's interesting, the dribs and drabs that have come out about this story.

Doesn't matter what the doctor said. What matters is that she willfully lied to get onboard that ship. And that family's actions are likely going to change things for all pregnant women going forward. After an issue a couple years ago, Royal was going with the honor system with pregnancies; just like DCL, you're not supposed to be there once you've hit the 24th week (meaning 23 weeks and any days). They had stopped requiring a doctor's note saying that you were under that mark*. And now...




*for those wanting to prove me wrong, yep, the Royal site (same great IT as DCL!) has outdated info about a note. I have an email sent in May, however, stating clearly that the site is wrong and no doctor's note is needed and that they are working to change the site...

The baby was born on August 31st. Which puts the baby around 20 weeks old or so. Give or take using Dec 1 as a due date.

 

[truck1]

Granted due dates change but I'd be seriously challenging the med staff on this one.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/12-pound-baby-born-cruise-ship-beats-odds-34017956

 

[PrincessShmoo]

The baby was born on August 31st. Which puts the baby around 20 weeks old or so. Give or take using Dec 1 as a due date.

If her due date was Dec 1 (which the story doesn't say it was) on August 31 she was 25-27 weeks pregnant (normal pregnancy runs 38-40 weeks). If her due date was 31 Dec, on Aug 31 she was 21-23 weeks pregnant and within the "OK" range (barely).

Apparently, on another source, they are saying the baby was 15 weeks early - making her 23-25 weeks along.

I think she was playing it a little close to the wire, and she was very lucky that the baby made it.

 

[truck1]

I used the 1st as an arbitrary number and used 36 weeks since very few women go a full 40.. my wife and I were talking about this and we think that she was closer to the 20 week mark then 24. When my ex was pregnant with my son, her due date changed a few times as well as his estimated age.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I used the 1st as an arbitrary number and used 36 weeks since very few women go a full 40.. my wife and I were talking about this and we think that she was closer to the 20 week mark then 24. When my ex was pregnant with my son, her due date changed a few times as well as his estimated age.

Where do you get that few women go the full 40? Very few women I know have gone earlier than 39 weeks and many went over their due dates by at least a few days. Anything less than 37 weeks is considered premature.

Full-term is considered 40 weeks so when they they say the baby was 15 weeks early, they will be counting from that 40 week mark, which puts the baby being born at 24-25 weeks.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Where do you get that few women go the full 40? Very few women I know have gone earlier than 39 weeks and many went over their due dates by at least a few days.

That would be me - 1st kid 2 weeks over, 2d & 3rd kids 40 weeks on the dot.

 

[truck1]

We found that the average time from ovulation to birth was 268 days -- 38 weeks and two days," said Dr Anne Marie Jukic, a postdoctoral fellow in the Epidemiology Branch at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Durham, USA), part of the National Institutes for Health. "However, even after we had excluded six pre-term births, we found that the length of the pregnancies varied by as much as 37 days.

 

[Crystal O_o]

I had my first at 38 weeks, went into labor at 36 weeks with my second. They medically intervened and stopped my labor for a week, and I delivered my second at 38 weeks as well

 

[Iamaplanner]

Obviously, the most important part is that the babe is okay and this has a happy ending. But WTH?! The details are so bizarre!