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All is well here, thought we wouldn't get away from Aberdeen but we did in the end, we were expected to be in 3 days or so and ended up in for 10. She spent 2 days in special care in an incubator with pneumonia, so then had to stay in Aberdeen for the full course of antibiotics, then her jaundice got worse so we had to stay in until they were confident she didn't need to be under lights, then she lost more than 10% of her birth weight so had to stay in until she regained some, then on the last day the paediatrician examining her for going home found a heart murmur, but thankfully we were able to be scanned the same day and it is not serious so they let us go with an outpatient appointment for December to check it has closed up by then.

The pertinent details are - Lucy Isla, born 16/09/08 weighing 8lb 12 (not the whopper 10-11lb they were predicting, just surrounded by loads of fluid).

Rather a stressful start but all are well and happy to be home! Thanks for thinking of us

Would have let the locals know...but we were not allowed off the ward and were on a day-to-day tenterhooks as to whether we would be allowed to go home the next day so there was never enough warning to plan anything.

Congratulations Esther! What a lovely name for your new baby

My daughter also had a heart murmur as a baby but it disappeared. Outpatients? Back to Aberdeen?

Yep, back to Aberdeen again but it'll just be flying down and back in a day this time.

Congratulations on your baby girl! You must be so happy she's home & well

Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Sorry to hear that you have had a stressful start to her life. Hopefully now you will be able to enjoy your little treasure.

congrats

sorry it was a stressful start. bet you are glad to be home now.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hope you are getting a bit of rest in your own bed now (how horrid to be away from home for so long) Give both your wee ones a squeeze from me, your toddler must be so excited to have you all home again.

Very happy for you! I've been checking to see what was happening and was begining to wonder about things. Enjoy your new daughter!

Esther.R wrote:Yep, back to Aberdeen again but it'll just be flying down and back in a day this time.

Well, let us know when you are coming and we'll be queuing up at the airport to give you a wave!

Congratulations!
Lucy Isla is a BEAUTIFUL name!

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Esther.R wrote:
Well, let us know when you are coming and we'll be queuing up at the airport to give you a wave!

Will have a few hours of free time so might be able to meet up this time and get a coffee or something.

Lovely to hear from you Esther, and welcome to the World baby Lucy Isla....I agree, a gorgeous name. Glad to hear you are all home now, best place for you all...have been thinking about you loads.
Try not to worry about heart murmurs, they are ridiculously common and, according to my consultant, the vast majority either sort themselves out a 'heal' in a few months, or do not cause any problems in later life. (If you remember I had to go for heart-scans on Bam-Bam after that Nuchal Fold measurement thingie).

Smashing to have you back....massive hugs from all at the Family Twiglet xxx

Congrats on baby Lucy Isla - beautiful name. Hope you can put the rough start behind you and enjoy your new life.

xx

Congratulations and hugs to you all!

Congrats from one new(ish) mum to another!