I had induced labor about two weeks early because I had health problems when I was pregnant. (That s how I know the little bit I contributed the few minutes ago).They told me at the time that they wanted to wait to 38 weeks because the baby's lungs are (did they say stronger?) after that.... we managed to make it that far so I don't know anything about the treatment but based on a quick google (anyone mention respiratory distress?) it looks like a good idea:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6109119 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15266470?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=2&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > An update, > > As I said earlier our daughter is about 6 weeks premature, so her lungs are > not fully developed, she's got a pretty tough fight ahead of her. She'll be > intubated tonight and they'll administer some kind of surficant (sp?) to > her > lungs, that she would've had if she'd been full term (If anyone can shed > some light on this I'd appreciate it) > > Right now they're saying that the next 48 hours will be the worst... > > Please keep my family in your good thoughts, prayers and energy. > > You guys rock... all of you, our dysfunctional extended family (you too Sam > :) ) > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC 27616 > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:09 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: we are in labor > > > My heartfelt congrats to you! Having babies is the shizz! > Glad everyone is healthy. > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Scott Stewart > <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > > > > Hey all.. > > > > > > > > Were in pre-term labor, baby will come about a month early, but she's > > strong.. she'll be in the NICU for a couple of weeks but she'll be fine.. > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > Raleigh, NC 27616 > > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
