Gastroschisis

[agyptian]

My baby has Gastroschisis, it is a defect where there's a little hole in her abdomen close to the umbilical cord, where her bowels are slipping out and developing outside of her body. I am 34 weeks pregnant, and we found out about her defect back in July. It's been really scary. Of all defects, this is probably the "best"- she will have surgery after she's born, and then after she recovers there should be no problems ever in her future. But as I get closer to the due date I'm so scared. I'm 20 years old and this is my first baby, most of my family is out of state, my boyfriend and I are hardworking people but I am emotionally torn apart. I have been so strong for my baby, I know I need to be an adult and be the strong one for her, but it feels so difficult. My town's hospital is not equipped to do her surgeries, so next week I am temporarily relocating to a Sacramento to stay near UC Davis. I'm staying with my boyfriend's family but they're still kinda strangers. I'll be there until her birth, and then for a minimum of a month while baby recovers from her surgery. I don't think I'll get to hold her and I definitely can't feed her for a while. I just want to fast forward to when I can take her home and we can be a family. Does anyone else have experience with Gastroschisis? How long did your baby take to recover? There's so many variables that affect her situation; currently she seems to be developing the very best she possibly can considering but I'm still so scared. I just want her to be safe, and happy.

[pinkrazrbrd]

They will poke a Lil back in at a time every day and stitch her up and make sure she can digest food without getting sick and make sure she poops OK then she will be released

[agyptian]

Thanks everyone. The main good thing is only her intestines are protruding from her abdomen, sometimes in this situation the baby's other organs like bladder and stomach can slip out but nope, just her intestines. And they are barely being irritated by the amniotic fluid, so it SHOULD be pretty easy to fix her up.

[cookie916]

I live in Sacramento and I can say UC Davis hospital will take good care of your baby. I'm really sorry you're going through this but I pray you have the strength for you and your baby. It might look grim now but it will get better. Feel free to message me as well if you have any questions about Sacramento.

[pinkrazrbrd]

And u will be able to hold her and feed her so don't worry about that

[pinkrazrbrd]

Hus bowels was all the way out too

[pinkrazrbrd]

By best friends baby was bornoutside thus was did twossurgeries stayed a month it hospital and nowus a pperfectly healthy three year old its very common and she will be fine

[love0314]

Praying for you and your baby