24 weeker in the NICU and low platelets count??

[Want2BeMama]

does anyone have any experience on preemis that have had or needed plateles because they are always low??
My little boy has been in the NICU for 24 days now and hes had already 3 transfusions of platelets put in, im really worried and i would like to know what can be the caus of this happening and what can be done about it??

[GoingOnFiveKids]

I'm so sorry about your babies coming so early. I can tell you this, please if you can breast feed or express your breast milk for the sake of your baby because not only will it help in more ways than your formula in development but also it give them help with their immune systems.  I know the sadness of not being able to bring your baby home and how I cried like a baby for days but made sure I visited the nicu everyday I only missed one day due to the fourth of july that my husband asked for a rest. My story is not as bad as yours but I can truely relate to what you're going through a bit. I too had a premature baby but he came at 30 weeks weighing in at 3lb 4oz and was in the nicu for 1 month discharge weight was 4lbs. he had broken my water on my 27th week and I was in the hospital for 3 weeks on bed rest and on antibiotics to prevent infection but my other three kids needed their mom and I signed myself out like a fool which I regret now. and on father's day last year the day after I went against medical advise, my cord began to come out of my vagina and the only thing that saved him was that he was transverse. had he not been, he would have crushed the cord and died from lack of oxygen. I was rushed to the hospital and underwent an emergency c section and since I was given steroids during my 3 week stay he was able to breathe on his own and didnt suffer anything major except for an eye infection. It wasnt until I got home that a month later he was hospitalized for RSV which is nothing but a cold but can kill your premie since they have no real immune system because of early birth. This happened 3 times in the first year of his birth and it does get better but it's hard the first two years. He turns two June 18 08. From the first time that he came home he had to be put on a apnea monitor because he would forget to breathe at times and the machine would scream loudly so that we can make sure the baby is ok. At the same time he had to see an eye and lung specialist for at least a year. He now has asthma and should improve in time.    

[Want2BeMama]

hi thank you for answering to my question...i feel like im the only one on this site who has had a preemie....nobody barely answers ..anywas yeah well now that my little one has been in the nicu for 51 days almost 8 weeks and 32 weeks gest. ive learned a lot...hes had soo far 14 blood transfusions...hes very sick right now they cant figure out whats wrong with him..his belly is very extened with fluid in his abdomen and they have been doing soo many studies and so much testing and still no answers...its been more than a week now and i just feel very helpless that i cant help my little guy...but he is being very strong...i was sick today and i dint get to see him....i feel empty especially that is was mothers day :( my little one too has and it will chronic lung disease but thas the last thing in my worries because thas somenthing that with time it will heal....thank you hun and i wish you the best for you and ur little one too!

[milliesmummy]

hi my millie was born 27 weeks 5 days on 29/01/08 1 pound 10 ounces due to severe pre eclampsia. we just got her home on 28 april after 80 days in hospital she is on home o2 and is doing well. millie had 6 blood transfusions during her stay in hospital they say it is very common for prems to need platelets because they are not fully matured they are slow at making blood, when millie got near my due date her body seemed to start working for itself, apart from having chronic lung disease she is doing well. good luck with your little one i hope everything goes well! x x x