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Cossy Wed 05-Aug-26 16:37:53

Yesterday my daughter and daughter-in-law were busy grumbling about how slow their first house purchase is taking and wishing it would speed up as they signed their contract 5 weeks ago.

Today my sweet DiL, who’s carry DD baby went into spontaneous labour and after waters broke and baby was upside down with umbilical cord separating, she had an emergency C section and then at 13:00 baby Henry was born at 24.9 weeks, weighing 1lb 6oz.

We are all hoping for a good outcome in the end, please pray to whatever God or spiritual being or keep your fingers crossed that baby Henry comes through this.

DD and DiL in shock and baby about to be transferred to a Neonatal Unit in a hospital nearly 40 miles away. This is their first baby and first try at IVF. He’s so tiny (I couldn’t see him but DD sent photos) 😢

kittylester Sat 17-Oct-26 19:02:05

Thank you for taking the time to update us, Cossy. You have enough to think about.

AGAA4 Sat 17-Oct-26 19:37:07

Good to hear Henry is busy growing.
Thanks for keeping us up to date.

merlotgran Sat 17-Oct-26 19:52:05

Well Done Henry. Keep at it!

Grannybags Sat 17-Oct-26 20:09:59

Thanks for the update Cossy

ixion Sat 17-Oct-26 21:58:07

That's our boy❤️
Thank you Cossy - always eagerly await your updates.

JenniRen Sat 17-Oct-26 22:14:18

Good to hear, Cossy
Keep taking those baby steps forward, Henry 💙

MG55 Sat 17-Oct-26 23:28:48

Thank you for the update Cossy.
We are all rooting for you, Henry and his mums 💐💐

V3ra Sun 18-Oct-26 00:19:59

Busy growing and sleeping sounds very good for a little baby 😊

Grammaretto Sun 18-Oct-26 03:04:28

Oh my goodness Cossy. It is such a harrowing story but well done you for being such an effective advocate for your wee man.
May he grow and thrive 🤞

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 18-Oct-26 09:38:54

Thank you for the update, Cossy. It would seem that Henry has developed the knack of being a baby , eating, sleeping, and weeing.
This is exactly the kind of no -news- is- good- news everyone was rooting for
Well-done, little man, and well done to the medical team that has helped him.

Fallingstar Sun 18-Oct-26 09:43:22

Keep keeping on Cossy. You and your DDs are amazing. And so is Henry.
Much love 💐💐

Moth62 Sun 18-Oct-26 09:44:16

Thank you for letting us know. I’ve been away, so I checked last night that all was well and thought that no news must be good news. Well done wee Henry and all strength to his amazing family and medical team. ❤️

Aveline Sun 18-Oct-26 09:48:42

Every day is a step forward. It's all progress. Good to hear.

Cossy Tue 20-Oct-26 23:11:29

Good Evening lovely folks

Big news, Henry is a whopping 4lbs 4oz, and been off his ventilator and on CPAP for almost 24 hours and yesterday the “mummies” heard his little voice for the first time, a squeaky cry, which he apparently does a lot.

One piece of not so positive news is the team suspect he may be blind. He’s having retina injections.

I hope all is well with you all and please do let me know if you’ve had enough of my updates, I won’t be the slightest bit offended. flowers

Night night 🩵

MartavTaurus Tue 20-Oct-26 23:40:59

I'm so sorry to hear that Henry is going through all this, but how lovely for his mummies to hear his voice! It will help them to pick up on his needs, though they obviously have an exceptionally strong bond with him already.
Great weight gain.

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Elrel Wed 21-Oct-26 00:38:22

Wishing little Henry and his family strength and a bright future together🍀

Usedtobeblonde Wed 21-Oct-26 04:44:06

I hope your fears about his sight are not realised and I am sure the medics are doing all in their power to mitigate this.
But how rapidly is he putting on weight?
His mummies must be very proud of his progress and can’t wait to get him home.

Aveline Wed 21-Oct-26 07:23:18

Good and slightly worrying news. It's great that he's developing a bit but not great to hear about his eyesight. Fingers crossed the medics manage to save it.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Wed 21-Oct-26 07:37:24

Fingers firmly crossed for Henry. Excellent news though about his weight gain that’s so positive and also time off the ventilator and CPAP Cossy. Definitely steps in the right direction now.

Galaxy Wed 21-Oct-26 07:43:26

We have definitely not had enough of the updates xx
Glad to hear he is gaining weight, much love to all of you xx

Cossy Wed 21-Oct-26 07:47:24

Galaxy

We have definitely not had enough of the updates xx
Glad to hear he is gaining weight, much love to all of you xx

Thank you Galaxy

Just didn’t want to overload people flowers

kittylester Wed 21-Oct-26 08:03:27

Cossy, keep the updates coming.

Keep fighting, Henry. You have loads of grannies wishing you well.

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 21-Oct-26 08:13:34

Such a rollercoaster ride for you Cossy - good news and worrying news at the same time.
I hope that Henry does not have sight loss, but if he does, I'm sure that his family's love and support will help him to manage this to live a wonderful life.

Grammaretto Wed 21-Oct-26 08:50:23

Thankyou Cossy for sharing little Henry's rollercoaster story.
He's no longer so little. ♥️ 😊🤞
All strength to all of you mummies and grandmummies.