But we're hoping he'll wait until after midnight. If he's born today he'll be considered pre-term, but if he waits until tomorrow he'll be full term. It makes a lot of difference to his neo-natal care apparently. His brother was 9 weeks early, but weighed 5lb 12oz so even at 3 weeks early he's probably not going to be a lightweight. Either way we're not going to enter the misery of incubator-land so I should be able to give him a cuddle straight away. Last time I spent almost a month staring into an incubator at a child I couldn't even touch, it was awful. But obviously worth it as he's grown into such a lovely little chap - and the apple of his Nanny's eye of course.
But we're hoping he'll wait until after midnight. If he's born today he'll be considered pre-term, but if he waits until tomorrow he'll be full term. It makes a lot of difference to his neo-natal care apparently. His brother was 9 weeks early, but weighed 5lb 12oz so even at 3 weeks early he's probably not going to be a lightweight. Either way we're not going to enter the misery of incubator-land so I should be able to give him a cuddle straight away. Last time I spent almost a month staring into an incubator at a child I couldn't even touch, it was awful. But obviously worth it as he's grown into such a lovely little chap - and the apple of his Nanny's eye of course. 
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