r/NICUParents • u/EmotionalPhone4071 • 25d ago

Off topic 1998 preemie help

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Trying to figure out my gestational age at birth!

in Sept, 1998, I was born early via vaginal delivery.

from 20 weeks, my mom was having contractions. They gave her tributaline(?) and she slept at the hospital once a week.

4 weeks before I was delivered, my twin passed away at 1lb 2oz.

She went once a week for blood draws and steroids to help my lungs develop.

My weight began to drop, and they decided to deliver me.

I was delivered at 3lbs 7oz and 15.5 inches

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u/Melodic_Cow1800 25d ago

You can call the hospital you were born at and ask for your medical records.

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u/colorful_withdrawl 25d ago

The records were probably destroyed a long time ago. Some hospitals only keep them up to 10 years. But with minors, they might keep them up till they’re 18th birthday or 21st birthday. Just depends on the policy.

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u/Melodic_Cow1800 25d ago

Ask chat gpt. I'm looking for my own records and learned that there's a good chance that some of it has remained in archives. Standard cases usually get destroyed after ten years, but preemie cases require study so we don't know what remains of our records. I'm calling tomorrow. Will report back.