Another preemie?? SCARED!!

Your son sounds exactly like mine did before he went on an anti candida diet. He is doing so much better now!

And mine was born at 41 weeks

What is an anti candida diet?

Welcome to the group. I'm sorry to hear you are having a rough time. I don't have any advice for you but hopefully someone will. Good luck!

Bump for advice! And for your first son I would try taking him to another doctor and getting a second opinion on the asthma. My dd is 4 and she was diagnosed with asthma when she was 3. She kept landing in the hospital from things like bronchiolitis and pneumonia. She was finally diagnosed at the hospital with asthma and they gave her an inhaler for the night and morning and then an emergency inhaler to take if she was starting to have symptoms. It's been 7.5 months and we don't even have to use the morning and night inhalers very often anymore. Within a week or two of using them she had become a new girl who could run around like crazy without coughing after 5 minutes! :-) And now that we've moved out of western Washington with all the mold in the air she hasn't had any problems for 5 months. :-)

No advice just wanted to say best wishes and try to relax and stay as calm a you can momma. Hugs

My son does have a neubulizer for when he has symptoms, and he's on clariton too. But we do not have an inhaler or a emergency inhaler. When he's got a virus, bronchitis, or pnuemonia he's usually on a steriod along with his breathing treatments. I've taken him to 2 family doctors and one specialist over the past 1 and 1/2 years. They all tell me they aren't comfortable diagonosing asthma at his age of course he was 2 or younger when he saw each of them. The specialist told me while his current diagnosis was reactive airways, when my son was older his diagnosis would likely be asthma, but he was waiting for my son to be old enough to do the testing for asthma and to see if he "outgrows" his symptoms. (which apparently is a possibility??) 

I just want to let you know that even if you carry a baby full term that all those things can happen to a baby. I had one son that was born at 36 weeks and has no issues and then had one at about 38 and a half and has a ton of issues..he is one and has a speech therapist,Occupational therapist,nutritionist,had a PT therapist and a behavioral therapist..he has extra fluid on his brain and an enlarged ventricle....so I don't want you to think that it is just because he was early, unfortunately it is just something that can happen to any baby no matter when they are born. I also have a full term son with the asthma and allergies, he is seven though. I wish you all the luck in the world and will keep you and baby in my prayers!!!

I had these issue with my 1st. From about 30-31 weeks on she was dropped and engaged in my pelvis and I was dialated to 3. PTL began on and off around 25 wks or so. She was born exactly on her due date. Just take it one day at a time and stay positive as much as possible. Good luck and hoping your LO holds out a while longer!

Children can outgrow asthma, but this usually isn't done until later on especially of their symptoms are severe. My dtr had exercise induced asthma where she would cough whenever she ran and played and then everytime she got sick with even the smallest cold it flared. She was put on breathing treatments twice a day for awhile which helped a ton! She was in and out of ER and her dr office all the time when she was younger as everytime she would get sick it would flare so severely. She was diagnosed with asthma at a young age and I'm glad her dr did as it allowed her to be put on the correct meds. It sounds like your son could use some much better preventative meds to control his symptoms. Has he been on singular? That would help him out tremendously if they haven't tried him on it. It's use for asthma in kids and also to control allergy symptoms. Why are the drs worried about giving him the diagnosis? For insurance reasons? It sounds like he's got enough going on that if something were to happen with your insurance it wouldnt be the diagnosis of asthma that would trip him up! I would try taking him to another pediatric pulmonologist and see what they say. As far as your current pregnancy, like others have said you can have babies born full term and still have problems. My dtr was born at 39 weeks and she also had to have OT and speech as she just wasn't talking at 2 1/2 yr old. My son was born at 39 weeks and he doesn't have anything wrong with him. Just keep taking it easy and do what you can to keep baby cooking a little longer. You're doing all you can. It's in gods hands now. Good luck mama!