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    If you or your partner was hospitalized for pre-eclampsia prior to delivering your little one, tell me about your experience

    @kimhimmel I was in this exact situation. Please message me if you need anything or want to talk. What week+day were you admitted, what week+day did you deliver, and how many days total was your hospital stay before delivery?-- admitted 27+4, delivered literally right after midnight on 33+0...
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    Is it acceptable to pushback? I feel they could get him home faster.

    @eline I’m a picu nurse and I promise kids come back all the time to the hospital when they’re discharge too quickly. I get it, my son was in NICU for around 7 weeks and I wanted him home so badly, but you really don’t want to rush it and end up back.
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    How do I emotionally survive my 4 mo’s shots?

    @falerin Wow! Tough little guy having skull surgery. I hope he is recovering well :) And I totally agree. After having seen my son hospitalized for 7 weeks (NICU stay) and needing literally countless IVs , feeding tube , breathing tube etc during that time I feel pretty unfazed by the shots...
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    Little guy won’t sleep at night

    @adesigner My baby did this after coming home!! I stayed up all night worried that he was awake —turns out he was just in very active sleeep. He literally sounded like a pterodactyl one night 😂 It stopped after a few weeks at home with no specific intervention
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    What is one thing you learned/one thing nobody warned you about?

    @carson My advice is to not compare your journey to anyone else’s (easier said than done!). Especially at 34 weeks, you will hear about kids who only stayed for a week and immediately did well with bottles etc. While that is definitely possible, it’s also possible that your baby will take longer...
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