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    Frustrated. Time to vent

    So you all know me..if you don’t look at my post history we’ve been at this for 230ish days. Our LO is back on cannula after a bunch of cpap round and we are trying to start feeds again. After so many false starts I can’t help but be worried she’s never gonna get this. She was taking close to...
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    Feeding Aversion SOS

    @lorien Schedule wise I’m not sure we can get down to just 1, but it will just be me and my wife.
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    Any ballpark estimates on 8 week NICU bills?

    @joeestacy Whatever your max out of pocket is, that will be the bill.
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    Feeding Aversion SOS

    @srcnfk The schedule will be brutal but we’re trying to work out a world where I can still work and we can both sleep some and she can still pump 😆 but I guess this is the home stretch.
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    My IUGR story so far…

    @mark730 Your story is almost exactly the same as ours. Growth scan at 18 weeks, short bones 27w before reverse flow came into the picture. 27w reverse flow showed up 27+1 we delivered. 23w she was measuring at 350g 27+1 she measured at 550g. We are still in the nicu 200+ days later...
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    NICU journey day 3

    @delisyn Hey 👋 sorry to welcome you to this terrible club but everyone here understands you completely. We are on day 155 of our 27+1 550g miracle. She’s 4500g now and finally moved down to nasal cannula and we are hopefully starting our exit. Honeymoon period just refers to when babies...
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    Feeding Aversion SOS

    @srcnfk That is the plan today, a new bottle, and we’ve revoked the ability for the nurses to feed here because we don’t trust them. She haaaaaaaates dr browns. I’ll have to check out that book, I know abunch of people have found success with it. ❤️
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    Feeding Aversion SOS

    @helentina We are thinking we may be heading toward a g tube, just trying to give it a last shot since she’s still very pro pacifier. But if the medical team is is no help we may just go that route to get discharged.
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    Feeding Aversion SOS

    @gloryriver Well they won’t let us discharge without figuring it out or getting a gTube, so one of the two things will happen. But I think what you are describing is why our hospital won’t send home with NG’s, as the feeding issues often keep hanging around. Thank you for the feedback ❤️
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    Feeding Aversion SOS

    Welp Reddit it happened. Our miracle little 550g baby now almost 13 pounds can breath but in 2 days of cue based feeding she now rejects bottles, all of them. We went from 30% bottles to 0% in 2 days. I can’t help but wonder if our nursing staff is just so used to baby’s hating bottles since...
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    I am going home after my C-section and am an emotional wreck having to leave them

    @ryantheirish Keep your head up ❤️ this is the hardest thing we’ve ever done. I spend a lot of time of this sub reading them talking me off a ledge. And please mourn the part of your pregnancy you missed. It’s ok to be sad about not having that third trimester Take it 1 day at a time. 🙏
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    I am going home after my C-section and am an emotional wreck having to leave them

    @ryantheirish Hey! First off, welcome to the club no one wants to join. You are 100% right it’s terrifying. We are on day 91 of our 550g 27+1 weeker who is now 2 days past her due date and is 2350g. Leaving the hospital when my wife was discharged without our daughter was the hardest thing...
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    I am going home after my C-section and am an emotional wreck having to leave them

    @hatuyen0404 +1 for taking care of your self and Ronald mc Donald house. Take advantage if you can. This is a mask on the airplane situation. Take care of yourself before the child. The NICU can handle it while you recover.
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    Any ballpark estimates on 8 week NICU bills?

    @joeestacy Out of pocket limit means your total cost. The most money that can leave your pocket. Your cost will be $6000.
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    Happy Mother’s Day!

    Hey 👋 As we got ready to head into the NICU this morning I was a little disappointed that my wife’s first Mother’s Day post delivery was still going to be in the NICU. I asked her if she was doing ok and she said yah it’s not ideal but our LO made me a mother regardless of where we celebrate...
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    They called us in for the conversation we very NICU parent dreads

    @szilvia My wife and I prayed for you and your little one tonight. From our little nicu family to yours, praying you beat the odds ❤️
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    Risk of NEC in 6-month premie?

    @saintvron We had a NEC spell and the dr said after 36-37 weeks the chances of NEC go way down. I would imagine at 6 months is not a problem but give your pediatrician a call, or someone at your old NICU.
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    They called us in for the conversation we very NICU parent dreads

    @szilvia Good!! I can’t imagine what you are going through but trust your instincts if it doesn’t feel right keep fighting and asking questions until it does.
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    They called us in for the conversation we very NICU parent dreads

    @szilvia No advice other than call for a care conference and and to bring back a neonatologist you trust. I would immediately call for a second opinion. I’m so sorry 😞
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    What is one thing you learned/one thing nobody warned you about?

    @carson 100% please don’t worry. The nurses aren’t judging you for going home. 34 weeks means this probably won’t be a stay measured in days but weeks. So you need to take care of yourself. They are there to take care of your baby when you can’t. Yesterday my wife was feeling sick from a...
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