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    Emotional trauma from having NICU experience

    @youngwarrior Still not home, my 30 weeker has been in 8 weeks now but haunted is definitely the word for describing this experience. Personally I didn’t let myself think about anything in the beginning because I just had to get through it, but once it became daily life and I was out of...
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    Got discharged today without my baby

    @0lazuli0 Everyone here can relate, I cried constantly on discharge day. Since I live so far from the hospital I got a referral to stay at Ronald McDonald House so I get to see my baby every day but it’s still so hard not getting to take her home. I haven’t been home since I was admitted to the...
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    Really hard day

    @west07 It’s a constant rollercoaster. My baby was born at 30 weeks with severe IUGR, went to room air at 32.5 weeks and then had to go back on oxygen. We’re doing a room air trial today, the day before she hits 34 weeks. I have to remind myself that it’s not linear, it might feel like a step...
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    My IUGR story so far…

    @mark730 Admitted to the hospital at 28 weeks with high blood pressure, baby diagnosed with IUGR. Ultrasound found absent flow, and at 29+6 found reversed flow. C-section the next morning at 30 weeks, baby girl was 1 lb 11 oz. She’s been in nicu 24 days now and doing great.
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    Happy Mother’s Day!

    @jsw3883 In the nicu holding my girl right now. Just glad she’s safe and stable. There’s always next year
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