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    Baby won't accept breast nor formula - help!

    @gisellemartinez1 Oh no, if they're still in the NICU, I also wouldn't recommend peer to peer. I would only recommend it once they're out and are not as immunocompromised. Unfortunately, official milk banks are often unobtainable due to cost and scarcity. I combo fed with my own breastmilk...
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    Baby won't accept breast nor formula - help!

    @jayh87 This probably isn't helpful, but I ended up almost exclusively pumping because my son was not efficient at nursing. No tongue ties or lip ties. The lactation consultant estimated he was only getting 5-10 mL from me before giving up. But pumping worked out pretty good. There's an...
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    Any ballpark estimates on 8 week NICU bills?

    @joeestacy My out of pocket maximum was also $6000 and that's what I paid total. There were a handful of things that weren't covered by insurance but it cost no more than $100 total. Keep in mind that's the in-network out of pocket maximum. If it's out of network, it could be higher. The...
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    PPROM at 29 weeks

    @aceofgod I stayed pregnant for 9 days after PPROM. My water unexpectedly broke at 29 weeks and 5 days and I delivered at exactly 31 weeks. My son spent 7 weeks in the NICU. He's 2.5 years old now and doing absolutely fantastic. It was a bumpy road those first 20 months though. After he was...
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