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People keep asking when I expect my baby will catch up with babies that are born around the same time as her. The first few times I got this question I wasn't that bothered but the more I get it I'm just baffled. Never, that's when I expect her to catch up. She was a micropreemie born at 25...

Asking here because so many of us are part of the PPROM club. Tl;dr - experienced PPROM at 32w5d and was admitted to the hospital. About eight hours after my water breaking I started getting low cramps that felt like really really bad period cramps. Turns out they were contractions. I didn't...

When did y’all move your baby to the crib? Our son was born 10 weeks early on February 29th. He spent 7.5 weeks in the NICU and has been home 8 weeks. So technically he is almost 4 months, but has an adjusted age of 6 weeks. He currently sleeps in our room in a bassinet, but naps during the day...

My 30+5 weeker is now 4 months actual, 2 months adjusted. He has BPD and is home on oxygen 1L. He only drinks about 30-45 ml per feed, but eats every 1.5 to 2 hrs. He currently weighs 9 lbs 9 oz. He did come home on NG tube, but pediatrician agreed to stop using it and see if he gains weight w/o...

Hi 👋 I’m new to the NICU world. Baby was born at 27w +2 due to preterm labor and pre-eclampsia. She’s been doing well overall and has been in NICU for 10 days now. She’s tolerating food ok, gaining weight, head scan is ok, heart rate is good, she has 1 IV line in her foot now where she gets...

2 days ago my wife got rushed into surgery due to severe preeclampsia and also a diseased placenta. To save mother and baby’s life the birthed my little baby girl via c section at 25+5 weeks at a weight of 420g or 0.978 pounds. I am very scared and don’t know what to do, feel or think. My wife...

Our twin girls were born 2 days ago at 34 weeks, 2 days. They are doing great, on CPAP, learning how to take a bottle, have a few Brady episodes, but all typical stuff for their age. Baby A was 5 pounds 15 ounces, and baby B, 6 pounds, 8 ounces, so good size for gestational age. I had been here...

I’ve been really diligent about pumping every 3 hrs and fortunately have established a pretty good supply of almost 1000 mL/day. My baby is still in the hospital (38 weeks gestation) and taking about 500 mL/day. We are freezing the extra but I’m hoping to breastfeed when he gets home. If he’s...

Hey friends, my son was born unresponsive via C-section at 39w5d due to inhaling meconium. Of course he had to be incubated & spent 6 days in the NICU. We’ve been home for a few weeks now & we’re recovering well however I find myself haunted by this experience. Yes I’m discussing this with a...

I just had my baby a week ago last Saturday and he’s been in the hospital for 6 days now. Nurses said low blood sugar regulation is a common thing they see in the nicu. He has to be off his glucose for at least 24 hours before he’s marked safe to discharge but he doesn’t make it to the 24 hour...

Reading about other preemies really helped my wife and I so we just wanted to offer some advice to anyone about to begin or still in the middle of this. Cooper was born on September, 9th 2015, at 23 weeks +6 days weighing about 1lb 7oz. On Sunday, we finally heard that magic word, "discharge."...

Had our first “you’re not here enough” comment. Drove my wife to tears, and enraged me. Our baby has been out for 9 weeks now, and unfortunately due to only receiving 12 weeks of FMLA, my wife had to return to work. She’s trying to save some for when baby officially comes home. I do not get any...

I was recently hired right out of nursing school to a level 3 NICU. I am very honored to earn this position, but I’d love to hear opinions from parents of babies who were in the NICU. I want to make sure I go into this job serving the babies and parents to the best of my ability. What were the...

Hi everyone, My son was born at 34 + 0 due to preeclampsia. During induction he had intolerance to labor which was later found to be due to the cord around his neck. We have been in the NICU 18 days now and he’s doing really well, right now we’re working on feeding stamina. I want to say from...

Hi NICU parents. I apologize ahead for this mess of a text. I posted here two weeks ago about my PPROM at 28+0. After having stayed at the hospital for 9 days, I got a routine ultrasound done with some concerning results, so they decided to induce labor with Oxytocin. I guess they didn’t think...

Like many NICU parents we have one last frustrating milestone to cross: 5 days without Bradys. Our 34+1 has done marvelously well, going from 4lb3oz to 4lb9oz in less than two weeks. Never needed oxygen, Ng tube for about a week, and every single Brady has been self corrected. He’ll be 36...

This might seem like an odd question. I’m a L&D + postpartum nurse. Having a high risk pregnancy and a 29 wk premmie we’re traumatic for me and it took some time for me to work through this. Since I had my baby, I don’t want to work in L&D anymore. I had my baby where I work and I had an...

Our little Charlie bug was born at 27+4 on 4/20. We’re obviously very early on in what will be a very long NICU stay and would love some advice and encouragement. It’s hard not to feel that everything is unfair and that she doesn’t deserve to be in this situation, which I’m sure many of you can...

Hi everyone, our first child is on his 8th day in the NICU. He was born at 25+1. He's doing well all things considered. However, I'm not. I realize there's a lot of these posts, but I am so overwhelmed and I just need to take a minute to yell into the void here. I am exhausted. The pregnancy...

I have a now 8 month old that at 1 week old went through a severe HIE. He had a very sudden silent aspiration that caused him to turn blue and have a 75 minute cardiac arrest. Just when the doctor called it, my little man found a pulse and came back to us. As you can imagine, his MRI was pretty...