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Baby was born at 36+5 via emergency c section due to HELLP syndrome diagnosis. He made it clear pretty quickly he was NOT planning on being early. We’re now at almost 3 weeks in the NICU/SCN with our ONLY issue being reflux and occasional desats while eating from a bottle. He’s shown MASSIVE...

Hi! My son has been in the NICU for a week after being born via emergency c-section at 37 weeks. I’ve been pumping and have made good progress, but I just hate it. Baby is really refusing breastfeeding and to be honest I was on the fence about it anyway. My question is logistical— if I pump...

Our 30w twins were released one week ago after a traumatic 79 day stay in the NICCU. Twin A is paralyzed from a birth injury and has been a roller coaster with whether or not she’d need a surgery for her heart while she was very little (now the plan is to wait 6 months). Twin B was mostly a...

I had my second son two days ago at 35 weeks and 5 days. As much as I wanted to avoid NICU time this time (my first son was born at 34 and 6 due to severe pre-e), my water decided to break spontaneously and five hours later, he was here with some respiratory issues. So we’re back in the NICU...

Tonight/ Today is an amazing day! My girl 33 weeks and 1 day has been off CPAP for 7 AND A HALF HOUR 🥳🎉 on room air only (no nasal cannula) I know it’s only 7 and a half hours but it makes me feel like I can breathe for the first time since she was born at 25 and 6. She may get tired and...

My son was born at 33+4. My wife had gestational diabetes and the doctors determined he’d be safer on the outside so they induced. On my first trip down to the NICU to see my son officially, they told me he would need a surgical consult at another hospital, and he was quickly moved. Thankfully...

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My son was born at 33 weeks on February 27. He was an IUGR baby so he was born 3lbs 1oz. He spent 27 days in the NICU. Very fortunate to not really have an underlying conditions so his stay was just about growing and learning to eat. He had a weigh in a month ago and was up to 6lbs 12oz and we...

My 33 weeker (now 38) has been exclusively bottle feeding using Dr Brown’s anti-colic bottles with the “P” preemie nipple since he came home. It’s been a few weeks and he has dramatically upped the demand of how much he eats daily (I posted before - he’s eating like a monster). With the size P...

Hello! My son will be 4 months tomorrow, 7 weeks corrected. He weighs 8 lbs 15 oz, discharged 1 week ago at 8 lbs 9.9 oz. We were sent home with an NG tube & continuous feeds from 10 pm - 7 am, only breast milk. Our pediatrician is trying to get him without the NG tube. So we stopped the...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. Our son (an IVF baby due to CBAVD with me + PCOS with wife) was born on April 8th at 34+1 weeks by c-section due to severe pre-eclampsia that culminated in my wife being hospitalized with 180/106 blood pressure. She had steroid shots on 4/5 and 4/6, and then on 4/8 the...

I live close to an hour away from where my hospital is and I have a 4 year old at home. I try to go to the hospital everyday but am only able to be there around 2-3 hours at a time. I’m usually able to feed my baby and pump and then just hold and cuddle him for around an hour and half. This past...

Hello! I was sent here by a few people in /r/beyondthebump. This message is copy/pasted from there, so you don't have to re-read if you already have. :) I had my little boy Tuesday, Nov. 29th, at 1:14 in the morning. Terrance Daniel was born 2 lbs 6 oz and was 12.6 inches long. I was only able...

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...

I am 4 days PP. Went into spontaneous labor Sunday at 37+2, had a 7 hour labor before it was time to push, pushed for 2 hours and he wouldn’t descend so we ended up having a c-section. He had to be in the nicu for 2 hours after birth for some fluid in his lungs and then he was with us. He...

We might be moving from the NICU to the “floor” and I’m having crazy anxiety about it. I just want to go from the NICU to home but I know it’s not possible she still has more to go. We’ve been in the nicu for 3 months now. I have two toddlers at home and I’m doing my best being at 2 places at...

NICU started my LO on formula today even though I’m supplying enough breastmilk and okayed using donor breastmilk. Is this normal? Do I have a say in this? They told me they’d start tomorrow and would gradually introduce it, not give it all in one bolus. But they started it today at 3p in one...

Dong dong dong Is the o2 high or low Ding ding ding ding Oh crap the heart rate is falling Child, dear, keep breathing Quick shallow breaths Lead to slower, deeper breaths The alarms stop Silence. It’s dreadful But better than the alarms Alarms cause stress. Anxiety. Is this it? Dong...

I guess I just need to vent. I feel so down today. I’m only on day 3 of a not sure how long journey. My daughter was born 3 days ago at 30w1 day w PRROM. The doctor today referred to her as a “sick baby”. Like WTF does that mean??? My daughter is on oscillator. She as born crying and breathing...

Our son was born at 25 weeks. He has had a pda closure and has BPD. He is now 10 weeks adjusted. We just brought him home on 1/2 liter of oxygen and he has been doing well with it since they have put him on it. I am just curious of a average time that he will stay on the oxygen until they can...