re: I feel so guilty!

Quoting *!* Brittany *!*:“ What do you mean you didn't think babies could be that early? Are you talking about delivering?? surviving??”

surviving.. i didnt' mean it in a bad way. I just didn't know

I'm sorry your lil girl isn't feeling well.

Piper wasn't a preemie but, I suddenly found myself leaving her at the NICU the day we were supposed to go home (she was having problems breathing) It was the worst and scariest day of my life. Here I was supposed to be brining my baby home and she was hooked up to wires and not able to come with me.
thankfully after 48 hours she was released and is doing well.
Stay strong and try to enjoy the few extra nights you get to sleep. I'm sure she'll be home keeping you up and exhausted in no time.

Best of luck!

i couldn't bring my son home when i was discharged and still haven't. I had him at 24 weeks and my son has been in the hospital for 6 months now. I felt just like you at first but then i relieved my son was in the best place. Where he can be watched and monitored 24 hours. If you have any questions feel free to send me a messege.

i know exactly how your feeling. i went throught the same thing,& my son had to stay in the NICU for 4 weeks. on they way home from the hospital that first day, i cried the whole way home & several times after that. its hard, but just think about it this way your daughter is better off there than at home right now, cause she needs to get better. Go home and work on getting everything ready for her. I felt like him coming early was my fault too, had i not stressed so much the days before he would have gone full term, & for a while i blamed my bf, cause he's the reason i stressed out. you just need to let it go and realize God does everything for a reason. she's suppossed to be here early for some reason...and have faith in your doctors. She'll be home before you know it. if you need anything message me sweetie. keep us updated.

When you can't be at the hospital, call her nurse! This always made me feel better Some days I would call after every feeding, even though I knew there wouldn't be anything new for the nurse to report. It just made me feel more connected to my babies and their care. The NICU seems to be the longest experience in the world while you're there, and then one day it just...ends. And just weeks after that you'll feel like it was a whole other life time ago!

well my baby girl is doing much better. the doctor told me that she only has to be on he oxygen machine for a few more weeks and the she will be moved to the other nursery then she comes home! i feel better i don't blame myself anymore cause i know she is doing better and i mean i really didn't have her room ready so this way i can finish it. i get to hold her everyday so i feel better and when im not there i call her nurse so i can know how she is doing. but everyone thanks for all the advice.