re: How long was ur preemie in the NICU?

Quoting Jessica [Slvrmoon]:“ Wow, that's great! He's really caught up in growth! My daughter was 18 pounds at her first birthday!”

Yeah i am excited. He had to relearn how to eat at 3 months. So he is doing wonderful. He loves his cereal. We get to start veggies this weekend.

Quoting Andrew Jordan's mommy:“ my son was born at 33 weeks. He wa 5 lbs and 17 inches long at birth. Was in NICU for 2 weeks and weighted a little over 6 lbs when he left with hospital.”

That is great!!!!  

Quoting Brittany. [OfficialB]:“ You probably already know my info but.. Ryan was born at 30w2d at 3lb even and came home at 5lb3oz and 36w1d gestation now at 11 weeks he's 7lb   ”

He is soooooooooo cute!!!!  

Quoting sawyersmom05:“ He is soooooooooo cute!!!!  ”

Thank youuu  

Quoting sawyersmom05:“ That is great!!!!  ”

He was a big baby for being 7 weeks early. He would have been a huge baby if went to term.

I'm sorry to hear that... it's pretty draining and an emotional experience... Anyway my daughter was born at 32 weeks, weighing 5lbs 8oz and 18 1/2in, she stayed in the NICU for 3 weeks, and came home 6lbs. She is now exactly 3 months old and is 11 and half pounds and 24 1/2in long (dad is 6'5 lol)...

Hope all is well

Quoting Shellyfay:“ I'm sorry to hear that... it's pretty draining and an emotional experience... Anyway my daughter was ... [snip!] ... home 6lbs. She is now exactly 3 months old and is 11 and half pounds and 24 1/2in long (dad is 6'5 lol)... Hope all is well”

she is beautiful!! and that is great only a 3 week stay in the NICU, I know it must have seemed like forever! But sounds like she is doing great.....yay  

Oh yea, I was wondering....when your baby is getting close to coming home do they start telling you, or do they just pop up and call you, or tell you one day when you walk in to the NICU?? I have been wondering about that  

Quoting sawyersmom05:“ Oh yea, I was wondering....when your baby is getting close to coming home do they start telling you, ... [snip!] ... or do they just pop up and call you, or tell you one day when you walk in to the NICU?? I have been wondering about that  ”

Well with me, they talk about it, but I never got a definite day... does your NICU do the carseat test? when they asked to do that test, I knew she was comin home in a few days. But if it wasn't for that, I would have had no idea... talk about a huge shock... I was so nervous the day she was gonna come home, I couldn't stop shaking! lol How is your lil one doing?

They told us. That he was having a sleep study and had to pass it and if he pass he would get to come home. Then we had an appointment with the physical therapist and was told to been receiving blankets for the carseat.

He is doing good   I dont know if they do the car seat test or not.....I will have to ask  I know what u mean about being scared.....I mean I want him home so bad I cant stand it, but then again, I know when we find out he iscoming home, I am gonna be soo scared!!   Here are a couple of new pics from a few days ago  





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Awww he really is cute! Amazing how small they start off but soon enough he'll be keeping you up all night  . I read your other post about the Brady, Chloe had one the day after she was born and that was it. But all the other babies in the NICU had one or two, I guess it's common. Try your best not to worry too much (yeah right! I know  ) I completely understand though, hearing that something went wrong with your baby, it hurts!. They had to move Chloe's IV to her scalp, I tore out of the room in tears... but now, you see her and you never would have guessed she was that little squirt. The poor NICU nurses had to put up with me... I was there for 24 days straight, 7hrs a day by her side, I'm sure they got sick of my face!
Anyway that's great that he's doing good with his feedings though! Chloe also had a bit of residuals for a while, their poor little tummies. Anyway I'm here if you need to talk, I know it's hard! Your lil' guy is in my prayers

Quoting sawyersmom05:“ Oh yea, I was wondering....when your baby is getting close to coming home do they start telling you, ... [snip!] ... or do they just pop up and call you, or tell you one day when you walk in to the NICU?? I have been wondering about that  ”

One day Ryan was in an incubator, still on all IVs and then thenext day(Thursday)he was in an open bed and they scheduled a room-in for us on Saturday, he went home Sunday. So itwas a pretty overnight thing, SUCH a big surprise!! We took the carseat with us when we roomed in and thats when they did the test.

With my daughter it happened pretty fast, they just said, hey bring in the car seat, she's ready to go home! With my son I kept asking about and anticipating it, so it wasn't as much of a surprise. But they still just called one day and said, ok we'll cicumcise him today and he should go home on Saturday!

Hi there, my son was a 24 weeker he weighed 15oz or 454 grams, he was in the nicu for 151 long days! He is home now, and is healthy just a small little guy. He is only 13 and a half pounds. He will be 1 in may.