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coming home at dif. times?
I have a feeling that Taylen will be coming home from the NICU before Tage does. He's always been a little bit stronger. How far apart did your multiples come home?
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Re: coming home at dif. times?
DD came home after 13 days and DS came home after 17. We were lucky to have them come home within the same week, I know there are others here who've had to deal with larger spans of time.
It was so, so hard! I was used to being able to spend all day at the hospital with both of them and I felt really terrible leaving DS alone. We were thrilled to have DD home and knew that DS was in the best place for him, of course, but it was tough. We decided that DH would go back to work until both babies were home. During the day I'd stay home with DD. When DH got home from work one of us would stay home and the other would visit DS in NICU. Thankfully, we had 24 hr access so we could visit anytime. Sometimes DH would visit in the morning before work but I always stuck with evenings.
ETA: I probably should add that we were able to bring DD to NICU if we wanted. We opted not to, however, because she was so tiny - we didn't feel comfortable with her unsupervised in the backseat/carseat right away. I'm not sure if we would have been able to do that during flu and RSV season though.
Mine were supposed to come home together after 10 days. Well, DS1 decided to crap blood the night before and earned himself another 3 days. I broke the F down. I just remember standing over his crib bawling how I was so sorry he couldn't come home and please don't be scared without Sam and blah blah I'm crying about it now! Ha.
Anyway, they were kind enough to leave both cribs up in their room so we could bring DS2 with us. I'm sure the doormen thought I was nuts for hauling this teeny baby back and forth all day.
It was very emotional having a baby at home AND going back and forth to the NICU, but it really was a nice way to transition. We got to "practice" with only one for a few days and still had access to all the nurses for questions.
Good luck on getting everyone home soon. It's the best feeling in the world to be able to walk your babies around your own house without any wires.
BFP #2 - 12/9/09 After being on bedrest for 10 weeks due to TTTS and hospital bedrest for 4 weeks due to PPROM, my sticky babies are here! Born at 32 weeks!!