Stressing about bringing my lo home- any advice?

pathfindermon

The doctor told me today that my lo will be coming home in the next few days!  This is so exciting and also so scary!  I feel like a horrible mom but I'm so apprehensive about bringing him home!  The idea of him being off the monitors and only in my care is scary.  He won't be coming home with any oxygen or any special meds.                So does anyone have any advice for me?  Is there a list of things I should make sure I have before he comes home?  Any words of wisdom you have will help ease my mind.

TIA!!

tia0314

I was the same way! DD was in the special care nursery for 2 weeks and I was so scared to bring her home with no monitors. I don't really have much advice to give, but know that you will wake up at every little noise to see if your lo is ok, I would put my hand on her or shine my cell light to make sure she was breathing ok a few times a night. This is normal for just taking them home as time passes you will learn to trust they are ok, or for me I learned all her different noises and Shen I needed to check on her or let her sleep. GL!

jcsntms06

Your concerns were the same as mine when I brought my first DD home from the NICU. She came home with no monitors either. I just made sure I had bottles, nipples, diapers, wipes all those things ready. If you have any family members that will be helping, I get them involved early. Just remember to enjoy your LO and to take lots of pictures, because those first few weeks and months go by so fast.

Pips09

I remember feeling the same way! We still had an apnea monitor at home, but knowing we needed the monitor made it scary, too.

I was able to room in at the hospital with the baby the night before we brought her home, so that I could do everything myself but had the nurses available if I needed them. They had us stay in a regular hospital room, away from the NICU. Is this a possibility? It really helped me feel like I could handle it on my own.