Should be excited but I'm kinda freaking out

starrdiva211

So my LO has been doing really well. He takes a bottle like a champ (even though he does have those feedings where he seems like he doesnt want to be bothered) and he is slowly being weened off of his oxygen (he is now only on 1 liter as of 1130 this morning). I know they will have to keep an eye on him for bradies and desats for a few days but it seems like Discharge Day is getting closer and closer.

And as discharge day gets closer and closer... I am starting to freak out more and more. Yes, I want my baby home but I just do not feel fully prepared. It seems like we do not have anything (and it reality we do not) and having to figure out what the hell I am going to do about going back to work or not going back to work and how would I know if he has an apnea spell? 

Am i the only one who feels like this?

MBB41707

I felt like that. In the hospital our babies get so much care and attention, so how are they going to be okay with just us giving then care and attention at home? But in my experience, the doctors don't discharge them until they really are ready. It feels arbitrary that the doctors think they are ready to go home when they are, but the doctors know they are ready. For me, my baby was having bradies every other day and after weeks he finally made it five days and was otherwise ready to go home so he was discharged. He is on a heart monitor/apnea monitor at home and although he has had a few brief desats and decels, he has not had any that last long enough to be a brady, so he really was ready. Also people kept saying it to me, and it is true, babies don't really need much so you don't have to have every possible baby accessory right away.

sucrets4

I can't speak for work or apnea spells, but I was scared sh*tless to take DD home.  Like, freaking out and asking the nurse every last thing I could possibly think about.  Plus, my mom flew home that morning since we hadn't been given an exact d/c date, so my emotions were already high.

In actuality, your LO doesn't need much.  You do realize how much baby stuff is superfluous, especially in the beginning, once you get LO home.  It's effing scary, but you'll adapt in no time.  :-)