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*^*Preemie/NICU Check-In 5/16*^*

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Re: *^*Preemie/NICU Check-In 5/16*^*

  • Mom&nurseMom&nurse member
    How do you ladies deal with being in the NICU? Do u stay there day and night? I feel guilty leaving to just eat or pee. I can't leave her. I have stayed every night since I was discharged myself. I was only a few floors away before.
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  • elsa1688elsa1688 member
    @dmizak I will be praying for you and baby Kolt!
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  • diagonalleydiagonalley member
    Mom&nurse said:

    How do you ladies deal with being in the NICU? Do u stay there day and night? I feel guilty leaving to just eat or pee. I can't leave her. I have stayed every night since I was discharged myself. I was only a few floors away before.

    Fortunately my SIL lives a few blocks from the NICU so I would spend my day at the hospital and then go to her house to sleep. It's important to take care of yourself so you are ready when it is time to bring her home. I know it is incredibly hard to leave and I shed many tears but again, you are important, too, and fortunately you are leaving her with more than capable individuals.
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  • Mom&nurseMom&nurse member
    All I do is cry it seems like. I don't know if this is normal hormone crap or what. I'm a FTM and don't know what to expect.
    I think tonight is really hard because my SO felt it was ok to go out and have fun with his friends. I have a hard time leaving once a day to eat. How does he do it? I can see going home to sleep but your daughter is in the hospital. Maybe it's a mom thing.

    Also we may get to go home tomorrow if she gains weight at midnigh. So I think I'm just nervous to find out.
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  • misscarter87misscarter87 member
    Checking in..lo is doing good so far he will be a week on tmrrw..he has been drinking the whole 2oz since we got discharged on thursday
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  • diagonalleydiagonalley member
    Mom&nurse said:

    All I do is cry it seems like. I don't know if this is normal hormone crap or what. I'm a FTM and don't know what to expect.
    I think tonight is really hard because my SO felt it was ok to go out and have fun with his friends. I have a hard time leaving once a day to eat. How does he do it? I can see going home to sleep but your daughter is in the hospital. Maybe it's a mom thing.

    Also we may get to go home tomorrow if she gains weight at midnigh. So I think I'm just nervous to find out.

    Hormones are definitely a part of it. I had a lot of conflicting and difficult feelings while he was in the NICU but mostly got over it once I was able to bring him home. Try not to compare yourself to your SO. Maybe his tune will change once he has had a chance to really bond with the baby.
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  • flerlgirlflerlgirl member
    Mom&nurse said:
    All I do is cry it seems like. I don't know if this is normal hormone crap or what. I'm a FTM and don't know what to expect. I think tonight is really hard because my SO felt it was ok to go out and have fun with his friends. I have a hard time leaving once a day to eat. How does he do it? I can see going home to sleep but your daughter is in the hospital. Maybe it's a mom thing. Also we may get to go home tomorrow if she gains weight at midnigh. So I think I'm just nervous to find out.
    It's hard to deal with, especially when you and SO deal with it in different ways. My H was glad to be back at work because he needed the distraction. I was similar to you and felt like I had to be there all the time. But any amount of time you are there is the perfect amount. Baby needs a healthy mama and she knows how much you both love her and want to be there for her. Just take it one day at a time. If you skip a day or two, that's okay, too. Babies don't understand time anyway, so in LO's mind you have never left :) 





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