Our stay in the NICU was quite short in comparison to how long many babies stay there. And ours wasn't very eventful either. John spent about 3 days on CPAP and a week on oxygen. He had jaundice and spent a few days under the bili lights. And he of course had to learn how to eat. He was there for 2 weeks, and while it wasn't really that long it was quite frustrating. It's so hard to go through labor and then be stuck in the hospital with no baby. I had to pump breastmilk every 3 hours around the clock and getting up all night without a baby is not fun. We lived an hour from the hospital so my time with him was quite limited, I only got to spend 1-2 hours a day with him. Everyday I though why can't we just take him home? Eventually our day came and it was a grand day. I couldn't believe that they were actually going to let me bring him home. All newborns seem fragile, but preemies just seems even more fragile. I thought I knew a lot about babies, but with John it seemed that I had to re-learn everything.
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