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A space for moms with little NICU warriors. Born before 37 weeks with a stay in the NICU. Because sometimes you just need someone else to GET IT.

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Struggling

My little girl was born at 34+4 and spent just over two weeks in NICU back in November I was referred to the perinatal team and was due to have my first appointment with them on Thursday just gone which they cancelled as it was “necessary” and said they’d write to me with a new date in due course this has really ang...

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Swimming lessons

Our local swimming bath offers swimming lessons from 16 weeks we’re currently doing baby massage my little girl is 8 weeks + 2 she will be 3 weeks corrected on Friday she currently just sleeps the whole way through baby massage so we can’t really participate, when it comes to starting swimming lessons would I be bet...

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Grief

Morning mamas, my little one was born at 35 weeks , and we stayed in NICU due to extremely high levels of bilirubin, I actually almost lost her. And was instructed to prepare myself for the worse and inform my partner. Unfortunately we had separated and he refused to come to NICU and I hasn’t thought about any of ...

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5month still in nicu

hi my boy was born aug 2nd and was 2lbs 9oz @28wk 3days now i moved him to childrens (arriving he weigh8lbs) hes now 5months (adjusted 2month) weighing 13lbs 11oz ! hes ng and by mouth 150ml is his max they claim he wont eat much at night hes tired! but day drink full feeds. i keep push for NG CLASS to bring him hom...

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Sleep

My little girl was born 34+4 she’s now 8 weeks old (nearly 2 weeks corrected) she still sleeps majority of the day and is still only going 3-4 hours between feeds including throughout the night is this normal because she was born early? We’ve started to get longer wake windows in the day but not huge amounts maybe 3...

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