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What is your experience with the NICU? Give & Get Support
Intensive Care (ICU) | Last Active: Nov 10, 2020 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
What great stories, thank you @TonyHart87 @lisa0713 @slpb for sharing your experiences and being open to starting the conversation. The NICU is an amazing environment but definitely can pose challenges and lasting effects. It is a common theme hearing about those first few (weeks or months even) of uncertainty at night. What seemed to help most with these difficult nights? Was it keeping on a schedule? Time going by? Reaching out for help?
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Honestly just time helps for when they sleep at night. They get stronger every day. Having a baby cam with a good zoom and good audio helped too when it got to the point that she didn't sleep in our room. I still look to see if she's breathing sometimes and she's almost 4 but I think it may be more out of habit then fear at this point. What did everyone else use at night to feel better?