Welcome to BellyBelly Kate. Congratulations on the birth of Max, he sounds like a real little fighter. My daughter was a 30 weeker, but we were luckily she never needed any assistance breathing. She spent 4 weeks in the NICU/SCN before discharge (but was readmitted for another 2 weeks just to infection)

Austprem is an amazing place, i would recommend joining in there, as there's a few mums who had babies at the same gestation as little Max, and even earlier (i think the earliest bub was Brooke, born 23.2w)

Good luck, and please remember, we're al hear for you, through the good times and bad... Share the milestones reach, and vent during the bad times.

Take care,
Simone xx