Hi Kyla,

I've recently been through a very similar situation. My baby was born 12 weeks ago, at 31 weeks, after I had a placental abruption. I got my beautiful girl home four weeks ago and she is big and fat and healthy now, on only breastfeeds and smiling regularly.
I know what a nightmare it is to have the shock of a premature birth, and then the horror of your little baby being in intensive care. I spent every day with her in hospital and was like a zombie for most of it.
The first three weeks were the worst, with apneas and bradys and a scare that she had an intestinal problem, but after that she just began to improve so quickly, and I could see her growing every day. My advise would be to make sure you keep up expressing, as it's one of the few things you can do that really helps your baby at first, and try and do as many of his care as possible, like nappy changes and tube feeds. Also, you should feel free to call the hospital any time day or night just to check in. The nurses really don't mind and it's a great reassurance.
Good luck. Those tiny little babies covered in tubes become happy fat babies quickly.
Melissa.