DS was born at 34 weeks. He was in the isolette for the first 36 hours to help with his oxygen and his body temp. after that he was in an open cot. they were worried a few times about jaudice but he always came back clear. i dont think the lime green blanket we put on him helped! lol
our main issues was feeding and sucking. we took him home from the nursery at 36 weeks after his sucking reflex developed and he was good with feeding. we took him home on bf's and bottle top ups. i would definately encourage a dummy tho. helps with the sucking reflex
if you have any other questions please feel free to PM me. its hard to leave them there and go home each day without them. invest in a good pump too! DH got me the tommee tippee closer to nature manual pump and i found it great to use!
Frog - I'm going to ask my OB about talking to special care nurses...actually, I'll have plenty of time to talk to them while I "hang out" in the hospital for 2 weeks doing nothing other than missing DS (and DH)...I'm sure by the time B2 arrives they will know how much I want to hold B2 as much as possible and how much I want to BF. DS would never take a dummy, but I'll try with B2 if that will help develop the sucking reflex. I hope your delivery goes well on Thursday.
I rented a medela symphony with DS and will make sure DH picks one up for me before scheduled delivery.
Teresa - so, were you released as per "normal" meaning 5 days or so post-delivery and then had to come back & forth from home? I can't imagine how hard that must be, but I'll guess I will see as I'll have no choice. It is going to be an exhausting time - going back and forth (40 min each way) after a c-section with a toddler at home.
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