Dd was a 34 weeker, she was on the humidicrib for 24 hours and had phototherapy for 48. The nicu and scn were in the same room. She then spent 2 and a half weeks learning to do all suck feeds and gain weight.
The unexpected thing for us was that visitors were not supposed to hold her as it stressed her out and she lost weight.(didn't find this out until a bit later).
Make sure you talk to the midwives about what doing as much as you can, nappy changes, temperatures etc as part of the bonding process since you can't be with them 24/7.
Leaving dd was always hard, but the MW's were all fantastic with her.
Can't think of much right now too tired but will come back later I'd I think of anything else.
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