Sentences with phrase «nicu because»

We hadn't been able to bring the other kids into the NICU because it was flu season, so this would be the first time he met them.

He was sent to the NICU because of a fever (which was due to the epidural) and I was sent to recovery afer a failed VBAC attempt attended by midwives.

I did have expectations though, going into the NICU because I asked other parents.

I had to work with a preemie who was only bottle fed while in the NICU because this NICU was behind the times for a healthy preemie that is progressing well he should have been offered to nurse on his first feed or at least he should have been given his mothers Breast milk.

My second child and my newborn also got formula the first day (s) in NICU because there they need a strict amount of food every 3 hours, and my milk had not come in yet.

At the hospital, he was hijacked by the NICU because his APGAR was 3.

My eldest spent 2 days in the NICU because he was a bit grunty (vaginal delivery at 38 + 3 following SROM), and his baby brother passed light mec during labor, prompting the presence of the NICU team at his birth.

We were in the NICU because he was STARVING!!!

With my 2nd second set of twins, I insisted that they only be allowed to sleep on their backs (not their tummies) while in the NICU because I remembered how much my husband and I struggled getting our 1st set of twins to sleep on their backs upon coming home after they had only slept on their tummies during their 4 - week NICU stay.

«My child in the hospital ended up in the NICU because of hospital staff causing my child distress.»

A week after the feeding change, I moved out of their room (I had started cosleeping when left NICU because breastfeeding twins that way was less exhausting) and as I realised that they were eating little at night I also I dropped the night feedings, by watering down in 3 days.

Not exact matches

As it turned out, my baby was born 10 weeks early and I had to pump ever few hours with almost no supply... for FIVE weeks, the only reason we made it through was because of online friends and their pushiness: — RRB - Weirdly enough, when I did meet with the lactation consultant in the NICU, I knew more than HER about some of the tricks!

I wasn't able to breastfeed my daughter because she never latched on and was in the NICU, so I pumped.

I'm renting a hospital grade breast pump and have pumped daily since the day I delivered because one of my twins was in the NICU for two weeks.

My little guy never really took to the actual act of breastfeeding, likely because his first couple of weeks were spent in the NICU and he was fully accustomed to a bottle by the time he got home, but I'd feed and pump as often as I could to keep up equal stores for the two of them.

So an example of that is if you have a mother whom has a premy in NICU there are certain cards that you can put inside of the pump and it will create or try to stimulate stronger suck support you know more milk because you're not going to have a lot because you have premy and it you know kind of stimulates what the premy will do at breast for your breast.

I'm just hoping baby stays put and doesn't make an early appearance because an extended stay in the NICU is the last thing we need!

But, it's important to keep in mind that your baby is still a «preemie» when discharged from the hospital and just because you have left the NICU does not mean your baby is now considered a full - term baby.

I was even asked by some NICU nurses to stop bringing in milk for them because I was taking up so much room in their freezers.

It turned out okay only because I realized he was too hot, but babies often feel hot and I wouldn't fault any parent who didn't catch it... AND during that time in the NICU, I got another visit from the lactation consultant who told me again his latch was great, and then suggested I not give him all of the formula the NICU nurses had set out for me!!!! She actually said, «I don't think you need to give him all of that.

I am an OB nurse but have worked in the NICU for 2 years and as a mother of a child who was failure to thrive because of poor milk transfer, I am so sorry for your loss.

I was formula feeding my baby because she was in the NICU for 2 weeks and she wouldn't latch.

They went over endless possibilities: a lack of milk (my colostrum was enough for him the first days after birth), the fact that my milk didn't come in until he was already in the NICU, because of blood type incompatibility, where my blood type conflicted with his during pregnancy, though it was not likely.

The NICU team evaluated her because she was «late pre-term» and determined she had low blood sugar, so my husband fed her a bottle of donor milk.

Most preemies in the NICU are not able to feed directly from the breast just yet because their sucking skills are lacking.

NICUs were designed for the very premature and low - birth - weight infants, but they are increasingly the place to care for newborns that are larger and less ill, because in my opinion, labor and delivery nurses aren't trained to care for neonates so everyone is more comfortable having them observed by NICU nurses until they have proven stable.

Mothers with babies in the NICU tend to suffer from engorgement because their baby isn't able to demand regular feedings.

Because these freestanding buildings aren't equipped with state - of - the - art NICU centers, high - risk pregnancies, premature babies, and medical emergencies have to be sent to bigger hospitals.

I witnessed other women battle infections and painful, clogged milk ducts, and more women who had their babies too early and, as a result, couldn't breastfeed their baby because he or she was in the NICU.

Chances are you are visiting us because you or someone you know is experiencing a stay in the NICU or the loss of a baby.

I had a 31 weeker, and while I was * immensely * grateful for the amazing NICU care he received, I would go home and read Jeevan's blog and feel somewhat guilty and so, so sad to read that while my preemie was snug and warm and fed in his isolette, being watched over by highly trained nurses and respiratory therapists, a baby older than mine died because the power went out in the hospital overnight (no backup generator) and they couldn't keep him warm enough.

In fact if I had the choice, from an insurance perspective, I'd be delivering in Spokane in a heartbeat because I'd prefer to have a NICU available on site, rather than a life - flight away.

I had to leave the NICU at one point because I was crying like a child after watching every nurse in there try to get a new IV into mine because the guy with the ultrasound cart was busy and couldn't get up there quite yet.

I'm hoping getting a hospital stock of donor breast milk will help us avoid NICU admits because the nurse doesn't want to supplement with formula.

I would speculate that the NICU nurses were rough with trying to get her baby to nurse because they knew that it was his best chance for actually getting fed enough after discharge.

They subsequently delayed some things (Hep B) vaccine because they were unclear on my consent, but they could have given her the shot, there are certainly plenty of stories of NICU babes getting those.

In my case, he wound up in the NICU for several days due to sever jaundice requiring a full blood exchange because of blood type incompatabilities.

My son was in the NICU for over a week because he had a blood infection at birth (which was very scary!)

They had to stay in the NICU for 11 days because they each had one slightly underdeveloped lung, and some eating issues...

I birthed our 2nd in Cincinati, Ohio about 2 years ago and they did offer me some formula samples because she was in the NICU for several days.

Because these babies are typically taken to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) immediately after birth, you will not be able to put the babies to the breast.

Terrifying, because it's the NICU and your newborn needs intensive care or monitoring.

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Usually the parents would prefer to be as close to or in the hospital, because we have the OR and the NICU and other useful things.

Because multiples tend to have more complications, particularly those related to being born earlier and smaller, it's not uncommon for them to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

2 babies in 2 different hospitals because one had to get transferred to higher NICU!!

They also spend a lot of time on their backs without being moved or picked up because of their medical needs and extreme fragility after birth, which usually requires a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Thankfully I had two older kids and had nursing down, and my twins had mere hours of NICU time, and I had a supportive spouse that helped a ton with positioning and such, because it was sure a lot of work in the beginning!

Because donor milk use in NICU's across the country is expanding rapidly, this study highlights the increasing importance of monitoring its infrastructure and reporting outcomes.

There is one baby positioner that I do use, because it's handy and because we received it from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital.