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Forum: NICU Babies - Closed

This board is closed to new messages. We encourage all parents with NICU questions or premature infant concerns to join us in the Newborn - 6 month board. Have A NICU Experience? From Breastfeeding in the NICU to the latest progress your baby is making - all NICU topics are covered here!

Forum: NICU Babies - Closed

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: My NICU Story - Please feel free to share your NICU experience here

    I just thought maybe I would share my experience so that if others come to this site for advice they could have something to relate to. My ds was born one day past my due date and although the dr....

    Started by septmommy, 01-30-2007 10:57 AM
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    Caryn
    10-27-2009 11:36 AM Go to last post

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    Welcome to the KellyMom.com community! Here are a few links we think you will find helpful. Current Terms of Service Community Guidelines To contact a moderator with a question or concern...

    Started by Moderator_Staff, 09-25-2007 10:10 AM
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    09-25-2007 10:10 AM Go to last post

  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Establishing and Maintaining Milk Supply When Baby is Not Nursing

    Hello & Welcome! Establishing & Maintaining milk supply is one of the biggest concerns moms have so will "sticky" this here so our new moms can reach it easily: Establishing and Maintaining...

    Started by Paula, 01-29-2007 02:10 PM
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    Paula
    01-29-2007 02:10 PM Go to last post

  1. NICU board is closed. Please post your message in the newborn-6 month board

    Hi everyone. We wanted to give you the direct link to newborn-6 months board. We also wanted to let you know that we are leaving the NICU board for parents to read as they have time but are...

    Started by milkmonkeezmom, 02-02-2010 01:01 PM
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    milkmonkeezmom
    02-02-2010 01:01 PM Go to last post

  2. teach me about jaundice

    My friend’s grown daughter had a baby over the weekend that is in NICU for jaundice. The hospital gave him formula with sugar water while she was sedated. I really don’t know her directly although...

    Started by mommyb, 01-25-2010 01:21 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 119
    Daisylove
    01-27-2010 12:49 AM Go to last post

  3. Niece not digesting breastmilk

    Hello everyone, I would be grateful for some advice. My niece is in the NICU. She was born at 26 weeks 4 days and weighs 2 pounds. She is doing well so far (now 4 days old) except that today they...

    Started by Katie_and_EJ, 01-19-2010 08:34 AM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 286
    Paula
    01-25-2010 05:59 PM Go to last post

  4. Starting solids with preemies

    I am exclusively breastfeeding preemie (29 week) twin girls and it's been quite the trip to get us where we are today. In fact, now they refuse a bottle which is a whole other issue that I have to...

    Started by beckylynn, 09-01-2009 11:21 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 262
    Paula
    01-21-2010 10:28 PM Go to last post

  5. Nipple Shield

    Hi, My son was in the NICU for almost 5 weeks. When I started nursing him, the nurse (who was also a lactation consultant) gave me a nipple shield after my son couldn't latch. He was 32 week at...

    Started by rbarrett, 05-28-2009 11:54 AM
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    mamaduck
    12-23-2009 01:08 PM Go to last post

  6. how to increase milk for preemie in NICU

    My baby was born at 26 weeks (2 weeks ago) and will be in the NICU at least another month and a half. I'm pumping every 2 hours during the day and then I have a 1 five hour stretch at night. When I...

    Started by zepp, 11-16-2009 11:43 PM
    • Replies: 10
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    vernuskloyz
    12-16-2009 12:54 PM Go to last post

  7. help for niece

    Ok. My niece (Genevieve Noelle) was born this morning. (4lbs 6 oz) She was due 1/17. She is on a vent due to breathing in a ton of blood. I told her to get a lactation consultant right away. To...

    Started by myriley, 11-28-2009 10:04 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 173
    myriley
    12-07-2009 07:54 AM Go to last post

  8. NICU Flashback

    As you all may know, Kearah was 4 weeks Premature, and was in the NICU for 2 weeks to the day. I find it really hard to still talk about it, in the how I feel sort of way. I find it easy to inform...

    Started by Kearah's Mom, 10-22-2008 01:25 AM
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    marccm
    11-30-2009 02:00 AM Go to last post

  9. My current NICU story & advice needed

    Good morning all. I admit i haven't searched the forum yet, but will do that next. I wanted to introduce myself (again, i was on KM with my first 2 1/2 years ago), and get some advice on my...

    Started by caitlinS9, 10-30-2009 09:41 AM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 344
    Paula
    11-03-2009 12:38 AM Go to last post

  10. Fenugreek and Motillium

    First time here, first post, first everything so sorry if I speak out of turn. Just wondering if anyone out there with low milk supply has tried taking Fenugreek in conjunction with Motillium. I...

    Started by kiermom, 10-29-2009 05:48 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 96
    Paula
    11-03-2009 12:34 AM Go to last post

  11. NICU test?

    i just came home today from having my baby girl. It was a hard weekend since she ended up in NICU. DR said she didnt pass one test of two test, one was called rsp(?), someting like that and the other...

    Started by coco*butter, 11-02-2009 02:44 AM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 100
    Paula
    11-03-2009 12:32 AM Go to last post

  12. best gifts for NICU moms?

    Hi everyone. Any day now, my best friend will be having her baby, who has gastroschisis. He'll be in the NICU for about three months. (She'll be pumping, btw, although that has nothing to do with my...

    Started by Muddywaters, 09-24-2009 10:25 AM
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 341
    momto4
    10-09-2009 01:00 PM Go to last post

  13. Another NICU baby

    Hi everyone, My son Kaden was a NICU baby for 10 days - he was born with the cord around his neck and 2 minutes after his birth they called a Code Pink, which caused 30 people to rush our room...

    Started by littlecountrychick, 09-09-2009 08:41 PM
    • Replies: 10
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    Paula
    10-01-2009 07:08 PM Go to last post

  14. Just an update

    My little girl came home on september 9 2009, she was only on my milk for a very short time due to many different stress factors I was undergoing at the time. SHe is pretty close if not 11 pounds now...

    Started by brattykatty_5, 09-28-2009 02:25 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 143
    Paula
    10-01-2009 07:01 PM Go to last post

  15. Be honest..

    ...what do you think about my situation. I think I know in my heart what the RIGHT thing to do is, but it's really hard for me to admit it. DS2 will be 7 weeks old in a couple of days, and was...

    Started by SaraLe6, 03-27-2009 07:32 PM
    • Replies: 7
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    Fishman
    09-22-2009 09:13 AM Go to last post

  16. Breastmilk Storage

    Yikes! I just realized my freezer wasn't completely closed for about 6 hours. I have one of those bottom mount freezers (the drawer kind) and apparently in the rush to the hospital to see the...

    Started by areneej1, 09-18-2009 06:01 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 76
    Paula
    09-19-2009 12:41 PM Go to last post

  17. hmf/neosure???

    is fortification truly necessary? i've always told moms that mama's milk changs to meet the needs of the youngest nursling. is this not true for a preemie?

    Started by MamaBearX3, 08-23-2009 11:33 PM
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 249
    Paula
    09-15-2009 04:05 PM Go to last post

  18. PDA Surgery

    Well I just found out today that my son will be sent to Egilston Children's Hospital on Thursday for Surgery. He has a big PDA that will not close and they think it is effecting his breathing. As...

    Started by cdurrough, 07-14-2009 01:46 AM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 153
    mommy2gage
    08-17-2009 09:51 PM Go to last post

  19. Screaming during breast feeding

    My son was born at 29W6d and is now 9 weeks corrected. He is doing great and we are breastfeeding more than half the time. My supply seems to be fine and I have been taking supplements to help it...

    Started by rabybach, 04-07-2009 11:01 PM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 336
    HauteMama
    08-16-2009 01:01 PM Go to last post

  20. Any remidies or tips..

    My baby was born 9 weeks prem due to my waters breaking. No doctor has been able to give me a reason why this happened. I find this frustrating and want to know if anyone has heard of...

    Started by babyhayden, 08-14-2009 04:39 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 87
    tanyaandallie
    08-14-2009 11:17 PM Go to last post

  21. Need some personal experience!!!

    My son has been in the NICU for 4 months now. I had a wonderful supply at first, the honeymoon phase, and now barely anything. He is still in the NICU and I work full time. IF any moms out there...

    Started by vivalaleah, 08-13-2009 07:54 PM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 85
    tanyaandallie
    08-13-2009 09:28 PM Go to last post

  22. How to go slowly from bottle to breast, without the pump

    Hello all, Help! My questions are about increasing milk supply while reducing supplements, and not relying on the pump to keep supply up. My daughter was born 3 weeks early, spent a week in...

    Started by Tater, 07-22-2009 10:53 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 190
    tanyaandallie
    07-26-2009 10:38 PM Go to last post

  23. First-time Mom and a NICU Mom

    Friday before last I went in for my regular weekly ultrasound/OB appointment, and unexpectedly ended up getting admitted to the hospital. I was diagnosed with preeclampsia, which had come on very...

    Started by LutheranChick, 07-06-2009 08:40 PM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 286
    IMVmommy
    07-22-2009 09:31 AM Go to last post

  24. New NICU Mommy

    I just had my first child at 25 weeks. I went to the hosp. in my home town on Wed of last week for what I thought was false labor. They gave me a shot and sent me home with instructions to come back...

    Started by cdurrough, 06-28-2009 05:00 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 280
    Paula
    07-14-2009 12:39 PM Go to last post

  25. Confused and troubled....how to transition from bottled EBM to fully breastfeed?

    Hi everyone, I'm a first time mom. My daughter was born, full-term on the 20th of April 2009 but spent the first two weeks of her life in the NICU because of Jaundice and a urinary tract...

    Started by pianomama, 06-13-2009 04:04 AM
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 375
    pianomama
    06-27-2009 03:27 AM Go to last post
 

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