dear nicu mama | my nicu story *premature birth nicu experience*
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
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Thank you for posting this. My daughter was born 2 days ago (34 weeks) and has started her NICU journey. It is weird, you mourn the birth you expected to have but are grateful your child isn’t as bad as it could have been… very surreal!
I’m currently 27 weeks pregnant with Mo/DI twin girls and have been diagnosed with IUGR. I’m preparing for a 34 week c-section. I want to thank you so much for the honesty in this video. I needed this honesty and point of view.
sending you SO much love mama - you’re going to get through it and it will be so worth it on the other side 🤍
I’m currently expressing in the NICU for my twin boys born at 29 weeks! We’re 8 weeks in and we finally seem to have turned a corner. Looking forward to watching this - it’s such a unique experience xx
I have NICU twin girls. One came home three days ago after 5 weeks and one is still there for a few days. The hardest part was watching other people care for my babies when I was supposed to. It was so rewarding when I could actually bottle feed them with my milk. It was a really hard experience, but I’m so thankful to have two healthy babies.
I relate completely to this, I’m thinking of you and sending so much love as you welcome your babies home 💛
I'm a boy girl twin born at 29w5d, nearly 25 years ago. Though I do NOT know what it's like at all, it makes me so happy to see the support you and other moms are providing to each other after having your precious babies inside you and then have them so far away. I give praise to all moms and dads who have to experience this. You are amazing Courtney! 💗
I’m not a NICU Mama but I did have a traumatic birth that led to an unnecessary emergency c section. I related so much on a level to what you said so thank you for sharing. You are stronger than you know. Grateful for your openness and candour ❤ You’ll touch so many lives through this xx
Courtney you and Johnathan are such an inspiration. I’m not pregnant yet but i already have fears about things that can go wrong. Your videos and your story has brought so much clarity and knowledge about things i wasn’t aware of. The both of you are truly warriors! The last video you posted the girls looked so big and so happy and that is because of y’all! When i do become pregnant in the future i already plan to come back and re watch a lot of your videos to prepare. Thank you for being able to shed some light on the highs and lows of parenthood 💗
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again… you are such an incredible and strong woman and mama!! Thank you for sharing ❤️❤️ Your little girls are so blessed to have you!
Just thank you thank you! Thank you for sharing such a personal experience. You’re so strong Courtney ❤
My heart truly goes out to you mama. Especially during this sensitive time. Not only did you have your C-section and have to recover from it , you were going through this traumatic experience with your precious girls . I’m a twin mama of two identical boys , and was so close to have send one of mine to a NICU for blood sugar concerns …. I was a complete wreck. No one will ever truly understand unless you’re going through it .
NICU mommy here.. my son was in for 8 weeks (close to 9) he just turned 23 years old 2 weeks ago we celebrate his bday but we will also celebrate the day he came out. Actually today was the 1st day I held him 23 years ago he was very sick so I had to wait 2 whole weeks to hold him.. to all NICU moms you will come out the other side but we will always be changed! I remember longing for nights of being woke up by a crying baby i sat in the NICU praying to be at home with a healthy baby that would not let me sleep! 23 years later I still cry about so many parts about it it’s not easy! So glad you made this video
I really relate to you and appreciate you opening up about your experience. The people saying to me “at least it’s only been 31 and 36 days” regardless the good intention that hurt so bad. All we wanted as parents were for our babies to come home. That little over a month was the longest time of my life and my NICU was 1.5 hours away from my home. Now with my twins being 5 months old it’s crazy to think all of this happened and I know I haven’t fully processed everything.
i have this experience too, though my son was only in the nicu for 1 week (only 3 weeks in the hospital). It was more difficult to bond and I was jealous of the mothers who immediately had the baby with them. I still suffer from it 26 years later. Greetings from the Netherlands xxx
This is such a beautiful video. Those little girls are beyond blessed to have you as their mama. ❤️
Hi Courtney , Art here. It's been a while since I wrote to you and Jonathan. I want to thank you for posting about your NICU experience as some new father's don't know what to be on the lookout for with their wives who are in this same situation as you were in. I myself was premature by 2 months way back in the 50's , I don't know how long they kept me in the hospital back then but it had to be well over a month because my Mother had open heart surgery 3 weeks after I was born.
You went through a lot and that is understandable ( being a Grandpappy I have learned a thing or two LOL ) and I would have to say that you are strong in many ways , and you have a great fella there with you in Jonathan. Your Girls are doing well , have great smiles just like their Mom & Dad. Take care and I hope that you guys have a very happy New Year.
BIGGEST hugs coming to you all the way from Arkansas. Motherhood is so so scary and hard and traumatic and world-turning and you are magnificent. I so appreciated this raw viewpoint from the most difficult time of your life. Also I can't leave without telling you what a wonderful and natural storyteller you are. The way you journaled to yourself so you'd always remember is so beautiful. It made me cry right along with you. So wish we lived closer so I could give you a proper hug. But It's all up from here gal x
Thank you so much for sharing your vulnerable story! I can't even begin to imagine what you must have gone through, but this video creates so much awareness for the topic and that is so important! Have you thought about maybe working through your trauma in therapy? Could possibly be helpful ❤️ Sending lots of hugs your way!
You’re literally a super hero!❤
Strongest most beautiful momma!!! So so proud of you and in awe of your strength❤❤ I love those strong girlies sm!!
My sweet and beautiful best friend, I am SO incredibly proud of you for being so raw and real. Sienna and Wren are so lucky to have you as their momma!! ♥️♥️
Thank you so much for sharing your story. The NICU experience is truly something that only other NICU moms can relate to. Our son was in NICU for exactly one month and almost lost his life (if he hadn't been rushed there within 6 hours of birth to start hydrotherapy treatment to protect his brain from oxygen deprivation). Like you said, the doctors and nurses are truly angels and we owe them so much. They are literally life saviours! Thank you for reminding me of our strength. Sometimes I forget about the positive aspects of the experience and only feel guilt and sorrow. We can get through so much if we got through this. Sending you love and peace! So good to see that your twins are thriving. They are so adorable.
Thank you for sharing this! My daughter was in the NICU for 6 days and it was horrible. It was by far the worst time of life. Being discharged from the hospital without my baby felt awful & I cried everyday, all day. And people would tell me it was only 6 days but I’m traumatized from it.
My daughter's NICU stay was only less than a day. She was born via csection she ended up swallowing a bunch of fluids when born. She was immediately wisked away. I didn't get to go with her my husband did. So he experienced everything there. She was ok thankfully and didn't have to spend long she ended up having issues with the fluids that she swallowed for 2 days and then she was ok and we were discharged from the hospital. She was born at 38 weeks so she was full-term. Nothing ever prepares you for this. My daughter will be 11 months old on February 9th. She still a little peanut but growing right on track. Sending you lots of hugs and love. Your girls are beautiful. Can't wait to watch then grow. Seeing Jonathan with them is amazing he's an awesome dad. 💜
I had my baby a few weeks after yours. He was 8 weeks early and we spent 32 days at the nicu. It was so hard and unnatural. The drive home without my baby was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. Thanks for sharing your story.
Hey Courtney ❤️ I enjoy watching your channel. God bless
I am so sorry that all mothers in the US have to leave their babies in the NICU and have to drive home. This is definitely a trauma for every parent. In Germany normally you can stay with your child in the NICU ward. I was just a few rooms away from my twin girls in the NICU. My experience was not so traumatizing because they had no spells and needed no light therapy. We just had to wait that they could hold their body temperature on their own. So enjoy the time with your girls now and have a happy New Year. 🎆
In a mom but not a nicu mom. I dont know what it is to be one but I really felt your story.
This is touching bc I had a NICU baby due to preeclampsia I was just at 30 weeks when I got emergency c-section. So I have to boys and my first son was an absolutely amazing vaginal birth and the bonding experience. So second time around rocked my world we were told my son would have a 50/50 chance of making it he weighed 2lbs 11oz went down to 2lbs 7 oz. Due to preeclampsia I was unable to get out of bed for 3 or 4 days after having him they couldn’t get my blood pressure down, so I hadn’t got to spend any time with my baby yet all I got was pictures and videos. I finally got to do kangaroo care it was extremely overwhelming seeing my sweet little baby had all the cords on him and the beeping I was in shock seeing him like that. I was still so weak and still had blood pressure headaches. During my stay The chaplain came to pray with me and I automatically thought something was wrong with my baby and my husband had to go to work due to the end of tax season. That’s all I could remember is my baby being ok I didn’t care about anything else. I totally agree they day I got released was the hardest day of my life I had tear pouring down my face. He was born April 6th and we got to bring him home on Mother’s Day with oxygen, apnea, monitor, and pulse ox. I was also pumping so he can get my breast milk. I felt robbed of the first 6 weeks of mother hood and I felt like the nurses took over my job, but I know they were doing their job and doing the best they could to take care of my baby’s. It was just hard it’s nothing I was never prepared for, but I would never change my journey because it makes me so grateful and thankful for the NICU nurse’s and doctors and to have my little miracle.
you’re a super hero mama ❤️
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My granddaughter was born unexpectedly at 23 wks 6 days after my daughter experienced a amniotic sac leak. A micro preemie. She weighed 1 lb 4 oz. 140 days in the NICU, two different hospitals. She had to be transferred to a different hospital NICU for heart surgery for a month then back to the original hospital. My daughter wasn’t even able to hold her for several weeks because she was on a ventilator. She is 5 years old now, she has Cerebral Palsy, and ventricle damage… however she is so amazing, she is so smart and growing and thriving! Since her birth, she has had to have three or four other operations, for different reasons, on her eyes, her spine, her tongue but she is doing well. This is something my daughter will never get over the trauma she experienced. After a miscarriage two years ago, they were blessed to be able to have a full pregnancy, 37 weeks, and had another little girl. Praise God she went all the way to the 37 week scheduled C-section. My daughter saw a high-risk OB, as well as a regular OB, and had to take progesterone shots from majority of the pregnancy to keep her from delivering prematurely again. Any time in the NICU is traumatic and everybody’s story is different. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. When I was able to visit, it’s memories that are ingrained in my brain that I will never forget. I have never seen a baby, so small, translucent skin, eyelids still sealed shut, so bruised from delivery, multiple resuscitations. It was something our family will never forget! NICU babies are so special! 🩷🩷