How often did you visit your baby in the NICU?

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This will be my 3rd baby. My other 2 were normal, term babies. This baby has a heart defect and will spend at least a month in the NICU. I am delivering c section and the fact that i have 2 other kids that need me too,im worried i wont be able to go everyday and will feel guilty and look like a bad mom. Ugh

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I struggled with my daughter being in  NICU. I went and saw her every day and took in my daily supply of breastmilk but it was hard for me to stay longer than 30 min to an hour. I felt like a terrible mom cause there were other parents that spent all day, every day with there NICU baby. I just could stand seeing her hooked up to all those wires and being in the isolette. Luckily, she was only there for 26 days.

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I don’t have experience personally but my SIL had my nephew at 22 weeks. So he was in the nicu for 4 months. She went everyday to the hospital. And spent the afternoons (like 4pm and after) with her other 2 sons. (Not my brothers kids) but they are older so they definitely understood why she was away all day. (One was 15 and the other 6)

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Some nicu’s have cameras that you can check babe on an app— maybe see if yours does? 
Also I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much if the other kiddos are small/with you all day. I am sure the nurses and staff would much rather you visit when you can give baby all the attention and not have to worry about the others running around

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As often as I could while in the hospital and everyday after that unless for some reason I couldn’t.

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I’m so sorry that you have to go through this. Just do what you can. Noone will think you are a bad mom!

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I roomed in (6 weeks) but he was my first. I think as long as you make it there twice a week and call to check in every day then it’s totally understandable. If you didn’t have other kids I’d say daily but that’s got to be difficult to juggle.

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Every day unless something came up or I was sick

How often did you visit your baby in the NICU?

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