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Reader Stories: Bringing Your Preemie Home from the NICU

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Bringing your preemie home from the NICU is a joyous experience, but it can also cause a lot of worry! Managing apnea monitors and oxygen tanks, introducing baby to family life, and making sure that he or she is getting enough to eat are concerns that many families must cope with. Share your fears and joys about bringing your preemie home and how you spent the first weeks, and read others' stories about bringing a preemie home.

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Please introduce your baby or babies. How early was your baby? How long was he or she in the NICU?
Describe your first weeks at home with your baby. What obstacles did you cope with? What went well?

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What did you learn that you can share with other parents of preemies?

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