All in Due Time :

Post-Delivery in NICU

The baby was in great shape after the birth, but Stacie was totally out of it because of the drugs. Scott was torn between supporting Stacie and wanting to be with his new son. It really hadn’t hit him yet that he’d become a father. It wasn’t until he walked out and saw all of Stacie’s family lined up to see the baby that he realized he had a son. Everyone wanted a look at the baby and everyone was crying. It was really exciting.

They took the baby to the NICU because they had to monitor him to make sure his lungs and everything was working right. He was in a “cubicle”/isollete overnight, but really he was doing very well. He was a healthy boy.

Stacie remembers how they took the baby away and she had to stay in the recovery room until the medicine wore off. All she could think about was getting to see her baby. Finally the doctor let them take her upstairs on a gurney where she got my first good look at her son. That’s when the reality of the birth really hit her. She was not allowed to hold the baby because of the incubator, but she could touch him. She touched his hand and face. They sent her back to her room to get some rest, but she was too excited to sleep, just wanting to have more time with the baby. The baby was born at 11:33 p.m. and she had just gotten her first real look at 2 in the morning. She went to sleep in her room with her mom and Scott by her side.

Stacie was worn out, but couldn’t wait to hold her baby. The next morning she was all swollen and sore from the surgery but she was allowed to go back to the NICU and hold her (well, their) baby at last. It was a wonderful moment.

The doctor told them the baby was doing very well and was breathing on his own. They moved him from the isolette to a regular bassinet. They still had an IV in his arm for hydration. He had a feeding tube in his nose. They used Stacie’s breast milk to feed him. She and the baby also learned how to breast feed properly. After a week, they transferred back to the original hospital Stacie went to when her water broke. (She then was transferred to a hospital in Burnsville). One week later they discharged him. Even though he was only 35 weeks old and technically should not even be born yet, he was healthy and strong.

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