The hospital generously offers free boarding rooms for the moms (or dads) of babies in the NICU. Meals for the moms are free, and moms who are trying to be able to nurse their babies are given priority with room availability. I was able to get in to a boarding room yesterday after being discharged, and it has already been a tremendous blessing. I miss Kara like crazy, and I am so sick of hospital walls, but I loved being able to go to almost every single feeding yesterday and last night. It has made up for missing time with Jessalyn those first few days.
It would have been nice to have had that kind of time with Kara when she was born. Our experience here and when Kara was born has been like night and day. The hospital staff here, even when I was confined to a bed, made sure my desires were met as best they could and did their best to make sure we could have a successful experience with nursing Jessalyn. The NICU staff and my nursing staff were in frequent contact with each other to make sure I knew what was going on and that the two different staffs could try and set up times that we could see the baby without interfering with either mine or Jessalyn's medical care. We never had any of that with Kara. It is yet another thing that I am very grateful for this time around, and I think it has played a big role in me feeling better physically--it is easier to recover when you aren't going crazy with worry and anxiety over your baby--and has made the stress of a new baby and being in the NICU much easier than it could have been!
It would have been nice to have had that kind of time with Kara when she was born. Our experience here and when Kara was born has been like night and day. The hospital staff here, even when I was confined to a bed, made sure my desires were met as best they could and did their best to make sure we could have a successful experience with nursing Jessalyn. The NICU staff and my nursing staff were in frequent contact with each other to make sure I knew what was going on and that the two different staffs could try and set up times that we could see the baby without interfering with either mine or Jessalyn's medical care. We never had any of that with Kara. It is yet another thing that I am very grateful for this time around, and I think it has played a big role in me feeling better physically--it is easier to recover when you aren't going crazy with worry and anxiety over your baby--and has made the stress of a new baby and being in the NICU much easier than it could have been!
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I am so glad they are treating you well!!! I love Denver.
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