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Hi Kelly. My son was born at 35 weeks, and ended up being in the hospital for 15 days. He was 5lbs 1oz when he was born. He was healthy, but just needed to maintain his body temperature and feed (without the tube in his nose) and gain weight for 48 consecutive hours. It was total hell being away from him! I had a c-section and was in the hospital for 4 days, but eventually had to go home without him. I live an hour away from the hospital I delivered in, and it was SO hard leaving him there! I knew it was for the best, but I cried every time I left him. And I was completely exhausted from running back and forth. I totally understand where you're coming from. It'll be a hard couple of weeks, but when you get to bring your daughter home, it'll all be worth it! Just try to keep that in mind! Good luck and I hope you get her home soon. :)

thanks, im glad it worked out for you, makes me think im being silly lol. shes a tough little tyke demanding every bottle feed but they say its wearing her out and she is burning too many calories sucking so having alternative feeds with gavage through the nose is just a way of feeding her without her having to use any energy. yes i can see me crying every time i leave the hospital, i figure the mid wives have seen it all before so i shouldnt be too embarra__sed lol.

Keegan was the same way, with alternate bottle feedings. We couldn't even hold him very much for the first few days, since apparently that burns calories too. It really sucked. Don't be embara__sed - I'm sure every mom gets emotional! I know everyone in the nursery at the hospital I was in was that way. Soon you'll have your little girl home. :)

My son was born at 32 weeks and he spent a month in the NICU. I know how you feel. It was so hard to go home without him. We lived an hour and half from the hospital and my husband had to go back to work. I stayed at the Ronald Macdonald house wonderful place. The NICU was in the same building as the birthing unit and it was so hard to see other mothers taking there littles one home. It all works out in the end. My son will turn a year old in a couple of weeks.

Hi Kelly. I also know how you are feeling. My son was born on the 3rd December at 36weeks 2 days, and stayed in hospital for 13 days. He weighed 2.56kg (5 pounds 10 and a half ounces) when he was born but had respiratory distress when he was born. So he spent 3 days in NICU on oxygen, then was transferred to the nursery where he also had to learn how to feed. He has now been home with us for 11 days and is doing great. I only live 15 minutes from the hospital, so i used to go visit him morning and night. It was so depressing leaving him there. The hardest thing was when i was actually in hospital, seeing all the news mothers in the ward wheeling their new babies around and hearing everyone elses babies at night. Don't worry, before you know it, your daughter will be home with you! By the way, are u aussie? I just noticed the Gday at the beginning of ur message. I am, I live in Sydney.

Hi Zara Yes I live in Adelaide, my fiances sister lives in Sydney, busy place! Im glad to hear your baby is doing so well, we got Raegan home yesterday, i still have to go in and weigh her frequently but she appears to be doing well, i definately could not handle the other mothers babies screaming all night too. And everytime i left her i managed to get stuck in the lifts with another proud family taking their baby home. I felt awful for feeling guilty. Hopefully she stays out of hospital for now though.

My little one was born 11/19/06, His now 6 weeks old and doing Ok. When he was born one of his lungs collapes 20%. He had a respiratory distress as well. The released me on the 21st. I refused to leave without him. My doctor put in a word for me at the hospital and they offered me a courteous stay. Which is if there is any rooms available, I could stay there free of charge until my little one was released. He was released on Thanksgiving day. It was scarey to go home with him. He started snoring really bad at night when he slept. It waould keep me up for hours....thinking that he was having breathing problems. His now 6 weeks still snores but is doing great.