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1. Concerned mom-- play equipment safety question

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in PICU

   I appreciate your response. I'm actually doing my online research as we speak, and apparently it's not usually a matter of falls from the tramp. Just the forces associated with jumping is the main culprit. Well, at least I'm better informed about tra...

2. Concerned mom-- play equipment safety question

   mermom posted a topic in PICU

   Hello all, Please forgive the intrusion, I was reading the NICU nurses forum and in the discussion regarding whether a NICU nurse would choose homebirth, it was mentioned that for the same reasons a NICU nurse would not choose homebirth due to their ...

3. Little curious abt NICU levels!

   mermom replied to Sandhya's topic in NICU

   I have read that there actually is a Level II Plus (or +), which sounds like what you have, and what my dd stayed in. Because I read everywhere that Level II does not typically accommodate vent/CPAP. I was confused since my dd was on CPAP, and there ...

4. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU

   In defense of online support groups, they saved my sanity. I'm sure I would've dealt with the experience on my own terms somehow without them, possibly found a few preemie parents in my small community to relate to who understood what I was going th...

5. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU

   ALTE = Apparent Life-Threatening Event Sometimes (in our case) used to describe un-self-resolving A-B episodes Wen

6. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU

   Thank you for the info~ after 4 years I'm still learning. I realize there are no guarantees even with healthy FT babies, but with the increased risk of prematurity and according to history, I think a few months of home monitoring would have been prud...

7. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom posted a topic in NICU

   Hi all, I have a friend who had a 33-weeker (born IUGR at 3#3oz) who was in NIC for 4 weeks and had a Grade I and Grade II (or III) IVH. While in NIC he had a few apnea episodes. A week after discharge he had a nearly fatal episode at home. If not f...

8. Preemie/NICU-isms

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU

   I was thinking more along the lines of "parent-friendly" terms of endearment. For example: Isolette-- womb with a view Preemie tank top-- nurse-beater step-down unit/feeder-grower room-- fat farm Heat lamp-- french fry warmer/bun warmer Lactation roo...

9. Preemie/NICU-isms

   mermom posted a topic in NICU

   Hi nurses, Would you please share your funny preemie/NICU pet names for things, like some of these for example: first attempt at breast-- "meet and greet" under oxyhood-- in da 'hood c-pap-- elephant impression coming off of monitors-- (baby's name) ...

10. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU

    This was very enlightening, thank you. I can always find information here that I can't find elsewhere on the web. I'm very appreciative of you ladies for taking a moment to help me understand from a truly realistic first-hand POV. Preemie/NIC parent...

11. Ok, RANDOM question.What do you think of anne geddes pictures?

    mermom replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU

    Interestingly we just touched on this subject on my preemie parenting bb while discussing the frustration over the misconception of what preemies actually are. While I enjoy some of her work, we were discussing how this type of "glorification" can pr...

12. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    mermom posted a topic in NICU

    Hi ladies, Preemie mom here with a quandry. Often times on the preemie parenting forum we'll get a later-term (past 32 weeks) preemie mom who is frustrated by extended time in NIC for Brady-watch. Here's why I'm confused. It seems that they are mor...

13. How many 37, 38-weekers wind up in NICU?

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU

    The reason I ask is that there is a bit of controversy regarding early (pre-38 weeks) self-induction inquiries. We are concerned that these mothers do not truly comprehend the gravity of the possible implications for their babies. Are we over-reactin...

14. How many 37, 38-weekers wind up in NICU?

    mermom posted a topic in NICU

    I was just wondering how many 37,38-weekers do you encounter in the NICU due to organ immaturity (RDS, etc). **I am adding my subsequent question further down in the thread here, so that it will be seen: The reason I ask is that there is a bit of con...

15. Question about NICU duration

    mermom posted a topic in NICU

    Have any of you seen a 29 or 30.0 weeker go home in 3 weeks? Is that plausible? Thanks Wendy *preemie mom*