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  1. Concerned mom-- play equipment safety question

    mermom posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    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...

  2. Concerned mom-- play equipment safety question

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    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...

  3. Little curious abt NICU levels!

    mermom replied to Sandhya's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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....

  4. Home A-B monitor criteria?

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  5. Home A-B monitor criteria?

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  6. Home A-B monitor criteria?

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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

  7. Home A-B monitor criteria?

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  8. Preemie/NICU-isms

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  9. Preemie/NICU-isms

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  10. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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....

  11. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

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

    mermom replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

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

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

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

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  15. Question about NICU duration

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

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

  16. I love my job, but....

    mermom replied to cswain12000's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Could you please elaborate for a preemie mom? I've often wondered why it is so miserable for the babies...I know the prongs are murder on their little noses, and they're always falling out and having...

  17. Web site request-premature infants

    mermom replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hello, Michelle~ I have always liked this site: http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/childrenshosp/parents_of_preemies/index.html Wen preemie mom and NICU nurse fan "The Laughing

  18. Can this be true

    mermom replied to jacobsmum's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Me too. That's why I try to interject whenever someone makes false or inaccurate statements about prematurity on the expecting moms bulletin boards. I don't want anyone getting the impression that 20,...

  19. Can this be true

    mermom replied to jacobsmum's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Amazing~ she lived that long breathing on her

  20. Can this be true

    mermom replied to jacobsmum's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oops, I thought 128 days early was 22.5 weeks. It's 21.5.

  21. Can this be true

    mermom replied to jacobsmum's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I guess weight can vary widely, but this seems big for a 21-weeker, but who am I to say. And I don't know how Guinness gets it's records, but I know of one preemie who is widely known throughout the...

  22. Can this be true

    mermom replied to jacobsmum's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Having been around the preemie block, so-to-speak, it irks me to no end when someone makes outrageous claims like that. Someone just said, "I know a 19-weeker who survived and is a healthy 6-yr-old...

  23. Preemie mom with a question

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi all :) I was requesting my dd's medical records, just for my own satisfaction/curiosity. I was told it would cost hundreds for the complete records. I was wondering, though, would I need the...

  24. Preemie mom with a question

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow, thanks, everone. Very enlightening and appreciated information! I will definitely make sure they're not trying to charge me to much, and find out about just viewing them and taking notes. Great...

  25. Any Volenteer work involving babies?(NICU)

    mermom replied to BabiNuRsE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi :) I was just wondering how you became so interested and focused on working in NICU with preemies at such a young age? I had no idea what a preemie was in high school! :) I had no interest in...