Teagan stayed in the NICU for 2 weeks! Although she was physically bigger than most babies at 32 wks, her lungs were only at the 32 wk level. She required oxygen and also the "glow light" for a few days to help her liver pass the jaundice out. She was on feeding tubes because her suck, swallow, breath reflex was not strong and she would quit breathing on me when we fed her! It was scary to see my little baby girl hooked up to so many things. BUT, she was a little fighter, she pulled all the wires off her, pulled the feeding tubes out every few hours, and pulled the IVs out of her! Thank God the NICU she was in was smaller and she was one of 2 babies in there! The nurses catered to her nonstop! They said she was fiesty and they have no idea how right they were! 
While in the NICU, the nurses taught me how to bath her, feed her, change her clothes, and just be comfortable with a newborn! I had not had a chance to go to any new parent classes and it'd been a while since I had a NEW baby around! I am thankful for them for teaching me so much! I had to also be certified in CPR, and since she was coming home on a monitor, I had to be trained on how to take care of her if it went off! It was very overwhelming to go through alone. When Matt came up on the weekend, I would leave the hospital for a few hrs so he could be taught by the nurses on how to do everything too! I didn't want to look like I was superior "teaching" him, plus, I think he enjoyed the one on one time with his little princess!
The doctors slowly weined her off oxygen. Since we had such a long drive home, she had to pass the carseat test and prove she could keep her levels up before they would discharge her. Most NICU babies have to pass only 20 minutes, Teagan had to sit in hers for over an hour! But, I would rather be safe than sorry!
Finally, on April 1st, we were allowed to take her home!!! My mom and Matt made the trip back up to get us! I had been staying by myself during the week so Matt didn't burn all his time off just sitting in the hospital. He came up around 6pm and we got discharged from the hospital at 7!!! The first night out of the hospital, we stayed at my grandmas in Ft. Wayne so we weren't driving at night!
While in the NICU, the nurses taught me how to bath her, feed her, change her clothes, and just be comfortable with a newborn! I had not had a chance to go to any new parent classes and it'd been a while since I had a NEW baby around! I am thankful for them for teaching me so much! I had to also be certified in CPR, and since she was coming home on a monitor, I had to be trained on how to take care of her if it went off! It was very overwhelming to go through alone. When Matt came up on the weekend, I would leave the hospital for a few hrs so he could be taught by the nurses on how to do everything too! I didn't want to look like I was superior "teaching" him, plus, I think he enjoyed the one on one time with his little princess!The doctors slowly weined her off oxygen. Since we had such a long drive home, she had to pass the carseat test and prove she could keep her levels up before they would discharge her. Most NICU babies have to pass only 20 minutes, Teagan had to sit in hers for over an hour! But, I would rather be safe than sorry!
Finally, on April 1st, we were allowed to take her home!!! My mom and Matt made the trip back up to get us! I had been staying by myself during the week so Matt didn't burn all his time off just sitting in the hospital. He came up around 6pm and we got discharged from the hospital at 7!!! The first night out of the hospital, we stayed at my grandmas in Ft. Wayne so we weren't driving at night!
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