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NICU/SCN Journey

January 2nd 2008 by BrendansMum in Birth Story 2

NICU Journey
Day 1, after having a nap, I am wheeled down to the NICU and wheeled up to a plastic box (humidicrib). By this time Brendan is 8-9 hours old and being ventilated.

Inside the box is a scrawny pink thing, hooked up to wires and machines, there’s beeping everywhere and I can’t see much of what is my baby. [...]

Brendan’s Birth Story.

December 1st 2007 by BrendansMum in Birth Story 0

At 20, I had the world at my feet. My Fiancé and I both had strong jobs and were looking at buying our first home. It was 4:30 am when I discovered I was pregnant, (I worked at Coles in the bakery). We were both very excited!
I had Morning sickness all day, but still battled [...]