06/22/2025
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10 Things That Happen While Your Baby Is in the NICU 💔👶🏼💪🏼
1. You become an expert in medical terms you never wanted to learn. CPAP, NIPPV, TPN, desats—suddenly you’re fluent in NICU-ese.
2. You learn to count in grams, not pounds. Every ounce matters. Literally.
3. You cry in parking lots, bathrooms, and the shower, trying to be strong in front of everyone else.
4. You celebrate tiny victories like p**p, a full feeding, or just five minutes off oxygen.
5. Your heart breaks every time you leave the hospital without your baby in your arms.
6. You wash your hands more than a surgeon, and hand sanitizer becomes your new perfume.
7. You see your baby fight harder than most adults ever will, and it changes you forever.
8. You develop a sixth sense for monitors, knowing the difference between an alarm you can ignore and one that makes your stomach drop.
9. You find strength you never knew you had, because you have to.
10. You become part of a NICU family—one you never asked for, but one that understands your pain and your hope like no one else. 💛
To every parent walking this road: You are not alone. Your love, your courage, and your tears are seen. Your baby is so strong—and so are you. 🫶🏼
