I had my babies at 29 week and 4 days so I hope I can be of help to you.

General pointers? I you have not toured the NICU and met the Neionatologists then do so now. Ask around to see if you have had any friends or family members who have had preemie babies in the same hospital. It really helped me talking to my friend who had quads about a year before. She let me know which nurses were the good one and which Neionatologist was the best.
What was helpful for you during the babies' stay? It was really nice to have my MIL and my Mom taking care of cleaning my house and doing laundry so I could focus all of my time and energy up at the NICU.
How often were you there? How long were your visits?I tried to be in the NICU for every feeding. Normally I would be at the hospital at about 8:30am, leave for lunch around 12, back about 1 or 2pm, leave about 4pm and then back later that night around 8pm for my last feeding of the day. After the last feeding we would sometimes leave right after but then if I have enough energy I would at times stay until 11 for just one more feeding. There were even a few times when I would wake up in the early am and just go up to the hospital to sit with the babies.
How did you divide your time between the 3 babies? In the NICU they had their beds all together and then once they were stable, they were all put in the same bed. Once I was able to bottle feed them I just rotated babies at eat feeding. Once we got home I tried to give them all equal attention but most of the time who was ever crying the loudest got the most attention.
How did you keep your sanity? I came here are and asked a lot of questions. I also met some Mom's who also had babies in the NICU and it really helped me talking to them, since we were all going through the same thing. I'm still good friends with a lot of these Moms.
Do you have any tips for dealing with the staff? Respect the NICU rules and staff and they will respect you. For my favorite nurses I would also bring them treats to show them how much I appreciated them. If you have a nurse that isn't following procedure or if you have issues with them don't be afraid to say something to the Nurse Manager. We had wonderful nurses with the exception to one. There were so many things she did wrong. I stayed her whole shift because I didn't trust her. The next day I talked to the Nurse Manager let them know they were never to schedule that nurse again. I'm not good with confrontation but it helped me reminding myself it was all for my babies.
How do you make the babies' spaces feel more personalized? (Blankets on the incubators? Signs? Holiday decorations?)We had shelves in our area so I brought a few stuffed animals to decorate. I didn't do much more than that since it was more for me than the babies. My Neionatologist actually handmade specialized bedding for all the babies in the NICU. We had Texas Tech bedding and I think that made it nice for Family members.
Did you limit visitors? (We have an opinion on this but curious what others think.) Our NICU allowed Parents, grandparents and 2 extra people(they had to stay the same through the NICU stay)
We requested that before anyone go up to see the babies they check with us first. With that being said my MIL didn't stick to that rule and it really pissed me off. I would say if you have any rules for visiting the babies make sure you clearly relay that to the visitors. Now that I look back I should have made sure my dh was on the same page with me on the visitors. I was very territorial with the babies. Later I found out he had told his Mom she could go up to see the babies whenever she wanted and didn't have to check with us before.
Anything else you'd care to share? My best advice is to trust your gut. If you don't agree with something, if you don't understand something a doctor is telling you or something doesn't feel right SPEAK UP!!! I hope this helps.

Tanna

06/22/07 29 weeks 4 days
Lincoln 2 lbs 13 oz
Colton 2 lbs 14.4 oz
Dakota 2 lbs 11oz
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