From NICU to nearly his birth date, we love you!

If you’re pregnant with twins or already in the NICU… this is for you 🤍 No one really prepares you for how common preterm birth is with twins. Over 60% arrive early, and that can come with a NICU stay. But here’s what I wish more moms heard: ✨ The NICU is not a failure, it’s support ✨ Most

I always knew what I wanted to be when I grew up! #nicunurse #nurse #niculife #nicurn #nurselife

Here are a few helpful tips from my unit! These are little reminders of things to do/ when things are due! I keep this on my badge buddy to help remind me! Every hospital is different I am curious to know what other hospitals do! 🐯🍼🐣🐥 #nicu #nursingcareers #nursinglife #lemon8challenge #hea

On a positive note 📝, What WAS on my birth plan that actually happened: •they did allow me to try to naturally labor without pain medication for as long as my body could handle •they gave me time to process decisions with my support team •breastfeeding only and to bring colostrum collected

The most important thing about this is that both you and your baby are safe. Do not stress a birth plan. Make one simple and straightforward. I stressed mine since I was like 5 months and nothing went as planned. It was kind of disappointing and that’s why we don’t stress expectations. Birth

Here is what my routine looks like as a NICU nurse! I have been working for 8 months now!!! 👩‍⚕️🍼🐯🐣🐥 #nursevlog #hospitalworker #nurse #nicunurse #nursecareer #dayinthelife #nurseonduty #nursejourney #lemon8challenge #nurselife

I’m a NICU nurse, new grad! I love my job! Ask me questions about all things nursing or nursing school! One of my favorite things to do is make a craft for my babies when I have extra time. I love bringing a smile to my patient’s families face. 🏫 #nicunurse #nurse #nursingstudent #lemon8chal

4 weeks postpartum tomorrow 🥹🫶 I’ve tried all of these exact items/brands (except the Popped peri bottle, I got a different brand, see below) and these are things that actually impressed me to the point I would recommend them 👀 all from Walmart! 🫧 Lactation cookies: I had a rough start with mak

The nicu team referred to my baby as a tator tot. #laboranddelivery #laborpains #ratingmypain #birth #9poundbaby

I can’t believe we are a couple days shy of having 10 month old twins. After my water broke at 25 weeks I never imagined having TWO healthy boys. We have been so lucky. They have been growing like weeds. I’m so proud of these boys. I mean just look how far they’ve come 😭🫶🏻💙 #twinmom #nicutwins

So you're young, and think okay how hard can giving birth be?!. Turns out, very very hard! I wish more providers would also talk about the ways things can go wrong and what happens when you're in that situation. Having a C-section was not at all in my birth plan or what I envisioned. I was

My quarterly opportunity to share my birth story and spread the word to pay attention to baby’s movement in the third tri! #birthstory #nicumom #32weeks

I have been a NICU nurse for 5 years now and it’s amazing to see how much I have grown is this field. After all these years of night shift, I have realized that being up at night has a negative effect on me: stress, headaches and no sleep recently and it has gotten progressively worse. I decided to

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March 19th, 2023 will always be a special day for me. A day unexpectedly with pure joy. To my son, mommy loves you with all her heart and I’m so glad I get to spend my life with you.🫶🏽 A week before I had you I was experiencing horrible migraines, random flashes throughout the day, had swollen feet

My crazy story started at 41 weeks pregnant. The day before my induction was set. I felt painful contractions, I was rushed immediately to the hospital I arrived and the pain kept increasing. They gave me potassium through my IV to make me contract faster and allow me to open up. I only opened

I love my job! I work as a Nicu Nurse and it is a super rewarding job! I work 12 hour shifts three days a week which is a typical Nurse schedule. I start out my shift by getting report from another nurse. Then I plan out my evening. #nurse #nicunurse #dayinthelife #lemon8challenge #heal

Our son developed NEC twice. After the second time, doctors found strictures in his intestines and operated to remove them. Three days later, his intestines became so inflamed the stitches didn’t hold - stool leaked into his body. He went in for a second surgery to clean it out and was given a

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Throw back to when I was on orientation! Being a new grad, nurse can be super intimidating. We had once a month classes where we learned a lot of information. We also had an immersion week where specifically about our unit. #nurse #rn #nicunurse #healthcare #lemon8challenge