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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was in the NICU for four days after birth.  I don't understand the people here saying they were with a NICU baby 24/7.  The NICU had visiting hours and you were not allowed to sit in there 24/7--even if allowed, I don't see how it would be possible as you can't eat, pee, or sleep in the NICU.

At any rate, there were 5 other babies in the NICU with my son, and we only saw other parents in there a couple of times--which made sense as once the mother is discharged, there is no place at the hospital for the parents (other than to sit in the waiting room).  So, of course, people were going home and coming back for visiting hours.

And as for care, the NICU always had more staff than babies from what we saw, and at any given time the babies were mostly sleeping.[/quote]

Different NICUs have different set-ups.[b] The new NICU at Fairfax hospital puts each baby in a private room, so parents can be there a lot more. That was not the case when my child was there. [/b][/quote]

Wow!  I'd not heard this and that's fantastic!  It was not the case when my kid was there either.  We were only allowed in during certain hours, which were pretty limited.  I think they were 10-11 AM, 2-3 PM, and 6-7 PM, but I could be wrong (might be confusing it with ICU hours).  I know it was only three times per day and some days they limited it to one parent at a time if the other parents were also there at the same time.  And Grandparents were the only other people allowed to visit, so you'd have to share that time with them as well.

One parent or Grandparent was always in the NICU waiting room, though.  It was a new mom thing and I couldn't sleep knowing my kid was there alone.

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