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Preemie in the NICUHaving a premature baby can be stressful. Instead of a bouncing baby that you can hold and show off to your friends and family, you may not even get to see your baby right after he is born or even hold him for several days or weeks. It is easy to get overwhelmed in the NICU and seeing your baby on a ventilator and with many tubes and lines all over his body. We were lucky that our boys were just a few weeks early and didn't have any major problems. This is Jordan, who was on a ventilator for a few days and then CPAP to help him breath.
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