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19 Heart-Wrenching Confessions From New Moms With Babies In The NICU
When you're a new mother, your number one priority is delivering a healthy baby. Months of preparation have gone into ensuring your child will be strong and healthy. But things don't always go according to plan. Many babies who are premature or born with health conditions have to go straight to the NICU, rather than getting to go home right away to begin bonding with the parents. It's heartbreaking for new mothers and fathers to watch their little one fight to stay alive. They just one simple thing, to be able to take their newborn home.

The hardest thing in the world for a parent is to see their child suffering.

1
My baby is a month old today and she is still in the nicu. I can't do this anymore I hate seeing her like that

From:
Framingham, Massachusetts, US

It can be terrifying when you're unsure if both you and your child will make it.

2
I had an emergency c section and my fiance thought my baby and I wouldn't make it. Baby is in NICU and I'm doing okay. Sad, but okay.

From:
Somewhere

There can be a lot of guilt and self blame.

3
Logically I know I can't blame myself but mentally I still punish myself everyday for my baby being in the NICU as soon as he was born. A month later and the guilt is still there.

From:
Leipsic, Ohio, US

4
My newborn is in the NICU but my anxiety is so bad I refuse to go visit her without my husband. 

I feel like I'm a terrible mom.

From:
Somewhere

Sometimes you only get to spend seconds with your baby before they're whisked away.

5
At 38+2 days I gave birth to my baby boy at 12:18pm but he's very sick and was sent to the nicu. I only had him near me for seconds. They said he's required to stay 3 days but will most likely stay 5.

From:
San Diego, California, US

It's tough when you know the other moms are getting to bond with their baby already.

6
My baby was born and placed in nicu. I get jealous of other moms who held their babies when they were right after being born

From:
Somewhere

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