{"id":3499,"date":"2025-06-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/?p=3499"},"modified":"2025-06-29T12:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T12:56:41","slug":"nuestra-vida-en-el-nicu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/eng\/nuestra-vida-en-el-nicu\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Life in the NICU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was completely unknown to us. Honestly, hospital life in general was something we had never experienced. So we took it day by day.\nBy the third day, with the relief of having temporary custody signed, partially moved into a house around the corner from the hospital, and our remote jobs organized, things began to feel a little less stressful, less intimidating, like we had a plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recibimos-gestos-que-alegraban-el-corazon\"><strong>Little gestures that warmed our hearts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That morning, when we arrived at the hospital, one of the nurses surprised us with something I still remember with so much emotion: she had hand-drawn a sign with our baby\u2019s name on it. It was a pink princess castle, with her name written in big letters. She placed it above the incubator, and for the first time, we felt a sense of belonging. It added a touch of warmth to that cold medical environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That same day, they gave us two tiny hearts made of fabric, one for my husband and one for me. They instructed us to wear them close to our skin throughout the day so they could absorb our scent. Later, they would place them inside the incubator, near our baby, so she could recognize us, smell us, and feel our presence, even if we couldn\u2019t hold her as much as we wished. It was a way to bond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aprendiendo-del-sistema-del-nicu\"><strong>Learning the NICU system<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our daughter was assigned to NICU Level 3, where babies requiring intermediate care are placed. In that room, I remember seeing micro-preemies born at 24 weeks, as well as full-term babies needing intensive care. The room was dimly lit, and contact with her was very limited. Everything followed strict protocols. That day, we were introduced to something called <em>kangaroo care<\/em> or skin to skin contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had never heard of it before, but I remember it as a deeply healing moment, just what we needed that day. They placed our baby on our bare chest, covered only by a blanket. She was so tiny she fit perfectly inside my <em>sports bra.<\/em>. Sentir su calor, su respiraci\u00f3n, c\u00f3mo se calmaban sus latidos&#8230; como se qued\u00f3 tranquilita es una sensaci\u00f3n indescriptible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They explained all the medical benefits, body temperature regulation, stabilizing her heartbeat, helping her gain weight, lowering stress levels.\nBut what they didn\u2019t mention was how healing it would be for us too. It became one of our favorite moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing her in the incubator felt like watching her grow inside a transparent womb. A space filled with cables, lights, and monitors, but also filled with life, hope, and love. A place where we could witness her development and somehow be part of it, help her, and care for her until she was ready for the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-los-pequenos-grandes-logros\"><strong>Tiny big milestones<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days later, we received news that felt like the biggest victory yet: she had been moved to Level 2.\nShe was still in an incubator, but with fewer monitors, fewer wires, and for the first time, no need for that tiny sleep mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The environment was lighter, there was more natural light, and a bit more background noise.\nThere, her progress became more visible and tangible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las enfermeras empezaron a permitirnos participar en su rutina de touch time. Una rutina que se hac\u00eda cada 3 horas, que consistia en cambiarle el pa\u00f1al, tomarle la temperatura, pesarla, medirle la barriguita con una cinta m\u00e9trica&#8230; y tener m\u00e1s tiempo en <em>kangaroo care<\/em>. By the end of her stay, we even got to bathe her and dress her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between each touch time, we\u2019d go back to the house, eat something, work a bit, and then return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our focus during those weeks was to celebrate every achievement. Every extra gram she gained, every stable temperature, every added milliliter of milk, everything felt like a celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our family and friends were a huge part of that time too. Even though we were out of town, they all came to meet her whenever they could, some even surprised us with visits.\nThose were unforgettable, beautiful moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-el-logro-mas-dificil\"><strong>The hardest milestone<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most difficult challenge came when she had to learn to suck, breathe, and swallow at the same time, something I had always taken for granted, but that babies typically learn in the womb after week 34.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first two weeks, she was fed through a feeding tube that went through her nose into her stomach. Slowly and with great patience, we started trying bottles, tiny amounts of formula, adjusting feeding times, and testing different options to see how she responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One night, I decided to go back to the hospital for the midnight <em>touch time routine.<\/em> . When I arrived, I felt like I was reliving d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu: several doctors were gathered around her incubator. This time, her belly was severely bloated. They suspected a possible intestinal complication that could require surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gracias a aquella enciclopedia de beb\u00e9s prematuros que hab\u00eda comprado la primera noche y&nbsp;que hab\u00eda estado leyendo, entend\u00eda de la condici\u00f3n que los m\u00e9dicos hablaban, y aunque mi experiencia m\u00e9dica se resume en ser fan de Grey &#8216;s Anatomy. Me bas\u00e9 en lo que hab\u00eda aprendido del libro, y de estar alimentando a mi bebe, record\u00e9 que justo ese d\u00eda le hab\u00edan cambiado la f\u00f3rmula a una de m\u00e1s calor\u00edas, con la idea de que agarrara peso m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I talked to the doctor and explained my concern, they discussed it, and decided to switch her back to the previous formula for two more feedings. If she didn\u2019t improve, they would operate in the morning.\nThat night, I stayed at the hospital. I sat next to her incubator, measuring her belly, monitoring her feedings alongside the nurses, talking to her, telling her how strong she was, and praying she wouldn\u2019t need surgery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A las 6\u202fam, recuerdo que apenas amanec\u00eda y lleg\u00f3 la ronda de m\u00e9dicos&#8230; la inflamaci\u00f3n intestinal le hab\u00eda mejorado un poco, los m\u00e9dicos nos informaron que no ser\u00eda necesaria la cirug\u00eda, que \u00edbamos a continuar con la f\u00f3rmula que le hab\u00edan dado esas 2 oportunidades, pero debido a que esta ten\u00eda menos calor\u00edas el tiempo de salida del NICU podr\u00eda extenderse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tried to have my sister donate breast milk (she was breastfeeding my 5-month-old nephew and had offered to help) but unfortunately, the hospital didn\u2019t allow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-graduacion-del-nicu\"><strong>NICU Graduation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to God and our little warrior princess, her recovery was faster than expected, and we were told she\u2019d be discharged a week earlier than planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember that day like it was yesterday. We arrived early to the hospital, hearts racing with joy and nerves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nurses gave us a folder with instructions and recommendations.\nWhen we said goodbye, one of them told me something I\u2019ll never forget:\n\u201cRemember, your baby was born premature. She is not premature. Don\u2019t be afraid. Don\u2019t hold her back. The NICU is behind you now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took it literally, and I\u2019m so grateful for those words, because they planted a confidence in me I truly needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the nurses who had been with us the most, the same one who found me a room on the second night when I emotionally collapsed <a href=\"https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/eng\/las-primeras-48-horas-entre-nicu-adopcion-y-sentimientos\/\">I share more about that [here]<\/a>walked us to the car.\nShe was our greatest support through this journey. At the parking lot, we hugged, cried, and said goodbye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We placed our baby in her car seat. I remember how big the seat looked compared to her tiny body. We had to use rolled-up cloth diapers on the sides to support her. I sat in the backseat with her. I couldn\u2019t stop staring. My whole body trembled, a mix of excitement and nerves about driving away with her, fresh out of the NICU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it was official: Our time in the NICU had ended.\nThree weeks and four days after being born weighing only 3 lbs, our baby was discharged weighing almost 6 lbs.\nWe could finally go home. Our baby had graduated from the NICU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sentimientos-silenciosos-que-me-acompanaron\"><strong>Silent feelings that stayed with me<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though I tried to keep a positive, strong attitude, something inside me had changed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During those NICU days, new fears began to surface, feelings I didn\u2019t understand and found hard to describe.\nI started feeling a strange kind of jealousy toward the birth mom. I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about her, imagining running into her in the parking lot, in the elevator. I even avoided the hospital cafeteria\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes I\u2019d dream I arrived at the hospital and the baby was gone. I\u2019d call at 3 a.m. just to check that everything was okay. Some nights I didn\u2019t want to go home. I was consumed by the fear that the birth mom might change her mind. Even though I had been reassured that, legally, that was no longer possible, the fear stayed with me\u2026 until we left the hospital the three of us, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember that moment vividly: my husband was driving, I was in the backseat next to the baby, silent, lost in thought. We passed the sign for our home exit off the highway, and that\u2019s when I finally took a breath without a knot in my throat. I felt like we had crossed a line of safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-parto-emocional\"><strong>An emotional labor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we got home, I was emotionally drained. Completely happy, but exhausted.\nI couldn\u2019t put it into words because I didn\u2019t even understand what I was feeling.\nI\u2019d wake up in the middle of the night, nervous, holding my baby close, clinging to the feeling of her next to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that physical labor can last many hours and brings a kind of pain I haven\u2019t experienced, and I don\u2019t try to compare.\nBut for me, this was my labor: emotional, mental, spiritual. Those first 48 hours. Those weeks in the NICU. That roller coaster of emotions and constant uncertainty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all made me dig deep to find strength I didn\u2019t know I had\u2026 while also forcing me to bury feelings I couldn\u2019t yet process.\nAnd even in the midst of all that, my biggest dream had come true \u2665\ufe0f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn\u2019t fully understand what I was feeling back then. I held it all inside.\nAnd it wasn\u2019t until three years later, when we began a new adoption journey, that I finally understood.\nI was able to transform that fear into love, into gratitude and begin to heal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2026 is a story for another cafecito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grateful to have you here, heart to heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-melli\">Melli<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Naty-y-Melli-Nicu-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Naty-y-Melli-Nicu-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Naty-y-Melli-Nicu-1-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/cafeconmelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Naty-y-Melli-Nicu-1-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La vida en el centro de cuidados neonatales (NICU) era totalmente desconocida para nosotros, en realidad la vida en el hospital era algo que desconoc\u00edamos. As\u00ed que la fuimos navegando d\u00eda a d\u00eda. Ya para el tercer d\u00eda, con la tranquilidad de tener la custodia temporal firmada, mudados parcialmente a una casa a la vuelta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maternidad-por-adopcion"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nuestra vida en el NICU - Cafe con Melli<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nuestra experiencia en la vida en el NICU: miedo, esperanza y peque\u00f1os logros que nos transformaron. 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