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Question: Bring home baby on Monitors?My son is 10 days old. he was born monday the 5th. We took him home wensday the 7th. we took him back to the hospital the following morning because he stopped breathing twice and he was very yellow. I also couldn't get him up to eat. he went 8 hours without eating. they said he was Jaundice. He spent 3 nights with special lights on. They also monitored him with and apnea monitor. they did an apnea sleep test to see what could have caused him to stop breathing (results not back yet). they let us take him today but he is on an apnea monitor. i just wanted to know how many other parents there are that have babys on apnea monitors and how long they were or have been on them? i also wanted info there is out there about babys and sleeping apnea.
Answer: My son was brough home on an apnea monitor. He was 2 months premature and had problems with apnea and bradycardia. He spent 43 days in the NICU and was pretty much over the apnea by then, but still had some bradycardia. He was on the home monitor for about 2 months and had no problems. It depends on the baby though. I asked doctors and nurses what they knew and they said he could of been on it for 2-8 months! Don't worry - the monitor will give piece of mind until he gets over the apnea.
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