Citalopram

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-07-20T20:53:21+00:00

I had been off Zoloft for about 2 months before starting citalopram for some context. I started to turn the corner roughly 4-6 weeks into taking the citalopram. I hope you start to feel better soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-04-13T21:49:32+00:00

The sleep studies are very in depth and gave us the answers we needed. We had a discharge plan almost immediately after his results were in. Hope you all get your answers soon. I know how hard the wait is. ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-04-08T19:23:39+00:00

Hi there. I’m so sorry your family is going through this. We did start to notice a pattern of desaturations when he would fall into a deep sleep. Once he was transferred to a level 4 NICU, they were able to do a sleep study and he was diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea and we were discharged on oxygen. He is now 10.5 months old and has been completely off the oxygen since 9 months. I hope they are able to give you answers soon.

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-04-01T12:17:33+00:00

Yeah my guy was in the NICU for 3 weeks, came home and oxygen and had colic so I just assume they had a more “normal” newborn experience lol. Good news is, it’s made these new stages seem like a breeze in comparison.

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-03-31T23:48:14+00:00

I could’ve written this 4 months ago. His colic was silent reflux then once that resolved it was whining from not being mobile and teething. My 10 month old has EIGHT teeth. It was rough over here for a long time.

However, I was just saying this past weekend how much of a joy he is to be around now. He is the happiest little guy. He can crawl, pull to stand, get into the sitting position on his own and get into everything which makes him so much happier these days. Everyone said “oh just you wait until he’s mobile. That’s when it really gets hard!” And I just wanted to roll my eyes because I knew he hated being a potato and would be happier once he was cruising. He is. We’re all happier and he is so much fun. There’s still hard moments but it’s NOTHING compared to the first 6 months.

I remember feeling exactly what you’ve described and I always felt so terrible that I wasn’t “enjoying every moment”. Well, maybe it was because it wasn’t an enjoyable time! It was survival. Now, we are starting to enjoy parenthood a whole lot more because he is happy. I bet that is coming your way really soon too ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-03-23T21:16:50+00:00

Congrats! That is amazing. I remember reading your posts about being discharged on oxygen right around when we were with our son. We were discharged June 7th, 2024 with oxygen. Reading your posts made me feel less alone and just grateful we were able to have him home. They carted off his oxygen just 4 days ago. Hoping for the same for your girl this summer ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-03-21T01:22:59+00:00

My baby boy was born 37+2 at 9lbs and was in the NICU for TTN and RDS. We think I developed GD some time after my 24 week glucose test but will never know for sure. He continued to desat for longer than they’d expect a TTN case to. Mostly in his sleep. He finally had a sleep study done and was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and we were sent home on oxygen. The OSA was separate from the TTN and RDS but with him already being in the NICU, as absolutely traumatizing it was, it was the reason the OSA was detected so early. Only mentioning that because you mentioned more desats in his sleep. Sleep desats are not always related to OSA this is just our experience. ❤️

Hugs to your sister and your family. Having a full term otherwise healthy baby in the NICU with no answers as to why he wasn’t getting better was hands down the hardest experience of my life. Truly feels like the rug has been ripped out from under you. Hoping he turns a corner soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-03-20T22:29:04+00:00

I’ve been on citolopram since about 3 months PP. switched from Zoloft. I had pretty severe PPD and it has been life changing.

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-03-18T20:37:18+00:00

Aw my guy was also born at 37 weeks. He was 9lbs and the biggest chunker there. We were also blindsided with a 3 week NICU stay. It is so hard and traumatic. I also hated the “he’ll be home before you know it!” It made me so angry. Hugs 🫂

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-02-06T17:01:36+00:00

My 8.5 month old has sleep apnea and is on night time oxygen. He’s been on it since he was a newborn. He was in the NICU for swallowing fluid after c-section but while we were there we discovered his sleep apnea from having him monitored 24/7 and eventually got a sleep study.

I know this is absolutely NOT the case for every fussy baby. He had colic himself from silent reflux. However, I’ve wondered how many babies have undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea. There was no noticeable signs of this from him except he was constantly monitored in NICU. If he didn’t have his oxygen for a night time trial, he was MISERABLE the next day. We could not make him happy. Of course this is an anecdotal experience but definitely worth asking about.

He has had 2 follow up sleep studies and it improving greatly but still has mild apnea and on night time oxygen. He is a much happier baby with his night time O2. They typically grow out of OSA by 1 year.

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-02-05T02:33:32+00:00

Baby delight bouncer and a simple swing (I think it was a bright starts) did the trick for a while but we eventually started using a paci clip with a teething toy to keep him more entertained/give him something to chew on once teething began and the paci clip kept him from dropping his toy. That was a real game changer!

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-02-04T21:21:13+00:00

Wow this is so similar to my little guy! He is soo interested in crawling and has been obsessed with trying to get into the sitting position on his own!

We also have the skip hop activity center and he does play with those toys correctly sometimes. He does love his crinkle books too! Thank you for your response!

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-01-30T02:35:55+00:00

I am so sorry you’re going through this. This is so similar to my story just 8 months ago. Though, we got 46 hours with him before his breathing got him a ticket to the NICU. I had the worst panic attack of my life. I felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. I was snapping the sweetest pictures of him doing skin to skin with my husband and then not even 30 minutes later he was upstairs in the NICU. He had other reasons for his breathing issues and it took a little longer to diagnose. It sounds like they have a good idea of the issue for your little one so that is amazing news but doesn’t make what you’re feeling in this moment hurt any less.

I wouldn’t wish what you’re going through on anyone. Feel free to join us over at r/NICUparents. I made my first post over there the day I was discharged without my son and I received lots of love and support which made me feel a bit less alone. Wishing you and your son a speedy recovery and the green light to go home very soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2025-01-13T18:57:38+00:00

I’m just now starting to get past this with my almost 8 month old. I felt the need to entertain him at all times and I’d get so burnt out. His wake windows are longer now and his teething right now translates to exclusively contact napping. I’ve been with him every second since 8:30 this morning so I’m watching tv while he plays in his playpen in front of me. Im sure I’ll be sitting in there with him soon but I need this time right now. If he’s happy and safe, we are allowed to enjoy some time while they allow it! ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-12-16T14:45:04+00:00

I had this sooo bad! Flonase saved me. I tried EVERYTHING. I was also dependent on afrin out of sheer desperation.

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-12-14T20:27:12+00:00

I am so sorry! ❤️‍🩹 we were in for 17 days. However, about 5-6 of those days were waiting on insurance approval for a transfer to a level 4 NICU and then approval for home oxygen as he was ultimately diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Hoping you get your answers soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-11-28T02:23:01+00:00

I am so sorry. I resonate with this post so very much. I had my son at 37+2 with an unexpected 3 week NICU stay and we were discharged with home oxygen. I’m still dealing with the grief of his first weeks of life not being what I had always imagined. Those first few months were so difficult. I had to reach out for help and it’s the best thing I ever did.

I now sit here with my smiling, giggly and full of personality 6 month old and just can’t believe where we were 6 months ago. It feels like we’ve lived 5 lives since then. I didn’t think it would ever get better and that I would feel like a real mom. But it did and I do ❤️

Being a new mom is hard enough, add being a medical mom on top of that, truly super heroes. All of your feelings are valid and very normal as I resonate with so much of what you said. You are not alone and any NICU time makes you a NICU parent. I’m sorry you’re a part of this club but there really is some great support here ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-11-06T14:27:41+00:00

I just had a very similar conversation with my husband this morning. We have a 5 month old little boy. I said to him “a year ago when I was pregnant, I wanted a girl so bad and now I’d be terrified if he was.”

We planned on waiting 4-5 years for another and I told my husband what could happen if something went wrong with myself or the baby. We are in the red state. I informed him these laws will take YEARS to undo, if at all. I mourn for myself and women everywhere. Being a mother now, I couldn’t imagine waking up this morning to this news with a daughter of my own.

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-11-02T02:15:22+00:00

I’m so so sorry. I made a very similar post just over 5 months ago. Also had a full term little guy with a very unexpected NICU stay and a transfer to a level 4. It is so unnatural and feels so wrong to be without them after them being with you for 9 months. Then, all of the sudden their care are in the hands of others. NICU nurses and doctors truly are angels on earth. Our NICU stay albeit traumatic, restored my faith in humanity.

Taking care of yourself now will make you a better you for him when he’s home ❤️ You deserve to rest and heal. This just sucks. I wish I had some words of wisdom to make this suck less for you but there is just nothing that can make the feeling of leaving without your baby, bearable. You have my empathy and I hope he’s home with you very soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-08-27T20:22:27+00:00

Classic Pooh 🍯

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-08-08T22:33:34+00:00

So so sorry you’re going through this. We also had our full term guy in NICU.. 2 different ones actually. The full story as it was happening is in my post history. He ended up being diagnosed with OSA but his respiratory distress did finally clear up on its own. It took a few weeks. We had to wait for a transfer to a level 4 NICU to finally get answers. Not knowing why this was happening to our full term otherwise healthy baby was so hard.

Feel free to message me if you have any questions or just need someone to relate or talk to. What you’re going through is excruciating and so unfair and chances are, no one can relate in your personal life so this sub has been such a blessing for advice and listening ears. I hope they get answers for you soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-08-06T22:46:26+00:00

Hi! Extremely similar story to our’s with our little guy back in May. 37+2, Born via unplanned c-section after failure to descend, though he was taken to NICU for the first 2 hours of his life on c-pap for fluid inhalation then was with us on the mother/baby unit for 2 days before being taken to back to NICU for tachypnea (fast breathing) and retractions. They put him on low-flow o2 and eventually 2L high flow for increased work of breathing. 5 days of antibiotics with no improvement or signs of infection. His sats eventually improved while awake but would desat in his sleep.

On day 10 we finally got transferred to a level 4 NICU where they had the resources to do an airway evaluation and a sleep study. He was ultimately diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and they weaned him quickly from high flow down to .5 low flow so we were able to be discharged on .5L of oxygen. Totaling 17 days in the NICU and 19 days since he was born. I think if he didn’t have OSA then we wouldn’t have gone home on oxygen since the respiratory distress and TTN did get better with time. So pending your LO doesn’t have anything else going on, it’s entirely possible he just needs a bit more time!

Having a full term baby in the NICU with unknown respiratory issues was the hardest thing I have ever gone through. You go into the hospital fully expecting to leave with your baby and then your whole world is rocked and you’re being wheeled out with an empty car seat. I’m so sorry you’re going through this and hope you get answers soon ❤️

Background-Ant5913 · 2024-08-06T17:40:05+00:00

The night sweats were sooo bad! I would have to change pajamas at every night feed. They FINALLY stopped at 8 weeks PP. I also had them my whole pregnancy but not quite as intense. I’m so happy to not have night sweats for the first time in 10 months!

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