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Taking a medically fragile baby home from NICU. There are few parental crisis that beat the stress of having a baby admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.  Pregnancy and   birth of a baby are often life events associated with anticipation, hope adventure, intimacy, bonding and a culmination of everything wholesome and beautiful, a miracle of life!  Pregnancy and birth complications that result in a NICU admission severely disrupt the plans, the hope and the anticipation. Bonding and breast feeding for a baby who needs higher level of care in the neonatal intensive care unit as opposed to a regular newborn nursery can be confusing. Reasons for admission to the NICU include mild complications that are transitional in nature and a vast majority of babies are in the NICU for a few hours to a few days. Common symptoms of complications related to prematurity and other conditions include temperature instability, breathing difficulties, blood sugar instability, jaundice and low muscle t