Support Lucas and his medical appointments

My name is Hailey. My boyfriend and I just brought our baby boy into the world on 02/27/2025. His due date was 03/26/2025, but due to being high risk, I was induced the night of the 27th. After many painful contractions and trying to get my cervix to open, I was sent into an emergency C-section because baby couldn't handle the contractions. Baby boy came out 5 lbs exactly (tiny).

We, of course, were not expecting to be missing an entire extra month of work, and we are currently still in the hospital, unknown of when baby will be able to come home because he is in the NICU with aggressive bilirubin and many blood transfusions. We are worried rent will not be able to be made for the month of March. I do not get paid maternity leave, and dad does not get paid paternity or much leave at all. I'm not a fan of asking for help, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Our main goal right now is staying by baby's side while he gets strong.