Blogging as NICU Therapy
I like to write lists. Then write them again because I’ve either left the list at home and I’m at work, or it’s in my other jeans pocket, or I wrote it on a receipt and ended up throwing it out...
View ArticleThe NICU and Its Many Emotions
I recently stumbled upon a little life lesson in the strangest of places. My kids and I sat down on the sofa to read some books before bedtime that we had checked out from the elementary school...
View ArticleBarreling Into Our Lives
Our baby Bryce came barreling into our lives and hearts on June 7, 2009. I was just 24 weeks along and feeling run down but never guessed I was going into labor. It wasn’t until that evening as I took...
View ArticleThe Night I Met My Son
by Mike Kelley The night I met my son will forever live in my mind as one of the scariest, loneliest, yet happiest nights of my life. My wife gave birth to our first child more than 100 days before he...
View ArticleFinding Ways to Parent in the NICU
Sit. Stare. Pray. Sit. Stare. Pray. . . Repeat every day for hours. This pattern consumed me as a new NICU mom to micro-preemie twins. Machines were keeping them alive, doctors were determining...
View Article{Giveaway} From Hope to Joy
We are thrilled to partner with Preemie Mom and Author Jennifer Degl to give away two copies of her memoir, From Hope to Joy. If you missed her interview earlier this fall, Jennifer gives you a taste...
View ArticleOn Catching Up. Or Not.
As the parent of a preemie, at some point during your NICU stay, or soon after, you will hear the famous, or infamous, “catch up by two” expression. This means that by two years old, your child is...
View ArticleThe Power of Breast Milk for a Micro-preemie
My micropreemie has officially gained 100 pounds! When he was in the NICU, our very sweet NICU nurses and staff would make Jackson cute little hand-made signs out of construction paper and affix them...
View ArticleDo I Have Delayed-Onset PTSD?
It’s been over two years since my daughter’s traumatic and extremely premature birth, and I’m just now realizing that I might suffer from a form of PTSD. According to the Mayo Clinic, PTSD...
View ArticleREVIEW: Girl in Glass by Deanna Fei
Deanna Fei, author of Girl in Glass (Bloomsbury Books, 2015), didn’t seek national attention. Fei’s four month NICU stay with her daughter Mila led to a national uproar when AOL CEO Tim Armstrong...
View ArticleNew Hope for 22-Week Preemies
A new set of guidelines has come out for the resuscitation of preemies, and it means a huge deal to families such as ours. It provides more hope that preemies born in the 22nd week can get...
View ArticleDear Preemie (On the Day You Are Born)
Well, my dear, here you are. I don’t know why fate brought us together so soon, for neither of us are finished growing. You are still so small and fragile; I am still preparing myself to be your mom. I...
View Article‘Your Child is Welcome in Our Nursery.’ Please Say It.
I sat, nervous and emotional, in a room of about a dozen hospital administrators and said, "It would help if you started by telling parents like us, 'Your child is welcome in our nursery.'" They all...
View ArticleThe Night I Met My Son
The night I met my son will forever live in my mind as one of the scariest, loneliest, yet happiest nights of my life.My wife gave birth to our first child more than 100 days before he was supposed to...
View ArticleIn the NICU, Blood Equals Life
Blood isn't a topic that everyone thinks about until they need it. January is Blood Donor Awareness month and our NICU babies need blood much more than you realize. [Read more]The post In the NICU,...
View ArticleThe Hug I Had Been Waiting For
When my son was about a week old, a very patient and wise NICU nurse encouraged me to change my son’s diaper for the first time. I will never forget how my hands shook as we maneuvered wires to...
View ArticleHuggies Launches New Nano Preemie Diaper
This month Huggies® launched their smallest diaper yet, the Little Snugglers Nano Preemie diaper, designed to fit micro preemies weighing under two pounds. Develoed in partnership with NICU nurses as a...
View ArticlePraying for a Miracle: Junu’s Story
Our dreams were shattered when we got to know that we had to terminate the pregnancy at 23 weeks. We prayed for a miracle, and we got one! [Read more]The post Praying for a Miracle: Junu’s Story...
View ArticleLoving My Scars: A Former Preemie’s Story
by Kaylee Gort “How did you get that scar?” a curious child asks. She is referring to the “V” shaped scar on the right side of my stomach, just above my hips. While others have commented that the scar...
View ArticleCould This Artificial Womb Revolutionize Micro Preemie Care?
An artificial womb that has been tested on fetal lambs has gotten quite a bit of attention in the past week. (The end of April 2017, that is.) Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have...
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