by Kimberly Solis For all parents, be physically present and be involved in their daily care like changing their diapers, feeding time, and bath care. Your presence alone means so much for your little one in overcoming this traumatic and stressful moment in their life. Don’t be afraid to let the doctors and nurses know […]
by Connie Adams When my water broke at 25 weeks, I was terrified. My worst fear was that my baby wouldn’t survive. When the specialist completed his exam and all of the tests, he explained that there was not much hope for survival, my son’s cord was extremely short and he was not sure how […]
by Kristina Mulligan There was quite some time – years, actually – where I didn’t think that I would ever be a mother. Battling infertility hurt and pushed me in ways that I had never thought possible. After all of the tears, sleepless nights, medications, procedures, and negative home pregnancy tests, however, we were one […]
Today’s guest author is Angie, who shared her story of premature birth due to pre-eclampsia for Pre-eclampsia Awareness Day. My husband and I married in 2009. We knew we wanted our own family and were eager to welcome our first baby, Adriana, in April 2010. We knew after we had Adriana that we wanted a […]
Today’s share post about comes from our Preemie Parent Mentor, Amy. You can connect with Amy here for micro-preemie parent support – she’s here to act as a listening ear or to help you through a challenging period in your micropreemie’s life. I am a member of a world that I didn’t even know existed. I […]
Preemie Parent Mentor, Amy A., shares the story of her preemie’s experience with RSV. Once we left the NICU with Justin, our 23 week micro preemie, we knew we weren’t “out of the woods” but we were so grateful to have made it out. There were definitely countless times during our three and a half […]
Today’s blog post is by Preemie Parent Mentor, Leah. This is not a sponsored post but is a post for Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (September 18-24, 2016). When my son arrived at 31 weeks + 6 days, I felt completely unprepared. We had not finished researching or purchasing baby equipment. We had canceled our […]
An encouraging post from Preemie Parent Mentor, Amy A. I’ll never forget the day we were discharged from the NICU with our son, Justin, who was born at 23 weeks gestation. I can still picture the walk through the hospital hallway with the nurse as we made our way down to where […]
Today’s guest post is by one of Graham’s Foundation’s newest Preemie Parent Mentors, Leah. You can read about Leah at the end of her post. Three weeks ago, my toddler dropped out of school. My husband and I didn’t anticipate it. We started September just like everyone else…with adorable “first day of school!” pictures on […]
Today’s featured parent post comes from Argos Kelly, dad to twin girls who couldn’t have been more different in how their journeys played out. Want to add your voice to our growing repository of hope, resilience and miracles? Fill out the form here to submit your story for publishing. I wanted a chance to tell […]
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