by Lyndsee Baldwin According to the CDC, 1 in every 10 babies is born preterm. Researchers define preterm as a baby being born before 37 weeks gestation, and the more preterm a baby is, the more at risk they are for more significant andsevere complications. November is Prematurity Awareness Month, helping raise awareness of preterm birth treatment and prevention. When […]
by Rachel Kaufman It was early on a Friday morning and the baby wasn’t kicking like he usually did when I was resting. Normally, the calmer I was, the more kicks he got in (feisty little guy). The kicks were usually to the groin area since he was in breech position (a very weird feeling!). […]
It was truly an up and down rollercoaster trying to understand everything that was happening, trying to understand what all the dings and chimes and lines on the monitors meant, trying to decipher if the news we were receiving was sugar coated or really good news.
After being admitted into the hospital at 21 weeks pregnant with twins due to my daughter’s sac rupturing, I was starting to be ok with the fact that I would be spending four months on hospital bedrest.
” I didn’t know anyone who had gone through this. I had heard there was a possibility I would need to go on bedrest towards the end of my pregnancy but didn’t really understand why. I had no clue this hospital would become my new home and had no idea the journey that our family was embarking upon.”
…But what if trusting your gut had failed you once before? As a mother to two daughters, shouldn’t I be a parenting expert by now, or nearing a certification of some sort? After all, the advice we received from experienced parents when we are expecting our first child, all the parenting books we read in […]
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 […]
I thought that my pregnancy would be just like in the movies.
…With tears streaming down my cheeks, I looked up at the nurse and said, “What do I do – he’s having a seizure?” She looked up and I will never forget her words she said, “Just hold your baby mama”. After the seizure ended, we put him down and all the doctors started checking him over.
by Monique Matheson Finding out I was pregnant was a bit of a surprise, but I soon came around to the idea and for my first trimester, everything seemed to be going well nothing at all was flagged and I was feeling really well. But as I was having my 20-week scan, the doctor was […]
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