by Debra Cassell My journey to pregnancy was a long and stressful path. I suffered multiple early miscarriages beginning at age 32. We went through all the evasive and painful fertility treatments available. After finally getting pregnant through IVF, I suddenly experienced HELLP Syndrome and was forced to have an emergency C-section at 26 weeks. He weighed 1 […]
by Kristina Mulligan In my life, I’ve read a lot of books. I’ve read lots of books because I’m nosy. Honestly. I want to know everything about anything and, as a mother, I want to teach my son everything, too. Which is why I’ve been so frustrated when it comes to the lack of resources […]
As many parents of preemies know, writing can lead to healing. It’s no substitute for prematurity support, of course, but it’s something moms and dads can do when support is slow in coming or there seem to be no spoken words that can express the pain and fear that can accompany a baby’s early arrival. […]
Jennifer Degl is the mom behind Micropreemie.net and the author of From Hope to Joy, which chronicles her and her family’s experiences coping with a difficult pregnancy and early prematurity. Her daughter Joy came home after 121 days in the NICU and is healthy today, but like most preemies the hills she had to climb […]
Preemie the Explorer is a one of a kind children’s book that deals with something all children, but especially many children who were born prematurely, will at some point face: being different and confronting social challenges. It’s a book featuring themes that will resonate with almost all families, but many elements of the story provide […]
A Q&A With the Author of The Summer Called Angel In June of 2004, graduate student Sola Olu was pregnant with her first child and close to receiving her degree from DePaul University. Everything seemed perfect. What she didn’t know was that a routine 28-week prenatal visit was about to turn her and her husband […]
When author Kasey Mathews gave birth four months prematurely to her one pound, eleven ounce daughter, she longed to connect with someone who’d been in her shoes. But she never found that peer and fought her way through loneliness, guilt, and fear alone, eventually finding her own way of approaching prematurity and parenting a preemie. […]
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