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Finding Strength In the NICU

Finding Strength In the NICU

By Featured Parent on November 20, 2023

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 […]

Categories: Bringing Preemie Home, Life in the NICU, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: NICU, NICU Nurse, preemie
Leaving the NICU: The Reality of Discharge Day

Leaving the NICU: The Reality of Discharge Day

By Featured Parent on March 31, 2023

Today is an ending. An ending to one of the most intense chapters of our lives. I’ve sat in this room for 72 days, waiting for THIS day to come. This room has held some of the biggest pains of my life, and also some of the biggest miracles.

Categories: Bringing Preemie Home, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Multiples, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: multiples, NICU, nicugrad, nicujourney, preemietwins, prematurity awareness month, twins
Leaving My Heart Behind (part 4 of 6)

Leaving My Heart Behind (part 4 of 6)

By Featured Parent on September 28, 2022

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.  

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: micropreemie, NICU, nicu journey, preemie, Preemie support, pregnancy stories
The Delivery (part 3 of 6)

The Delivery (part 3 of 6)

By Featured Parent on September 21, 2022

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.

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Multiples, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: birth stories, micro preemie twins, micropreemies, multiples, NICU, preemie, preemietwins, pregnancy stories, twins
The First One

The First One

By Featured Parent on June 19, 2022

“Fathers’ Day holds a special significance for me as it was the first day I ever held my son. I have to admit that becoming a Dad as early as I did came as an enormous shock, as it would anyone in that situation, but I kept telling people I didn’t ‘feel’ like a parent. I just was *there*.”

Categories: Fathers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: NICU, NICU Dad, NICU support, preemie, Preemie dad, preemie parents
Trust Your Gut - A Mother's Intuition is Always Right...

Trust Your Gut – A Mother’s Intuition is Always Right…

By Amanda Tellmann on June 9, 2022

…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 […]

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices, Supporting Preemie Parents
Tags: birth stories, NICU, preemie, Preemie Mom, Stories Along the Preemie Journey
Sometimes Moms Need Preemie Power Too

Sometimes Moms Need Preemie Power Too

By Featured Parent on January 7, 2022

Personally, I also feel judged since my birth story did not go as planned. 

Categories: Life After NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Parent Wellness, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: NICU, Preemie Development, Preemie Mom, Preemie Parent Support, preemie parents
Addison's Journey Home

Addison’s Journey Home

By Featured Parent on July 15, 2021

“When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, we were terrified. Hearing about how COVID was affecting the respiratory system was a nightmare for us because Addition had issues with her lungs.”

Categories: COVID, RSV & Preemies, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: #nicuparents, #preemiejourney, NICU, preemie
My NICU Journey

My NICU Journey

By Nick Hall on July 1, 2021

…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.

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Issues, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: #matihat, #micropreemie, ivscalpel, Matronee, NICU, preemie
Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

By Nick Hall on June 23, 2021

“Millions of questions and concerns came into my head, but nothing could prepare me for those first moments walking into the NICU.”

Categories: Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices, Pregnancy
Tags: hellp syndrome, NICU, nicujourney, preemie
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