By Featured Parent on June 7, 2023
“When I tell friends and family this story, they usually comment on how grounded and determined I seemed during this time. It was all a blur at the time, but telling this story is helping me to process what it all meant.”
By Featured Parent on May 26, 2023
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!). […]
Categories:
Life After NICU,
Life in the NICU,
Mothers of Preemies,
Parent Wellness,
Parenting Preemies,
Preemie Parent Voices,
Pregnancy
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#preemie,
#preemiejourney,
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Stories Along the Preemie Journey
By Featured Parent on May 3, 2022
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 Featured Parent on August 11, 2021
I thought that my pregnancy would be just like in the movies.
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.”
By Nick Hall on June 18, 2021
“There are so many times that I know that I am trying my absolute best, but the truth is that I don’t feel like I’m a good mother. “
Categories:
Early Intervention,
Life After NICU,
Mothers of Preemies,
Parenting Preemies,
Preemie Issues,
Preemie Parent Voices
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#advocate,
#earlyintervention,
#micropreemie,
#preemiejourney,
#preemieloss,
parentingpreemies
By Nick Hall on January 29, 2021
by Amanda Tellmann To our primary care team on our daughter’s 1st Birthday: Thank you.I have thought about what I would say in this letter for the past couple of weeks. So many thoughts and emotions, yet all that I can come up with is, Thank you. On August 30th, 2019, my life flipped upside […]
By Nick Hall on November 25, 2020
by Nico Shanel Almost two years ago today, I gobbled down my Thanksgiving meal but instead of enjoying my usual “I definitely ate too much” nap when I finished, I hopped in my car with my husband and headed to the NICU to see my sweet little one who was born just two months earlier […]