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.
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.
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By Featured Parent on September 16, 2022
by Megan Ueckert Pregnant with my perfect little twins, I was put on hospital bed rest after learning my daughter’s sac had ruptured at only 21 weeks of pregnancy. I spent the first few nights in a labor and delivery room where the nurses kept telling us the next few days were critical, almost like a […]
By Featured Parent on September 14, 2022
” 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.”
By Featured Parent on April 11, 2022
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 Featured Parent on May 22, 2018
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 […]
By Featured Parent on April 16, 2018
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 […]
By Featured Parent on September 17, 2015
Today’s guest post is by Sheree. Three am is the loneliest hour for most of the world. It’s too late to call it bedtime, and too early to be morning. There is nothing but still darkness among the moonlight and even crickets catch up on sleep. For others though, it’s an exhausting hour spent feeding […]
By Andrea Silva on August 25, 2015
As I wait for my husband to get home from a 10 day travel work trip, I am exhausted and the house is a mess. I am in the middle of potty training my son and my daughter is up to her eyeballs in crafts…all…over…the…house. She turned five in April and is headed to Kindergarten […]
By Laura Martin on July 16, 2015
Today’s guest author, Missie, can be followed on her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/thereluctanttriathlete) or on her personal blog (noahsincrediblejourney.blogspot.com). You’re probably reading this and in one of the 5 stages of preemie parenthood. Maybe you’re pregnant and you’re not sure exactly how long you’ll stay that way. Maybe you’re new to the NICU, learning what TPN, […]