Memories. This time of year is filled with memories. Memories of holiday celebrations as a child. Memories as a teenager. Memories of my husband’s and my first years as a married couple before children. Memories of our children and their first holidays. This time of year has always been my favorite season. There is a […]
To connect with Preemie Parent mentor and author of this post, Jimena, visit her page here. My story begins early on in my pregnancy. At 14 weeks I began to bleed and rushed to the hospital thinking the worst. I was diagnosed with a partial placenta previa. For those who don’t know, it’s when […]
Being a preemie parent was something I always assumed happened to other people. I thought you had to do something wrong to give birth prematurely. When my husband, Scott, and I found out we were expecting naturally conceived fraternal twins, we were told they may come five to six weeks early. We never prepared for […]
After a long journey of unsuccessfully getting pregnant, both naturally and with the aid of infertility treatments, we finally made an attempt at IVF. Ten days after the procedure, I became very ill and had retained over 15 pounds of fluid in my abdomen in a matter of three days. The pain was unbearable. I […]
This post was written for us by Selena, one of our preemie parent mentors. Her area of expertise is supporting preemie parents, but she is also available to talk abut parent wellness, parenting multiples, and life after the NICU. Here’s just some of her story: After what felt like a never-ending battle with infertility, one […]
When our twins were born 15 weeks premature on Thanksgiving Day in 2006, I remember thinking to myself that it was going to take a “miracle” for our babies to survive and bring them home. As our journey began to unfold and I started to look at it from a much broader view, not just […]
Elena and her family had a NICU stay that by some people’s measures could be called short, but we know that leaving your preemie or preemies in the hospital when you’re discharged is always heartbreaking. Her story, in her own words, appears below. If you’d like to share yours, email [email protected]. In July of 2012 […]
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. […]
Jimena is a twin mom who had a rocky road when it came to her pregnancy – and then her babies had an even rockier road in the NICU. This is Pt. III of her story as told in her own words. If you’d like to share your Prematurity Experience, email [email protected]. Kai (twin A) […]
Jimena is a twin mom who had a rocky road when it came to her pregnancy – and then her babies had an even rockier road in the NICU. This is Pt. II of her story as told in her own words. If you’d like to share your Prematurity Experience, email [email protected]. In the hospital […]
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