by Suzanne Diehl Dear Baby Brave, I didn’t know you would come so early,You came in March instead of June.Our hearts filled with fear and joy hearing your first cry,We hoped you’d be home soon. I didn’t know how much I would love you.The instant that we met, a room full of applause.How proud I […]
…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 […]
By: Cori Laemmle Dear Ezra Asher, We hope you had a wonderful birthday bouncing in the clouds. Thank you for letting yesterday be your brother’s day. Today is your day- your day to be remembered, thanked, and loved (although this happens every other day of the year as well). Oh sweet Ezra… What a strong […]
I would have stayed like that forever if it was possible.
I thought that my pregnancy would be just like in the movies.
A premature baby can have serious health problems that require one parent to stop working and be the person in charge of the baby’s health care. During this stressful time the last thing new parents need is the financial strain that can come from losing an income. The Social Security Administration’s Supplemental Support Income program may be able to help ease that burden for parents.
“As I reminisce about my premature baby, it definitely was a long road to get us to this place in our lives. Each day is still a new day.”
“You realize that you don’t have the choice to protect your child the way a “typical” parent would. The protection of my daughter was in the hand of trusted medical professionals…”
by Autumn Schwertfeger Life is stillLife is more simple now and yet it feels more complicated than ever beforeThe world has changed, it’s evolved into this new realityAll because of COVID-19The virus took us all by surpriseIt turned the world upside downIt made all the soap, toilet paper, and masks disappearIt made the people disappear […]
by Lindsay Nolan I was scrolling through Instagram at 3 a.m. while my husband, Danny slept on the couch next to me. My internal clock was off a bit; the NICU does that to you. It was about two weeks into our stay at the hospital and I was deciding on which filters to use […]
Selena is our mentor for Supporting Preemie Parents. She's available to support friends and family members who want to know how to support parents of preemies.
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Our mission is to inform and guide parents of preemies so that they may confidently navigate the journey of prematurity.
