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Saying Thanks In a Very Big Way
Giving back is often an important step in the healing process following a traumatic life experience. From sharing personal stories of tragedy and triumph to raise awareness for a cause to competing in...
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NICU Heroes Award Recognizes Great Acts of Compassion
My husband and I were taken by surprise when our daughter was born early and gasping for breath. They whisked her quickly away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a place I had never fathomed we would...
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Applauding Adoptive Families Who Become NICU Parents By Choice
One of my favorite books to read to my kids when they were young was Little Miss Spider. It is a sweet story about the love of an adoptive mother. “On the very first day of Miss Spider’s life, she pops...
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The Supermen in our Super Preemie’s Life
While super dads boldly go where they may never have gone before (i.e. the first poopy diaper change in the isolette) there are the other supermen that have blessed our preemie families with their...
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Celebrating a Holiday in the NICU
When my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child, we wrapped up the ultrasound picture and gave it to my mother as an early birthday present. We were due just one day before her...
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Connie P’s Birth Story: What to NOT Expect When Expecting!
Connie P shares an emotional account of ups and downs after the early birth of her daughter who arrived at 31 week gestation and is now age 4. She writes: "I was not prepared at all for a preemie. None...
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If Only I Had…
It was a cold, clear day in February, the sun was shining through the windows of our playroom and my daughters, Avery and Lily were busy investigating a new toy, pushing every button and making every...
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Taking Care of YOU with a Special Needs Child
It’s 5am. Tears well in my eyes as I fill the tub, holding a squirming, poop-covered toddler. I can’t believe this has been happening daily for a month now. What if he never outgrows this phase? How am...
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Hope During a Medical Crisis
I was keeping hope that it would be good news; our family didn’t need another medical crisis. But when the doctor called that day, my heart sank. It isn’t a good sign to get results from a brain MRI...
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Top Ways to Help a Loved One Through a NICU Stay
Our world was turned upside down the day my water broke seven weeks too soon. We would have never made it through the next few months without the kindness, generosity, and overwhelming support of our...
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How My Kids’ Therapy Team Saved Me
During J’s 91 days in the NICU, I was so focused on bringing him home that I really didn’t think past the car ride home. All I knew was that things had to be better when we were together as a family,...
View ArticleTechniques for Building Resilience in the NICU
Being an NICU parent has an incredible impact on your mental and emotional health. With the 5 NICU myths debunked, let’s look at skills and techniques that can help you through the hospitalization and...
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The Ties That Bind Us
In motherhood, we form bonds that are unique to this stage in life and unlike those previously made. This common thread of motherhood connects us to the women surrounding us, and friendships take on a...
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Embracing Posttraumatic Growth: Is Growth Possible After Trauma?
After the NICU, as we assessed what still stood around us, what hadn't changed dramatically or crumbled in our lives, I wondered how the experience would affect my story, our story, the story of our...
View ArticleLucky
If I never hear the phrase "if you're lucky" ever again in my life, it will be too soon. At times, I don't feel like anything that happened to me was lucky. [Read more]The post Lucky appeared first on...
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A Tribute to NICU Nurses
Until today we knew nothing about each other. Now we are friends. Now we are family. Every day I leave my child in your hands and trust you to look after her and keep her safe. Your job is ever...
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NICU Nurses: The Definition of a Hero
How do you say thank you to the people who saved your child’s life? Finding words to honor their dedication, compassion, kindness, brilliance, and love is an impossibly difficult task. [Read more]The...
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Educating Yourself on a Down Syndrome Diagnosis
Look, it's true. I'm not going to lie to you. My life was never the same after I received a Down syndrome diagnosis for my unborn son five years ago.In the beginning, I thought that was a horrible,...
View ArticleFinding Gratitude in Your NICU Experience
This Thanksgiving, we asked some of our preemie parent friends to tell us a little about what they learned about gratitude in the NICU, how some of the experiences of having a preemie have made them...
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Dear Preemie (On the Day You Are Born)
Well, my dear, here you are. I don’t know why fate brought us together so soon, for neither of us are finished growing. You are still so small and fragile; I am still preparing myself to be your mom. I...
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