by Kathy McClelland | May 3, 2018 | Medical Info & Resources
Preeclampsia can develop quickly. That’s what happened to me. Looking back I had many of the signs and symptoms leading to a placental abruption and HELLP syndrome. I wish I had known what to look for because I would have gone straight to my OB. Instead I took...
by Kristin Beuscher | May 13, 2015 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
Someone once told me, depression doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you’ve tried for too long to be strong. Months after my daughter came home from the hospital, those words resonated with me so much. My pregnancy had been plagued with stress. At 12...
by Julie Cruz | Dec 31, 2014 | Family Stories, Inspiration
A note from the Hand to Hold family: Sometimes, when you’re stuck on bedrest, or worse – in the NICU, for the holidays, going home seems like it’ll never happen. The days are long – and lonely, and you wonder what the New Year will bring. Well,...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 25, 2014 | Family Stories
My Story With the Christmas season coming around, it was a time of great joy and excitement. I’m a sailor with a baby girl on the way that just moved from a Naval Base in San Diego to a new area on orders and was expected to go to my new command’s...
by Kristin Beuscher | Jun 11, 2014 | Emotional Health
After my daughter, a 28-week preemie, was born, it was the better part of a year before I could look at a woman with a big pregnant tummy and not feel angry. Of course, I wasn’t angry at the woman herself. I would never want a woman to go through the trials of...
