by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 29, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Mental Health, NICU Life
Dear NICU parent, First of all, congratulations on bringing life into this world! I don’t know how you got to this point. Whether your labor was long or short. Whether this moment was a surprise or a day that you have been anticipating after months on bedrest. I do...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 27, 2016 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
The last week of April is World Immunization Week, a global public health campaign intended to raise awareness of the importance of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases around the world. When it comes to preemies, many parents are unsure of whether or not...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 20, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Mental Health
My second son was born with a long list of medical complications and special needs that sent him to the NICU the night we was born. He became so sick that he was transferred from his delivery hospital to the NICU of our local Children’s hospital. He wasn’t...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 13, 2016 | Life after the NICU
When your child hits milestones, it is one of the greatest feelings in the world. We all get excited, jump up and down, and share the news with pretty much everyone we know. When you have a preemie in the NICU or just home from the NICU, what happens? Do they still...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 11, 2016 | NICU Life
The first gift my preemie ever received was a book. A brand, new, book. It had been placed in a drawer next to his isolette. It didn’t really matter what book it was. What mattered is that it was there waiting for him. And for me and his dad. Thanks to the phenomenal...
