by Karee Marsh | Aug 22, 2016 | Life after the NICU
My breastfeeding journey began kind of hectic, you could say. I had just had a c-section, effectively birthing a 26-weeker, and was whisked to a recovery room where nurses hooked me up to a breast pump and told me I had to do this now! Of course I was thankful for the...
by Karee Marsh | Jun 13, 2016 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, NICU Life
Father’s Day elicits a weird type of nostalgic grief for me. That may sound a bit odd, considering I’m not a father (or a man, for that matter) and my father is alive and well and we’ve always had a good relationship. It’s a grief I probably...
by Karee Marsh | May 18, 2016 | Life after the NICU
When you bring home your NICU baby, nurses or pediatricians or NICU doctors may have thrown around the words “winter lockdown” and “preemies are more susceptible…” and to “keep them isolated.” What does this look like when...
