by Kasey Mathews | May 16, 2014 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
I once asked my daughter’s optometrist (one of Boston’s best, by the way) if there was anything we could do to help our daughter strengthen her eyesight. “No, not really,” she had replied, returning to her task of adjusting the little gold rimmed glasses on our...
by Kasey Mathews | Mar 28, 2014 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU
I call them my “Preemie Moments.” Those instances that appear to be just mere coincidence; the moments in time and space where we just “happen” to be there, but the chills running up and down our arms tell us otherwise. Do they happen just to...
by Kasey Mathews | Nov 1, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
At the end of this past summer, I sat down with my 15-year-old boy and interviewed him about being the sibling of a preemie. After that interview, it seemed only natural to interview the preemie herself. So my daughter, Andie and I recently sat down across a table...
by Kasey Mathews | Aug 14, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
It may seem strange, on a website about premature birth, that I’m writing a blog post about a baby born on his due date, weighing an even eight pounds. But that’s exactly the case with my son, Tucker. His sister? Not so much. She arrived traumatically...
by Kasey Mathews | Jun 25, 2013 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
Whether your baby was in the NICU for 2 days or 200, the result of having a birth experience begin in the midst of noisy beeping machines, a multitude of doctors and nurses, and the palpable fear that persistently swirls in the NICU air, the impact can have...
