by Keira Sorrells | Aug 9, 2013 | Emotional Health
“OK, it’s time for your babies to get used to nippling as we prepare for breastfeeding,” our neonatologist said matter-of-factly during one of my daily visits to the NICU. “Really?” I asked, not truly believing we were on the cusp of such a milestone. She assured me...
by Keira Sorrells | May 15, 2013 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
Like many parents of preemies, I have remained hyper-vigilant about the care and development of my surviving micropreemie triplets. Early on we are taught how important Early Intervention is to ensure our babies hit their milestones as infants and toddlers. My...
by Keira Sorrells | Mar 15, 2013 | Emotional Health, News, Reviews & Giveaways
In the book, Before the World Intruded, the reader is taken through a medical trauma author Michele Rosenthal survived when she was thirteen years old. She describes feeling like a zebra, an anomaly, an isolated mystery case that no one seemed to understand or be...
by Keira Sorrells | Jan 16, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
If you are familiar with the preemie world, you have most likely heard the NICU experience referred to as a roller coaster. With all the baby steps forward and the major and minor setbacks along the way, parents often feel as if they are on a hair- raising carnival...
by Keira Sorrells | Nov 14, 2012 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
After my triplets were born at 25 weeks 5 days, my natural inclination was to try to answer the question “Why?” Why did this happen to me, my family, my babies? Guilt was the overriding emotion, despite hearing on numerous occasions: “You did nothing to cause...
