by Rhiannon Giles | Nov 21, 2018 | Life after the NICU
The first time I held my son, I was terrified he would break. It took the help of a nurse to collect all the wires and place him curled and snuggled into my chest. What if I accidentally pulled on a tube or did something to inadvertently hurt him? I imagined the tsk...
by Rhiannon Giles | Feb 15, 2017 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
Prematurity is the gift that keeps on giving. Even if you were lucky enough to escape the NICU with no lingering complications, sometimes issues will crop up much later that leave you wondering if prematurity is rearing its ugly head again. For us, it has been hearing...
by Rhiannon Giles | Jan 13, 2017 | NICU Life, Siblings
Having a baby in the NICU is painful. There is a special, additional, layer of hell when you also have other children at home. My daughter, Lorelei, had just turned five when her brother was born two months early. She lost her only child status in grand fashion. There...
by Rhiannon Giles | Dec 12, 2016 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
I will never be able to adequately express my thanks for the outpouring of support that flooded over my family in the weeks before and after my son’s birth. I had a five year old at home, and was in the hospital for two weeks before my urgent c-section, and heading...
by Rhiannon Giles | Jul 4, 2016 | NICU Life
Two months. A lot can happen in two months; you could try and abandon a fad diet, your heart beats seven million times, and you take more than a million breaths. If you happen to be residing in utero you are busy with tasks like doubling your weight, learning to do...
