by Rebecca Wood | Mar 12, 2021 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
This article has been updated and reviewed for accuracy by Trish Ringley, RN. Hurray! NICU discharge day is around the corner! As you prepare to take your preemie home, you may walk down the infant formula aisle for the first time. The aisle is overwhelming. There are...
by Rebecca Wood | Jan 11, 2021 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
My baby’s first year was far different from what I was led to believe life after the NICU would be, and it caught me by surprise. This story was originally published in January of 2014 and has been updated. During my baby’s three-month NICU stay, I quickly learned the...
by Rebecca Wood | Feb 6, 2015 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
I remember the first time I met Charlie. The NICU was dark with only the glow of computer monitors and bili lights to illuminate the way. There were nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, and x ray techs weaving between rows of isolettes and scurrying in every...
by Rebecca Wood | Jan 7, 2015 | Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
After the birth of my micropreemie due to severe early onset preeclampsia and HELLP, I stepped off of the baby train. That was it, we were done. My husband and I are finished having children. We have one. People seem to think that the size of our family is their...
by Rebecca Wood | Jul 28, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
I remember the day Charlie was born like it was yesterday. I spent the ten days prior in the hospital hoping and waiting. However, nothing could prepare me for her birth at 26 weeks or for what was to follow. The day of her birth, no one explained what was happening....
