by Danielle Dreger | May 4, 2016 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
I never expected to spend my first Mother’s Day in a children’s hospital. But in May 2015, that was where I celebrated it. A year earlier I discovered my pregnancy on Mother’s Day and carried that secret inside of me for two days before telling my husband. I spent...
by Brittany Shives | Apr 29, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
Dear NICU parent, First of all, congratulations on bringing life into this world! I don’t know how you got to this point. Whether your labor was long or short. Whether this moment was a surprise or a day that you have been anticipating after months on bedrest. I do...
by Kathy McClelland | Apr 20, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
My second son was born with a long list of medical complications and special needs that sent him to the NICU the night we was born. He became so sick that he was transferred from his delivery hospital to the NICU of our local Children’s hospital. He wasn’t...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 8, 2016 | Emotional Health
I delivered my son prematurely after my waters broke totally unexpectedly at 33 weeks. It was traumatic in every sense. I blamed myself, and the guilt that ate away at me year after year solidified my decision that I would never have another child. I knew that...
by Danielle Dreger | Apr 6, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
For the last sixteen months I have been in a love-hate relationship with my breast pump, often logging more hours with it than my husband. Six months ago I could produce five ounces of breastmilk in the time it took me to watch an episode of the Mindy Project at...
by Andrea Mullenmeister | Mar 30, 2016 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
On March 30, National Doctors’ Day, physicians across the country are recognized for their work. I always had an appreciation for doctors and their ability to see the big picture as well as the important details, but I never knew how much a doctor could change my life...
