by Leigh Ann Torres | Dec 28, 2020 | Family Stories
When NICU families talk about what helped get them through their NICU stay, the transition to home, and the sometimes tumultuous months that can follow, it’s peer support in the NICU – support from other parents who have been down a similar road –...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Dec 21, 2020 | Family Stories
Before my twin sons were born at 23 weeks, I’d never heard of the NICU. But it was a place I would soon come to know well during our 296-day stay. by Valerie Rodriguez, mom to Cristiano and Cruz My entire pregnancy had been a surprise, but nothing prepared us for the...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Dec 14, 2020 | Family Stories
“The first night I said, ‘I don’t know if I’m strong enough to do this.’ But I didn’t have a choice.” Tiffany and Darren Allen’s daughter, Kinslee, was born in August of 2020 at just 24 weeks – a terrifying ordeal in any situation, but even more so during a...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 2, 2020 | Family Stories
At just 20 weeks, I went in for what I believed was a routine anatomy ultrasound for my baby. My son has always been a goofball, even in the womb, so at this particular scan, he hid all of the important structures the doctor needed to see, and I was ordered to come...
by Joel Brens | Jun 18, 2020 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood
This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated to ensure the content is current and relevant for NICU families. If you’re a new NICU dad, I have good news: you’re going to do great. I have never met anyone who, while in the process of...
by Guest Blogger | Feb 24, 2020 | Family Stories
Photo courtesy Erica Brennes Comparison is the thief of joy. Someone is always going to have it worse than you, and someone is always going to have it better. I spent my first five days as a mom being wheeled up and down hospital hallways to visit my...
