by Chris Cavazos | Jun 20, 2012 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood
UPDATED JUNE 2020 Since my son’s birth, I have talked to several fathers of preemies, and most of the conversations start with, “As a man,” or “As a father.” I believe fathers need to hear the experiences of another dad who has been...
by Laura Romero | Jun 15, 2012 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, Life after the NICU
Richie at Brooklyn’s Pumpkin Carving with Dad Kindergarten eventI have always heard it said that anyone can be a father but that it takes someone special to be a dad. If so, then it seems only fitting to say that it takes someone incredible to be the dad of a...
by Elaine Jones | Jun 14, 2012 | Family Stories, Fatherhood, Grief & Bereavement
The pain and emptiness of losing my daughter, Caitlyn, never leaves. It is strange to say, but I think that the pain and emptiness I feel makes her seem closer to me, as if she is always there. Between my website and the Facebook Group for NEC, it keeps me...
by Melissa Haber | Jun 13, 2012 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, Life after the NICU
I witnessed the scene countless times during Daphne’s five-month stay: a father entering the NICU for the first time. He approaches the incubator alone, tentatively, blue gown over his clothes. Peeking into the acrylic incubator from a few feet away, he is approached...
by Franchesca Cox | Jun 11, 2012 | Family Stories, Fatherhood, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
I can remember those days in the NICU like yesterday. I don’t usually let myself go there because it is a place I like to stay for a while, give myself time to cry if I need it, and sometimes like tonight – I don’t want to leave. That time with our...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Jun 4, 2012 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood
Counseling. That wasn’t a word I used, or though of, often. After all, my husband and I had a great marriage, built on faith, trust and love. We had weathered some rocky storms – a big move to another state, graduate school, another big move, a...
