by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 13, 2017 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Parents of preemies often remark on how one can never quite seem to leave the NICU behind. Sometimes they are referring to the emotional effects of a traumatic birth and NICU stay. Sometimes they are referring to the aftermath of prematurity itself: developmental...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 6, 2017 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
by Hand to Hold staff, in collaboration with SafeKids Austin & Travis County Medical Examiner There are few pleasures that can compare with holding your sleeping baby in your arms. Any parent who has spent time in the NICU can tell you exactly what it meant to...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 2, 2017 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life
The National Sleep Foundation is celebrating its annual Sleep Awareness Week March 6th through March 13th, to raise awareness for the health benefits of sleep and its importance to safety and productivity. If there’s one thing new parents (and parents...
by Hand to Hold Staff | 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 Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 30, 2017 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
by Shelley Colquitt, mother of two daughters, one who spent time in the NICU as a result of a rare disease I was excited and scared when we finally got to bring our youngest daughter, Mighty Z, home from the hospital. It had been six long months since she had been...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | Life after the NICU
Babies come with a lot of gear. NICU babies sometimes come with even more. When my baby was discharged from the NICU not only did I bring him home, but also a bunch of medical equipment, medications, and breast pump parts. When we arrived from the hospital there was a...
