by Heather Hagedorn | Apr 7, 2025 | Inspiration
Dear parent navigating a pregnancy after a NICU stay, If you have been through the NICU, you may wonder what another pregnancy might be like. Some of us feel like we absolutely cannot imagine going through a pregnancy post-NICU. Some of us want another child...
by Hand to Hold Staff | May 3, 2021 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
Resilience is an odd term. Its meaning varies so wildly. It’s typically used to describe some inherent personal quality, i.e. “look how resilient they are!” I know better. While there are aspects that are personal, there are many more layers that have nothing to do...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 20, 2018 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
Birth day: a day to celebrate the birth of your child Gotcha day: a day to celebrate taking your child home; i.e. “getting them” Some of us don’t leave the hospital three – five days after giving birth with typically eating, breathing, growing babies. Yet, many...
by Kelli Kelley | Mar 20, 2015 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU, News
As I cheered on thousands of runners as they passed Hand to Hold’s water stop at the recent Austin Marathon, I was struck by the diversity of the athletes. Runners of every age, ethnicity and ability made up the crowd of 14,000 runners. Some passed by quickly as they...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Sep 13, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
Dear NICU Nurse, To be honest, I never knew you existed. Back when our birth plan included a fat baby, balloons and a two-day celebratory hospital stay, I had never seen you. I had never seen a NICU. Most of the world hasn’t. There may have been a brief, “This is the...
