by Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 8, 2016 | Mental Health
We had been in the NICU for just a couple of weeks when a nurse stopped me in the bay just near my son’s bed. “I’m Chris. I’m the charge nurse.” she said. I don’t remember my response. It was probably as polite as I could muster,...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 28, 2015 | Mental Health, NICU Life
When we were pregnant with our first baby, we did all the things most couples do to prepare for her arrival. We cleared out a room, set up the crib and read dozens of pregnancy books. However, when my water broke seven weeks early, we were thrown into an unfamiliar...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 2, 2015 | Mental Health
It’s been three years since my son, Jaxson, was born more than four months early and I still relive the experience, scene for scene, when I see or hear a helicopter. I am there. I feel the rumble of the helicopter blades. I smell the humid July air. I taste the fear...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Nov 25, 2015 | Mental Health
This Thanksgiving, we asked some of our preemie parent friends to tell us a little about what they learned about gratitude in the NICU, how some of the experiences of having a preemie have made them thankful. We asked, “What part of your experience can you look...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Mental Health
“Making the decision to have a child — it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone The above quote resonates with every parent, mother or father, young or old, every...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Oct 7, 2015 | Mental Health
Who has time for a support group? Not you. You’re already stretched to the max. If your baby is still in the NICU, you’re there whenever you can be. When you’re not in the NICU, you’re at home sleeping or spending time with your other...
