by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 8, 2019 | Mental Health
Any NICU parent will tell you that having a baby in the NICU is a stressful situation. And the research is behind us on that claim. Research has shown that NICU parents experience higher levels of stress than typical parents of healthy, term babies. When it comes to...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 7, 2019 | Life after the NICU, Mental Health
by Karri Friedenberger When something traumatic happens to a person or a family you often hear about them adjusting to their “new normal.” One finds their new rhythm in life, adjusting their sails and moving forward. In February 2001 our twin girls, Hanna...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 25, 2019 | Family Stories, Mental Health, NICU Life
As someone who has always been very connected to people – and who regularly connects others to people and resources – I found being a new parent of micro preemies very isolating: hospitalized bed rest; having twins; stopping full time work; spending the first three...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Mental Health
Accepting help in the NICU is tough. My son, Brooks, was born at 29 weeks after a month-long hospital stay on bedrest because of PPROM I developed at 25 weeks. There was so much help I needed from the time I was hospitalized. I was almost completely helpless, it felt,...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 20, 2018 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU, Mental Health
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 Hand to Hold Staff | Jul 19, 2018 | Mental Health
I’m a strong woman. I’m a black woman. I had postpartum depression. I tried for years to have a baby. I prayed and pleaded. I had a beautiful birth experience. I still had postpartum depression. I was surrounded by a loving family and husband. I took placenta pills....
