by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 19, 2016 | NICU Life
A similar version of this post was originally published in July 2012. One of your friends just landed themselves in the NICU. Let me guess. You want to help, but you have no idea what to say or what to do. Fear not, many of us who have been there have these...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 15, 2016 | Mental Health, NICU Life
I won’t lie, being a NICU parent was hard. I cried a lot. It was also surprisingly rewarding. The longer your baby is in the hospital, the harder it gets. My son, Theo, a 27-weeker, spent over 200 days in the hospital, 120 of them in the NICU. Even though he...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 12, 2016 | Mental Health, NICU Life
I will never be able to adequately express my thanks for the outpouring of support that flooded over my family in the weeks before and after my son’s birth. I had a five year old at home, and was in the hospital for two weeks before my urgent c-section, and heading...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Nov 14, 2016 | Mental Health, NICU Life
Holidays are fun, energetic, loving, and a time for everyone to be together. The baby comes and you realize it wasn’t in your plan for them to come that early. Your mind then goes in a million different directions on what happens next. The “holiday...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Sep 26, 2016 | NICU Life
When I think of motherhood, I think of it being a beautiful, yet scary adventure. For many women it’s a club that everyone wants to join, by any means necessary. Becoming a preemie mom was a club I got initiated in without signing up. During my first pregnancy,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Sep 22, 2016 | Life after the NICU, News, NICU Life, Reviews & Giveaways, Siblings
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