by Guest Blogger | May 2, 2014 | Birth & Family Stories, Friday Feature, Inspiration
Throughout my life I have always been fascinated by other people’s stories. I was a journalism major in college and was known to be more engaged in listening to the conversation at the table next to me at a restaurant than my dinner companions’. I always joked...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 11, 2013 | Birth & Family Stories, Friday Feature
My name is Sarah and I would like to share my birth story. First off, I am an OB/GYN by trade, my husband is a general surgeon and all the years of medical training could never prepare us for the birth of our precious miracle Maddie. Of course the road began with...
by Katie Reginato Cascamo | Sep 20, 2013 | Birth & Family Stories, Friday Feature
Raising a premature child is very similar to climbing a mountain. I have done both. In 2009, I experienced several challenges during what should have been a low-risk pregnancy. I developed an enchondroma bone tumor on my right pinky causing it to fracture. One...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 12, 2013 | Birth & Family Stories, Friday Feature
Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez is a NICU mom who has found her life’s passion in helping and coaching others after loss and the premature birth of her son who has special needs. She currently owns a coaching and consulting business, Families Blossoming LLC, to assist...
by Guest Blogger | Jun 7, 2013 | Friday Feature, Medical Info & Resources
Our son, the mighty Shaw Richter, was born at 27 weeks, just over two pounds and spent 122 days in the NICU. Shaw’s medical history is long in his short 2 years of life. He suffered a stroke at birth and endured 22 spinal taps that left a permanent bruise on his...
by Guest Blogger | May 24, 2013 | Birth & Family Stories, Friday Feature
Meet Sola Olu who is the mother of two children born premature. She is the author of a memoir, The Summer Called Angel, and shares how she and her husband held on to hope for 7 months while their daughter weighing 1.15 ounces at birth was cared for in two NICUs,...
