by Leigh Ann Torres | Dec 28, 2017 | News
There are only a few days left in the year, which means only a few days left to make your 2017 tax-deductible gift to Hand to Hold! To kick off our end-of-year campaign, we’re bringing you three ways your gift will be put to use supporting families in the NICU...
by Rhiannon Giles | Jan 13, 2017 | NICU Life, Siblings
Having a baby in the NICU is painful. There is a special, additional, layer of hell when you also have other children at home. My daughter, Lorelei, had just turned five when her brother was born two months early. She lost her only child status in grand fashion. There...
by Kathryn Whitaker | 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 Guest Blogger | May 23, 2016 | Medical Info & Resources
When your baby is born prematurely, it is natural to feel unimaginable stress and helplessness. But if there was something more you could do to promote the health and wellness of your baby, while greatly easing your emotional stress, you would undoubtedly do it. A...
by Melissa McMurchy | Jan 6, 2016 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
January is National Blood Donor Month. Blood saves lives! To find a blood drive near you, visit the American Red Cross. When thinking about donating blood, one usually assumes, “Oh, my blood is going to help someone,” but nine times out of ten, we have no...