by Julie Cruz | May 5, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
When my sweet Haley was 5 days old, I was discharged from the hospital. I had only held her once and it was only for a few minutes. As I was leaving, one of the NICU nurses asked me if I had tried kangaroo holding yet. I had no idea what she was even talking about....
by Rachel Pasquale | Oct 9, 2012 | Emotional Health
My first time holding Isabella, May 31st 2010, I don’t have a clear memory of the first time I saw Isabella. It was a few hours after my c-section. The doctors had been able to stabilize her in the NICU and I got the green light to go see her. I don’t remember how I...
by Melissa Vandermeer | Jan 17, 2022 | NICU Life
Your family member or friend just had a NICU baby, and you are eager to provide help and support wherever possible but aren’t quite sure where to start. The first weeks and sometimes months, while the baby is in the NICU, are very stressful for parents. One of the...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 23, 2017 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Professional Insight
by Dawn K. Gibson, LCSW When you initially became pregnant, birthing your baby and having him or her whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) by hospital staff was most likely not in your plan. Many parents know that bonding after childbirth is...
by Eric Ruthford | May 18, 2015 | Family Stories, Fatherhood, Medical Info & Resources
When Miri’s water broke at 22 weeks and 6 days of gestation, we knew our child was in extreme danger, and we were trying to cling to some hope he might live. The neonatologist who came to talk to us didn’t help with hope. “At this stage, I don’t recommend that babies...