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• Category: Birth & Family Stories
  • My Journey as a Three-Time NICU Mom
  • Meet Ivette Hawthorne, NICU Family Support Specialist
• Category: Emotional Health
  • Caring for Your Mental Health in the NICU
  • Did I leave the NICU with PTSD?
  • BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month Resources
  • How to Support Your Partner During a NICU Stay
  • Why You Should Set Intentions Instead of Resolutions
  • Coping with Holidays in the NICU, After the NICU, and in Bereavement
  • How to Practice Self Care (When You Feel Like You’re Drowning) with KC Davis
  • How to Set Boundaries During & After the NICU
  • Prematurity: Myth vs Fact
  • 23 Things NICU and Preemie Parents Need to Remember
  • If you could share a piece of advice with another NICU parent, what would it be?
  • Resilience and Former NICU Families
  • Setting Boundaries in the NICU and at Home
  • Black NICU Moms: Honoring the Past and Strengthening the Future
  • Beyond the NICU Podcast Miniseries Focuses on Maternal Mental Health
  • 5 Lesser-Known Strategies for Bonding with Your NICU Baby
  • NICU Parent Perspective: Glimmers of My Early Treasures
  • Making Space for Rest
  • My Painful Misunderstanding of the Transition to Life After the NICU
  • NICU Parent Perspective: I Was Scared to Leave the NICU
  • 11 Things I’ve Learned in 11 Years of Raising a Micro Preemie
  • Coping with Separation from Your NICU Baby
  • Prematurity, a Pandemic and a Second Pregnancy
  • 5 Self-Care Tips for NICU Parents
  • From One NICU Dad To Another: You’re Going To Do Great!
  • NICU Parent Perspective: I Didn’t Always Show Up for My Mental Health
  • NICU Parent Perspective: When Depression Rears Its Ugly Head
  • Professional Insight: Instant Tools to Help You De-Stress During Your NICU Stay
  • Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: What They Are and How You Can Get Help
  • #MyMentalHealthMatters – Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Caring for Yourself and Your Family During Self-Isolation
  • NICU PTSD in the Time of Coronavirus
  • When It Comes to a NICU Stay, We Can’t Downplay Our Experiences
  • Life and Grief as a Mosaic
  • Honoring the Micro Preemie Journey
  • A Therapist’s Experience with PPD & PTSD After the NICU
  • Why I Started Therapy: Real Stories from Real NICU and Bereaved Parents
  • When Support Is All Around, Yet No Where to Be Found
  • Why I’m Open About My Mental Health Challenges After the NICU
  • Mindfulness & Self-Compassion for NICU Parents
  • PTSD and NICU Parents
  • Mental Health in the NICU: Barriers to Treatment & the Effect on the Whole Family
  • Finding Peace When Life Feels Out of Control
  • Connections While Quarantined, Part I: Isolation in the NICU
  • Helping is Healing: Accepting Help in the NICU
  • Gotcha Day! Celebrating Our Micropreemies’ Arrival Home
  • Peer Mentors Share Their Experiences Working with NICU Families
  • Here’s the Truth About Postpartum Depression
  • Everything is Together, Why Am I Falling Apart?
  • Is This Normal? How the NICU Impacts Your Emotional Health
  • Dark Days of Depression After the NICU
  • Take Part in #RealMotherhood for Maternal Mental Health Week
  • Self Care in the NICU
  • We Need to Change our Thinking About the Mom’s Role in Premature Birth Prevention
  • World Prematurity Day: Helping Preemie Parents Heal
  • What I Missed Out On the First Time & How to Help If It Happens Again
  • Finding a Professional Counselor: Seeking the Help You & Your Family Deserve
  • How My Marriage Survived the NICU
  • Are You Scared to Try for #2? Me Too.
  • Dealing with NICU Staff
  • The NICU Window
  • The Four Areas of Self-Care
  • The Hug I Had Been Waiting For
  • A Mother’s Heart: How to Help it Heal After Severe Preeclampsia
  • Your Story is Valid
  • Imprints Where I Once Saw Scars
  • Being a NICU parent can be rewarding
  • Emotional Gifts: Holding Virtual Space
  • The Value of Giving
  • Give Me Back my Gratitude
  • The Holiday Struggle
  • Yearning for connection after miscarriage
  • Bearing Witness to Pain After a Trauma
  • The Misdiagnosis of PTSD in Preemie Parents
  • Peer Mentors: A Lifesaver In The NICU
  • {Professional Insight} Postpartum PTSD: How to Manage a Traumatic Birth Experience
  • When Breastfeeding Fails
  • {Professional Insight} Postpartum Depression after a Complicated Delivery
  • I Did Everything Right
  • Resentment in the NICU & Finding Peace
  • Finding Community in the NICU
  • {Professional Insight} Postpartum Depression & PTSD in Fathers
  • Father’s Day: Nostalgic Grief & Helping Out Dads
  • Expecting After a Preemie: A Worrier’s Journey to Joy
  • Celebrating Mother’s Day in the hospital
  • A Letter to NICU parents
  • Fear of Leaving the NICU
  • Coming to Terms with Not Going to Term: One Mother’s Journey Through Premature Delivery Guilt
  • Packing the Pump Away
  • Finding Hope in the NICU: National Doctors’ Day
  • Stories of Laughter in the NICU
  • To Belong as a Preemie Parent
  • 6 Things NOT to Say to a Preemie Parent (and What to Say Instead!)
  • Mourning a Different Kind of Loss
  • Rewriting the Story of a Partnership After Crisis: NICU Healing
  • Finding Friendship in the NICU
  • Talking to others about your new NICU life
  • NICU Friends Who Become Forever Friends
  • The Best (Unwanted) Advice from the NICU
  • The Value of Empathy and the Me Too Factor
  • {FB Chat} Keeping Spirits Bright
  • The ABCs of the NICU: Surviving the first few days of your NICU stay
  • Speaking to the Unspeakable: Lifting the Stigma Around Mental Health After the NICU
  • Keeping Spirits Bright: Thriving During the Holidays
  • Surviving Isolation During the Holidays
  • Birth Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Finding Gratitude in Your NICU Experience
  • You Are Not Alone: Fostering Prematurity Awareness Around the Globe
  • Grandma is Hurting, Too!
  • When Hello Means Goodbye
  • Why You Need a Support Group
  • A Tribute to NICU Nurses
  • Mama, You’re Enough
  • Embracing Posttraumatic Growth: Is Growth Possible After Trauma?
  • Pumping Up Your Bond
  • Techniques for Building Resilience in the NICU
  • 5 Myths About the NICU and Your Mental and Emotional Health
  • Put On Your Oxygen Mask First – Practicing Good Self-Care
  • How My Kids’ Therapy Team Saved Me
  • A Short Vacation from the NICU for Preemie Parents
  • Scars: A Reminder of our Journey
  • 5 NICU-friendly Tips to Lower Stress and Anxiety
  • Trust Your Preemie Parent Instincts
  • If We Could Edit Preemie Birth Memories
  • Good Sleep Habits for Preemies and Babies with Special Needs
  • Parenting, One Mistake at a Time
  • Stress, Grief and Mental Health
  • Why I’m Thankful for Modern Day Heroes
  • Kangaroo Care and Beyond: Building Attachment with Your Baby, One Hug at a Time
  • Room 602: A Heart of Gratitude
  • Life in the NICU: A Stressful Situation
  • Making Peace with My C-sections
  • The Therapy Waiting Room
  • Do I Have Delayed-Onset PTSD?
  • Introducing an Older Child to the NICU
  • Three Things to Do When Given a Special Needs Diagnosis at Birth
  • Mourning a Loss That Doesn’t Quite Have a Name: Grief and Loss in the NICU
  • The Quiet After The Storm Of A Premature Birth
  • The Mother I Didn’t Want To Be
  • Coping with Grief as a Special Needs Parent
  • Why You Should Avoid the Internet When You Have a Preemie
  • Dear Mom Waiting For a Diagnosis: Five Things to Remember
  • The Grief of a Special Needs Parent
  • Don’t Put Yourself in Isolation
  • A Babysitter for Your Preemie? Yes, You Can!
  • Top Ways to Help a Loved One Through a NICU Stay
  • Giving Back as a Way to Heal
  • The Best Thing You Can Do for Someone in the NICU
  • So your preemie has GERD. Now What?!?
  • Hope During a Medical Crisis
  • Biggest Prematurity Lesson? Shake It Off
  • Going Back: Volunteering in the NICU
  • The Anxiety of Bringing Home Baby
  • The NICU And Your Relationship
  • Honest Grief: From Being Strong To Being Real
  • Taking Care of YOU with a Special Needs Child
  • Seeking a Second Opinion or Finding a New Doctor
  • Fighting the Fear of Flu Season (and other nasty viruses)
  • {Professional Insight} Postpartum Stress & Mental Health after a Preemie
  • Struggling With Breastfeeding and Knowing When to Quit
  • Deciding to Pump Breast Milk for an Extended Period of Time
  • Breastfeeding Success in the NICU
  • It’s Okay, Preemie Parent
  • Living in Two Worlds
  • If Only I Had…
  • The Power Journaling in the NICU Can Give You
  • Celebrating a Holiday in the NICU
  • Sensory Processing Disorder in Toddlers
  • Going Back to the Scene of a Trauma: Finding Closure and Healing
  • Enjoy the Summer with Your Preemie
  • How A Preemie Birth Affected My Relationships
  • Anger? Resentment? Preemie Parents are only Human
  • Seeing Clearly: Activities to Strengthen the Eyes
  • A Mother’s Love
  • Five Things I Wish I Would’ve Known About Post-NICU Motherhood
  • Giving a Helping Hug: Kangaroo Care and Preemies
  • When You Have Nothing to Celebrate
  • Please Play With Me
  • 10 Things I’ve Learned About Prematurity
  • Multiple Tips for a Multiple-Births Pregnancy
  • Seeking out the Beautiful Moments During Your NICU Stay and Beyond
  • Is Supporting Others Hindering Your Healing?
  • This Is The Face Of PTSD #preemiemoms
  • Finding Words to Heal
  • Designing the NICU
  • Friendships During and After Crisis
  • Next FB Chat: Keeping a Record of Your NICU Journey (and beyond)
  • {FB Chat} Impact of the NICU on Relationships – Learning Healthy Communication Tools
  • Next FB Chat: Impact of the NICU on Relationships – Learning Healthy Communication Tools
  • When Breast is Not Best
  • When Nursing Your Preemie Doesn’t Work Out
  • Let Her Eat Cake: First Birthdays for Preemies
  • {FB Chat} Not Just Another Resolution – Making Self-Care Stick
  • Managing the Expectations for Your NICU Baby
  • Finding Forgiveness
  • Next FB Chat: Not Just Another Resolution – Making Self-Care Stick
  • Sharing Support with Others
  • Just Breathe…
  • Finding Good Therapy Services for Your NICU Baby
  • {FB Chat} Coping While Under Quarantine
  • On Catching Up. Or Not.
  • 10 Lessons My Preemies Have Taught Me
  • Christmas in the NICU; Reasons to Celebrate When Our Hearts Are Hurting
  • When Friends & Family Just Don’t Get the NICU
  • Deck the Halls with Hand Sanitizer
  • Surviving the Long Winter Quarantine
  • Next FB Chat: Coping While Under Quarantine
  • {FB Chat} The Many Shades of the Baby Blues
  • Being Chosen as a Preemie Mom
  • How Can I Help Someone in the NICU? 5 Questions to Consider
  • Next FB Chat: The Many Shades of the Baby Blues
  • An Interview with My Preemie
  • Ways to Remember Your Baby
  • {Professional Insight} A NICU Chaplain’s Reflection & Advice on Premature Birth
  • Marriage Counseling and the NICU
  • “I Understand;” Offering Comfort to a Hurting Heart
  • A Healthy Way to Grieve the Loss of a Baby
  • Rehashing Old NICU Feelings
  • {FB Chat} Parents and Kids Checklist for Managing Back to School Stress
  • Dear NICU Nurse
  • Finding Ways to Parent in the NICU
  • NICU Moms Benefit from More Breastfeeding Support
  • When Will I Stop Worrying?
  • An Interview with a Preemie Sibling
  • Returning to Work During a NICU Stay
  • Breastfeeding Multiples, Sort Of
  • Letting Go of the Guilt When Pumping Doesn’t Work
  • So Many Ways to Bond With Your Preemie
  • It’s Okay to Tell The Medical Professionals “No”
  • “Is She Going To Be Normal?”
  • No Guilt in Making Time to Rest and Recharge
  • NICU Professionals Say the Kindest Things
  • {Professional Insight} A Journalist Shares Her Take on Writing as Therapy
  • The NICU and Its Many Emotions
  • PTSD Awareness Day: My Story
  • Write to Heal
  • Another First: Sending Our Son to Sleepaway Camp
  • When Your Former Preemie Needs Major Surgery
  • The Strength of My Husband, An Amazing NICU Dad
  • Siblings: To Have or Have Not?
  • Keeping Your Preemie Safe
  • Is Your Grandchild in the NICU? Here’s How You Can Help
  • A NICU Parent Survival Bag
  • You ARE Ready to Bring Your Baby Home!
  • Patience Is the Key
  • Am I A Mother?
  • Ways to Celebrate the NICU mom on Mother’s Day
  • {FB Chat} Supporting Older Siblings
  • Hello, My Name is Guilt
  • Confessions of a Preemie Papa
  • A NICU Dad Says, “It’s Okay to Have Feelings”
  • A Need For Change: EMDR Therapy
  • {Book Review} A Pound of Hope
  • The Death of a Child, Seven Years Later
  • Supporting Your Significant Other Through the NICU Journey
  • Guilt in the NICU
  • A NICU Mom, a True Hero
  • Welcome to the NICU Parent Club
  • Will You Have Another?
  • {Book Review} “Before the World Intruded” by Michele Rosenthal
  • Prenatal Screening
  • Making Progress For the Love of Babies
  • When the Geneticist Gave us Bad News
  • Balancing Time Between the NICU and Home
  • Parenting Both a “Normal” and Special Needs Child
  • Preemie Survivor Guilt
  • Finding Comfort in the Edges
  • Keeping the Preemie Milestones in Perspective
  • Loving Away the Challenges
  • {Professional Insight} Using Information to Cope With a NICU Stay
  • You Know You Are a Preemie Parent When…
  • When Celebrating Your Preemie’s Birthday is Too Hard
  • Surviving Preemie Surgery and a {Giveaway} “Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster” Book
  • Riding the NICU Roller Coaster, Times Three
  • NICU Advocacy Through Social Media
  • A NICU Parent’s Social Media Survival Guide
  • Embracing Vulnerability
  • Using the Internet To Heal From a NICU Stay
  • Overcoming Separation From Your Preemie During the Holidays
  • The Gift of Receiving
  • Blogging, Raising Funds, Giving Gifts, Mentoring: How Can You Give Back to the NICU?
  • Finding Healing Through Giving Back to the Ronald McDonald House
  • Healing After NICU Life
  • Revisiting the NICU as a Volunteer
  • The NICU Recovery Road
  • Thanking Our ‘Village’
  • Healing My Heart, Finding My “Why?”
  • Embracing the “Elephant in the Room”
  • What the NICU Reunion Did For Me
  • Parent-to-Parent Support: Offering Hope
  • Gratitude for World Prematurity Day
  • {Professional Insight} Preparing Children for a Sibling’s NICU Stay
  • My RSV Story. My Voice.
  • Connecting With Your Preemie in the NICU
  • Oh, The Things People Say
  • Losing a Child: The Love and Heartache
  • Bonding with Your Preemie through Kangaroo Care
  • How life changes with Infant Loss….
  • 10 Ways to Celebrate Your Preemie’s Birthday
  • Finding Time for Your Inner Triathlete
  • The Kindness of Friends and Strangers
  • Our NICU Nurses, Our Teachers
  • In Her Own Words: A NICU Nurse Says “Thanks”
  • Happy Neonatal Nurse Day, Nurse Sherry!
  • The Touch of a NICU Nurse
  • The Profound Impact of NICU Nurses
  • Primary Nurses, A.K.A. Your Baby’s Guardian Angel
  • The Emotional Impact of Different NICU Configurations
  • Let Go of “What If”: Celebrate the Milestones
  • Breastfeeding a NEC Baby
  • SOS! Asking for Help During a Hospital Stay
  • Off to School, Not Off My Mind
  • Breastfeeding in the NICU
  • Changing the Definition of “Nursing” Your Preemie
  • Reaching Out to Help Others
  • Post Preemie Pregnancy
  • Scars
  • More Children After Prematurity?
  • Holidays with a NICU Grad
  • Daycare for the Special Needs Child
  • They May Look Like Twins, But They’re Triplets
  • Dog Days of the NICU: One NICU Dad’s Advice
  • Working Together: Relationship Disconnect in the NICU
  • Preemie Fatherhood at a Moment’s Notice
  • Reflections of “Dad” hood
  • NICU Husband
  • The Silver Lining of a High-Risk Pregnancy and NICU Stay
  • Finding NICU Parent Support
  • Blogging as NICU Therapy
  • What I Learned From Marriage Counseling
  • One Preemie Surgery Too Many
  • Lessons in Preemie Motherhood
  • Balancing Work & a NICU Stay
  • The Day I Became A NICU Dad
  • Questions About Heaven
  • Ronald McDonald House: A Home Away From Home
  • New to the NICU? 10 Questions to Ask!
  • Why “Preemie” May Be Your Best Read Ever
  • Coping with Developmental Assessments
  • For the Love of Cameron
  • Redefining a Special Needs Child
  • {Professional Insight} Knowing the Signs of Postpartum Depression
  • Top Ten: How to Survive the NICU
  • The Healing Power of Touch
  • Re-Entry
  • Guilt, Blame & Jealousy
• Category: Family Stories
  • Navigating Your NICU Baby’s Feeding Journey
  • Tracheostomy in the NICU: The Test Family’s Experience
  • A Second NICU Stay; an Unexpected Heart Surgery
  • The NICU Doesn’t Leave You – Nikki’s Story
  • NICU Parent Perspective: Despite a Challenging NICU Stay, We Have Many Reasons to Celebrate
  • The Moment I Started Breathing Again After My Traumatic Birth Experience & NICU Stay
  • Cherish the Moments, No Matter How Small: Adam Wood of Our Preemie Adventure
  • NICU Parent Perspective: After the NICU, My Mental Health Requires Regular Care
  • The Real Impact of Peer Support in the NICU: Jack & Andrea
  • NICU Parent Perspective: We Have Hope in Whatever Lies Ahead
  • NICU Parent Perspective: We’re All Learning to Be Fighters
  • NICU Parent Perspective: NICU Support Helped Me Realize I Was Not Alone at All
  • Your Experience is Yours and Yours Alone
  • We Learned We’re Stronger Than We Knew
  • The Power of Peer Support in the NICU
  • They Understood Everything I was Feeling – the Ibarra-Chavez Family Story
  • I Could Survive This – The Sullivan Family Story
  • The NICU Support I Wish I’d Had – Kayleon’s Story
  • The First Bath at Home After NICU
  • Celebrating Neonatal Nurses Week
  • How Having a Peer Mentor Helped Me Go from Surviving to Thriving
  • From Healthy Pregnancy to Traumatic Birth and a Full-Term NICU Baby
  • Being a NICU Big Sister Changed My Life
  • NICU Dad Discussions Part IV: Grief and Celebration with Erik Velez
  • NICU Dad Discussions Part III: Micro Preemie Dad Jonathan Hayhurst
  • NICU Dad Discussions Part II: Rad White & The NICU Beard Club
  • NICU Dad Discussions Part I: 10 Things NICU Dads Need to Know
  • Thrown in Deep, Far from the Edge: Emerging as Parents of Micro Preemies
  • The Gift of Gratitude
  • Team Hand to Hold Featured Runner: Ashley Presnell
  • Team Hand to Hold Featured Runner: Cesar Romero
  • Pregnancy After a Preemie
  • Storms End
  • A Family’s First Christmas in the Hospital from a Dad’s Perspective
  • The Reason We Fight
  • Discovering Courage Through My Preemie
  • Fight Like a Preemie; Fight Like Theo
  • The Story of Francis Junebug
  • Those Who Weather the NICU Can Weather Anything
  • When Your NICU Baby is Full Term
  • Our Seasons of Life Help Us Help One Another
  • Stevee’s Story: Duodenal Atresia
  • Becoming a NICU Mom Made Me a Better NICU Nurse
  • Celebrating your NICU Dad on Father’s Day + Free Printable for Dad
  • Kangaroo Care: Give a Helping Hug
  • Reader story: My Little Hero
  • How A Random Act Of Kindness Helped Us Through Our NICU Journey
  • Reader Stories
  • Emerging from Trauma: Stephanie’s NICU Journey
  • The NICU World
  • Community is Everything: The Cason Family’s Story
  • My Miracle Twins: Grace & Faith
  • 10 Embarrassing Things Said by a NICU Dad
  • Grandpa to the Rescue
  • A Mother’s Hands
  • Loving My Scars: A Former Preemie’s Story
  • Praying for a Miracle: Junu’s Story
  • When I Knew I Was A Father
  • Twin to Twin: The Duffy Girls’ Birth Story
  • A Word from 2016 Baby Shower Luncheon Chair Fayruz Benyousef
  • Celebrating NICU Life with Listen to Your Mother
  • Bob the Nurse and Learning to be a Useful Dad
  • Turning Loss into Advocacy
  • Thanking My Husband on Father’s Day: Showing Love in the NICU
  • The Moment I Became a Dad
  • The Night I Met My Son
  • Coralee’s Story: The Path That Lay Ahead
  • Seizures at Birth: Meilani’s Journey
  • My Fertility Journey with a Uterine Septum
  • ‘Your Child is Welcome in Our Nursery.’ Please Say It.
  • Nina’s Journey
  • Preemie parent could be preemie author. Maybe.
  • NICU Nurse Becomes a NICU Mom
  • A Miracle and a Son in Heaven
  • Dear Preemie (On the Day You Are Born)
  • Tiny But Mighty
  • A Prematurity Story: World Prematurity Day
  • Will She Live? a Former Preemie’s Story
  • I’d Never Seen a Baby That Small
  • Educating Yourself on a Down Syndrome Diagnosis
  • Why I’m Passionate About Hand to Hold
  • Multiples with Multiple Discharge Dates
  • Blessed be the Tie that Binds: Supporting Family Bonding in the NICU
  • Lucky
  • When All Else Fails: A Breastfeeding Story
  • Looking Back on Five Years
  • Trust the Process: Breastfeeding Preemie Twins
  • A Superhuman Power
  • Tube feeding and traveling with a baby
  • 16 Months of Exclusively Pumping for Twins
  • Finding An Anchor In The Wreckage of Prematurity
  • Navigating an Unexpected NICU Stay: The Boyd Family’s Story
  • Through the Eyes of a Father
  • An Interview With a NICU Dad
  • When NICU Dad Is Also a Doc
  • Advice from a Former TEF Preemie, Now a Preemie Dad
  • I Was Pushed
  • Who Decides? Life-saving Care for Micro Preemies
  • Amy N’s Amazing Birth Story: NICU Nurse and NICU Mom
  • Six Ways Dads Can Help in the NICU
  • Elizabeth B’s Amazing Birth Story: My Son is My Super Hero
  • The Color of Prematurity Awareness
  • My Preemie has a Birth Defect
  • Haley’s Story: Hope for the New Year
  • Katie Talkington – Hand to Hold’s NICU Support Helped Me and My Family
  • Candice G’s Amazing Birth Story: Terrified to True Love
  • Why the Preemie Power Contest Means So Much
  • Our Journey through the Neonatal Care Center
  • Elizabeth’s Story: Being a Preemie and Military Mom
  • Connie P’s Birth Story: What to NOT Expect When Expecting!
  • The Supermen in our Super Preemie’s Life
  • Life After NICU? He’s Still a NICU Dad + {Free Printable!}
  • Celebrating Your NICU Dad on Father’s Day + {Free Printable for Dad!}
  • A Story of Prematurity and Hearing Loss
  • Finding Connection and Healing Through Women’s Stories
  • What is a Miracle?
  • One Family’s Experience with Incompetent Cervix and PPROM
  • Raising Preemies: Does It Get Easier?
  • Erin G’s Amazing Birth Story
  • Kristine B’s Birth Story
  • A Father Shares His Poignant Story of Loss
  • Sarah P’s Amazing Birth Story
  • Krista H’s Amazing Birth Story
  • Raising a Preemie Is Like Climbing a Mountain
  • From Hope to Joy – Jennifer D’s Amazing Birth Story
  • Danielle’s Birth Story
  • Nothing Short of a Miracle: Connor’s NICU Story
  • Trisha’s Birth Story
  • Amy’s Birth Story
  • Sarah S.’s Birth Story
  • Annie’s Birth Story
  • Alicia D.’s Birth Story
  • Rhiannon’s Birth Story
  • Yvonne’s Birth Story
  • Empowerment, Advocacy for Your Child in the NICU and Beyond
  • Meet Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez & Alejandro
  • Bethany’s Birth Story
  • Christian’s Birth Story
  • Jordan’s Birth Story
  • Jade’s Birth Story
  • Ginnie’s Birth Story
  • Nikki’s Birth Story
  • Thank You to the Fathers of Preemies
  • Bee Mighty
  • Erin B.’s Birth Story
  • Kristyn’s Birth Story
  • Kathryn’s Birth Story
  • Dawn Z.’s Birth Story
  • Dee’s Birth Story
  • Kasey’s Birth Story
  • Heather’s Birth Story
  • Tabitha’s Birth Stories
  • Holly’s Birth Story
  • Blisse’s Birth Story
  • Ashley’s Birth Story
  • Emily M.’s Birth Story
  • Jessica’s Birth Story
  • Ness’s Birth Story
  • Melinda’s Birth Story
  • Jaime’s Birth Story
  • Sandi’s Birth Story
  • Erin’s Birth Story
  • A Summer Called Angel
  • Casey’s Birth Story
  • Allisa’s Birth Story
  • Embracing Delays For Our School Bound Preemie
  • Betsey’s Birth Story
  • Kenneth’s Birth Story
  • Tricia’s Birth Story
  • Emily’s Birth Story
  • Paul’s Birth Story
  • Shellie’s Birth Story
  • Veronica’s Birth Story
  • Alicia’s Birth Story
  • Andrea’s Birth Story
  • Sara’s Birth Story
  • Natalie’s Birth Story
  • Jillian’s Birth Story
  • Coming to TERMs with the NICU
  • Amber’s Birth Story
  • Charlotte’s Birth Story
  • Elizabeth’s Birth Story
  • Kat’s Birth Story
  • Ashleigh’s Birth Story
  • Hayley’s Birth Story
  • Jenn’s Birth Story
  • Dawn’s Birth Story
  • Vanessa’s Birth Story
  • Kaleena’s Birth Story
  • Valorie’s Birth Story
  • Sarah’s Birth Story
  • Lisa’s Birth Story
  • Amber’s Birth Story
  • Reve’s Birth Story
  • Joel B’s Birth Story
  • Alyssa’s Birth Story
  • Laura’s Birth Story
  • Sabrina’s Birth Story
  • Sassy Little Rock Star: Teagan’s NICU Story
  • Letting Go of Preemie Parenting
  • The Need for a Common Bond
  • Holidays Through the Eyes of a Former Preemie
  • Remembering Someone I Never Met
  • Finding Hope in Grief
  • One Dad Reflects on Sending Forth His Champion, James
  • Raising a Medically-Complex Child
  • The Howard Family
  • Emotions Everyday and On Fathers’ Day
  • A Father’s Love
  • Gena’s Birth Story
  • Kelly’s Birth Story – Part 3
  • The Turner Family & Preemie Vanessa
  • The Story of My 21-Weeker
  • The Agony of a Deep-Freeze Thaw
  • More Than Just a Name
  • The First Time I Saw Jackson
  • Category: Fatherhood
    • Announcing NICU Dad Discussions: A Podcast For NICU Dads, by NICU Dads
    • Overcoming a micropreemie’s feeding delays, one microstep at a time
• Category: Grief & Bereavement
  • Books About Grief and Loss for Kids and Parents
  • How to Support a Bereaved Parent
  • 6 Tips for Coping with Grief During the Holidays
  • Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
  • NICU Parent Perspective: Acknowledging the Loss of a Multiple in the NICU
  • The Complex Emotions of Losing a Twin in the NICU
  • Tell the Story of Your Grief
  • 10 Life Lessons I Learned After Experiencing Life’s Greatest Joy and Most Devastating Challenge
  • Christine’s Story of Loss, Healing and Giving Back
  • Life After Loss: How to Start Your Grief Journey
  • Pregnancy After Preterm Birth or Loss
  • A Letter to My Doctor
  • Remember Your Baby During the Holidays
  • You Are Not Alone
  • Kate’s Story of Loss
  • Learning the Language of Grief: Telling a Twinless Twin About Their Twin
  • When Your Child Is A Survivor
  • When Trying Again Is Too Risky: Why We Didn’t Have More Children
  • Living With Grief: My Story of Infant Loss
  • When Birthdays Bring Both Celebration and Sorrow
  • A Letter Of Gratitude To My Baby In Heaven
  • National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
  • Missing Your Baby at Christmas Time
  • Prematurity Awareness and Choices
  • Guest Post :: Loving October, Living my Purpose
  • Neonatal Loss
  • Donating More than Breastmilk
  • Flowers and Butterflies: A Memorial for Our Preemie
  • {Book Review} Heaven is for Real
  • Finding Purpose After Infant Loss
• Category: Inspiration
  • 2015 Preemie Power Winners Announced!
  • NICU Nurses: The Definition of a Hero
  • When do you stop using your preemie’s adjusted age?
  • Preemie Breastfeeding Success Story – Not What You’d Expect
  • The Ties That Bind Us
  • Daycare Dilemma: When Your Preemie Has a Developmental Delay
  • ‘M’ is for the Many Things Moms Endure
  • The Forgotten NICU Parent
  • Still Playing Catch Up… And It’s Okay!
  • Other Mothers (Dedicated to the NICU Nurses Who Helped Save Our Children’s Lives)
  • When You Want More of Their Story
  • A NICU Stay Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
  • A Mother’s Voice
  • Blood – The Perfect Gift
  • Reflections of a Preemie Mom
  • 5 Tips for Surviving the Holidays in the NICU
  • You Are Enough
  • Seven Things this Preemie Mom is Thankful For
  • Congratulations to Our 2014 Preemie Power Contest Winners
  • 2014 Preemie Power Finalists Selected
  • What Physical Therapy has Meant for My Preemie and Me
  • 10 Quotes to Encourage You During Your NICU Stay
  • How Numbers Save Babies – Celebrating the Birth of Virginia Apgar
  • Enjoy Some “Best” Moments with Your Kids at the Library this Summer
  • How Grandparents Can Help While Your Baby is in the NICU
  • Applauding Adoptive Families Who Become NICU Parents By Choice
  • NICU Heroes Award Recognizes Great Acts of Compassion
  • Preemie Moments
  • {FB Chat} Keeping a Record of Your NICU Journey (and Beyond)
  • My Child Without Labels or Limits (Hoping Beyond Cerebral Palsy)
  • Going the Extra Mile for a Friend in the NICU
  • And the Preemie Power 2013 Contest Winners Are…
  • Congratulations to Our Preemie Power Finalists
  • Vote For Your Favorite Preemies & NICU Super Heroes
  • Preemie Power is Back – Enter Your Super Hero Today
  • {Printable} NICU Nurse Appreciation
  • Operation Cerebral Palsy: Calling all Parents!
  • {Review} MyPreemie App
  • Record It – Create a Timeline
  • Record It – Sharing Updates / Keeping a Journal or Blog
  • Capture It – Take a Photo Series to Chronicle Your Child’s Growth
  • {Free Printable} M&M Therapist Thank You Gifts
  • Inspirational Image :: “Comparison is the thief of joy”
  • Inspirational Image :: “Take pride in how far you have come…”
  • Inspirational Image :: “Whatever the present moment contains…”
  • Inspirational Image :: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
  • Inspirational Image :: “Believe in yourself…”
  • Inspirational Image :: “Have BIG dreams…”
  • Inspirational Image :: “Motherhood is about…”
  • Inspirational Image :: Mr. Rogers
  • Instagram Spotlight
  • Inspirational Image :: Home of the free, because of the brave.
  • Free Printable :: Advice for Parents in the NICU
  • {Printables} Mother’s Day in the NICU
  • Inspirational Image :: “A mother is she…”
  • Caring for Older Siblings While a Baby Is in the NICU
  • Inspirational Image :: “And once the storm is over…”
  • Inspirational Image :: “Even miracles take a little time.”
  • “Stronger Than We Thought”
  • This Should Have Been Your Birthday
  • {Giveaway} We *Heart* Nurses Cupcake Toppers by The TomKat Studio
  • Only a NICU Parent…
  • Preemie Mother’s Oath
  • How Preemie Moms are Chosen
  • Preemie Halloween Costumes
  • Tribute to Micro Preemies
• Category: Life after the NICU
  • August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month
  • Tips for Enduring Quarantine and Isolation During RSV Season
  • Tummy Time with Your NICU Baby: How to Do It and Why It’s Important
  • Occupational Therapy in the NICU and Beyond
  • 5 New Year’s Resolutions for NICU Families
  • Recommended Books for NICU Parents
  • NICU Mom Graduates from College Wearing Hand to Hold Sash
  • 5 Myths about cold, flu and RSV
  • Does Life After the NICU Get Easier?
  • Feeding Your Preemie: Infant Formula 101
  • The Breastfeeding Support Black Moms Need
  • FAQs: Sunscreen & Babies
  • New Podcast Episodes: Supporting Parents & Professionals During COVID-19
  • NICU Parent Perspective: Special Education in the Time of Social Distancing
  • Sleep Training and Your Preemie
  • When Comparison Steals Your Joy
  • Allow the Past to Shape the Future
  • The Day We Truly Graduated from the NICU
  • Emerging from Prognosis
  • Connections While Quarantined, Part II: Isolation at Home
  • Kindness Matters
  • Our First Year Home With Our Preemie
  • Preemies are Built of Stronger Stuff
  • The Joy of Helping Others in the Miracle League
  • Coming Home During Flu and RSV Season
  • Exclusive Pumping: A Different Perspective on Breastfeeding
  • 7 Ways to a Successful Road Trip with a Medically-Fragile Child
  • “Ready…Set…GO!” Kindergarten Readiness and My Preemie
  • I Never Knew There Could be a Future So Bright
  • Essential Baby Gear for Preemies
  • Occupational Therapy, Art & Drumming
  • I can’t wait for her to walk!
  • What to Expect on Discharge Day
  • Baby Shower Blues
  • 7 Tips for Advocating for Your Kids
  • 10 Tips for Enduring Isolation During RSV & Flu Season
  • Social Media & the NICU: Should You Friend Your NICU Nurse?
  • The Green Onesie
  • 3 Tips for Staying Healthy During the Holidays
  • From NICU to PICU, Our Story with RSV
  • The Effect of Music and Serendipity
  • Tips for Making G-Tube Feeding Easier
  • Identifying and Managing Delays in Sensory Integration in Children
  • Graduating from Therapy is Possible
  • The Life-Long Struggle of a Medically Fragile Child + {Free Hospital Packing List}
  • 7 Ways to Thank a NICU Nurse: Gifts for NICU Nurses
  • Preemies and Eye Health
  • Kindergarten Readiness & Redshirting Your Preemie
  • My One and Only Preemie
  • Summer Safety for Your Preemie
  • Why Do We Track Developmental Milestones?
  • Red Flags Aren’t Always Red
  • Bonding with Your NICU Baby at Home
  • This Road We Call Preemie Life
  • Emerging from Isolation at the End of Cold, Flu & RSV Season
  • Tips for a Successful Neurology Appointment
  • Feeding Difficulties & Your Preemie
  • When Coming Home from the NICU Isn’t What You Expected
  • Invisible Disabilities: Advocating for the Unseen
  • Safe Sleep Practices for Baby
  • Sleep Awareness Week & Preemie Sleep Challenges
  • The Journey to Ear Tubes
  • Keeping My Respiratory-Compromised Child Healthy During RSV Season – One Mom’s Story
  • Organizing Medical Supplies After You Leave the NICU
  • What Does That Mean? Reading Your Baby’s Cues
  • Prematurity Awareness: What It Really Means
  • “Strong!” Activities for Fine Motor Skills
  • 5 Ways to Prevent Respiratory Infections
  • Talking to Your Child about Their Disability
  • {Professional Insight} Returning to Work After Having a Preemie
  • Children’s Books About Prematurity
  • A NICU Nurse Reunion
  • 4 Tips for Raising a Child with Hydrocephalus
  • Delight Despite Delays
  • Breastfeeing a Preemie: A 3 Year Journey.
  • My Preemie Did Not Graduate From Early Intervention
  • What to Read or Watch While Pumping and Nursing
  • 9 Ways Parenting a Preemie is Unique
  • “Mama, Carry You!” How My Preemie Taught Me to Walk
  • Tips for Taking Your Preemie Out of the House
  • Parenting With Confidence
  • Graduating from Occupational Therapy
  • How to Cope with not Meeting Milestones
  • NICU Rhythms
  • Sleep Awareness for Preemie Parents
  • Sign, Baby, Sign! Teaching Kids Sign Language
  • Toddler Surgery: A Follow up Post
  • Starting Solids with your Preemie
  • Learning Our Baby Had a Congenital Heart Defect
  • {FB Chat} Therapy and Your Child
  • {Professional Insight} Preemie Teeth and Dental Hygiene
  • {Professional Insight} Choosing Your Child’s Therapist
  • Mementos: How We Remember Our NICU Journey
  • Waiting for Your Preemie to Walk
  • Christmas with a Preemie: Expectations vs. Reality
  • Giving Back: NICU Holiday Gift Basket Ideas
  • Chasing ADHD
  • Sleep Like A Baby: Toddler Sleep Study
  • How to Make Your Halloween Inclusive
  • Singing “Happy Birthday” on Global Handwashing Day
  • Returning to the Hospital After NICU
  • Transitioning From Early Intervention to Special Education Preschool
  • Restoring Your Preemie’s Gut Flora: The Secret Ingredient
  • Summer Activities for Your Preemie
  • Preemie Babies and Pets
  • Tackling Feeding When Your Preemie Has SPD
  • 7 Tips for a Successful Summer with Your Preemie
  • Can You Hear Me Now? Preemies and Ear Tubes
  • 5 Ways to Tap the Power of Your Preemie Parent Voice
  • Glasses Can be a Good Thing
  • Vaccinations and Your Preemie
  • Tips on Discharge and Bringing Home Baby
  • 5 Ways to Prepare for a Trip to the Emergency Room
  • My Child Won’t Eat!  4 Ways to Teach a Picky Eater to Love Variety.
  • Saying Thanks When Words Are Hardly Enough
  • Amblyopia: The Hidden Eye Problem
  • From Blog Writer to Book Author
  • Making the Most of Mealtime: 5 Foods that Promote Good Health
  • The Preemie Perspective On Coming Home
  • Dental Issues of Prematurity
  • Teams and Machines: 10 Tips for Baby’s Homecoming
  • Surviving Coming Home with Cords and Monitors
  • Getting Your Preemie To Sleep
  • Living with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
  • 4 Ways to Naturally Boost Your Preemie’s Immune System
  • Bringing Gift-Giving to the NICU
  • Five Tips for Preemie Nutrition
  • Surviving the Unknown: Seizures
  • The Challenges of Good Nutrition
  • How to Know When You’ve Hit Pediatrician Gold
  • You Said WHAT?! Social Media Etiquette for Preemie Parents
  • 5 Uses for a Baby Blanket Outside the Crib
  • Healthy Breathing: 5 Tips for Managing Respiratory Symptoms
  • Preemies vs. Statistics
  • The Importance of Hand Washing and Sibling Touch
  • Surviving the Post-NICU Roller Coaster
  • {Professional Insight} 4 Ways to Prepare for Taking Your NICU Baby Home
  • Baby Safety: Practical Tips and Suggestions
  • Through My Son’s Eyes; Challenges of Peripheral Vision Loss
  • Your Preemie Is Starting Pre-School: 5 Things to Consider
  • Daycare and the Prematurity Factor
  • The Power of Breast Milk for a Micro-preemie
  • {Professional Insight} Parenting Through the NICU and Beyond
  • {FB Chat} Overcoming Feeding Obstacles
  • The Power of a Smile
  • Lab Rat: Deciding to Give Your Child to Science
  • Celebrating Your Preemie’s Homecoming Day
  • Turning a Baby Shower Into Something Positive
  • {Professional Insight} A Look Behind the Scenes of High Risk Follow-Up
  • Therapeutic Riding, A Welcome Change We All Needed
  • {Professional Insight} Choosing a Therapist for Your Child
  • {FB Chat} Healthy Sleep Habits
  • {Professional Insight} Speech and Language Developmental Milestones: When to Ask for Help
  • {FB Chat} What to Expect if Your Baby Needs Therapy
  • Travel Advice for Parents of Preemies
  • Making Discharge Less Scary for NICU Parents
  • Next FB Chat: What to Expect if Your Baby Needs Therapy after the NICU
  • {Professional Insight} Returning to Work After Having a Preemie
  • Preparing for a Short-Term, Planned Hospital Stay
  • What I Value In My Preemie’s Pediatrician
  • Saying Thanks In a Very Big Way
  • Your Preemie Has Feeding Issues? You Are Not Alone!
  • Feeding Therapy: Learning From Our Mistakes
  • Living with Food Allergies
  • Deciding On a G-Tube For Your Preemie
  • 5 Questions to Ask a Preemie’s Pediatrician
  • Weathering the Hurricane (Sandy) with a Preemie
  • Traveling with a Special Needs Child
  • {FB Chat} Keep Your Child Well During RSV, Cold & Flu Season
  • A Defining Moment for Our Micropreemie
  • The Decision to Vaccinate, or Not
  • My Friend Had A Preemie: How Can I Help?
  • Should I Have Another Baby?
  • Gearing Up for RSV Season (7 Ways You Can Help)
  • Our First NICU Visit Post-Graduation
  • Making Trick-or-Treating Accessible to Children of All Abilities
  • Next FB Chat: Keep Your Child Well During RSV, Cold & Flu Season
  • Isolation, From Your Preemie’s Point of View
  • Going Social to Connect More NICU Families
  • Welcome, Life After NICU, to the Hand to Hold Family
  • See you later…
  • {FB Chat} Turn Your Everyday into Speech & Language Play
  • Free Printable :: Germ Free Zone Sign
  • {Professional Insight} Growing Babies At Home
  • Your Preemie is Turning One! And Other Firsts
  • How Do They Know They Need Glasses?
  • Moving With Your Special Needs Child
  • Six Tips to Choose the Best Specialists for Your Preemie
  • Finding Child Care for Your Preemie
  • Not Delayed Enough: Navigating School for the First Time
  • Home-based vs. Clinic-based Therapy
  • Doing the NICU More Than Once
  • The Pediatric ICU: Navigating a Hospital Stay After the NICU
  • Welcome to Full Term NICU Babies Week!
  • Why Won’t My NEC Baby Eat?
  • When Mealtime Becomes a Battle
  • {FB Chat} Empowering the Cerebral Palsy Parent
  • A Mother’s Ramblings on Cerebral Palsy
  • Oh, THOSE Red Flags: Sensory Processing Disorder
  • Learning to Be an Effective Early Intervention Parent
  • Speech Therapy at Home
  • 10 Tips for Your Baby’s Colostomy Care
  • Choosing Your Preemie’s Pediatrician
  • The Freedom to Choose: Finding the Right Home Health Care Preemie Provider
  • Celebrating Every Preemie Milestone
  • Organizing Your Preemie’s Medicine
  • How the Grinch (aka RSV Season) Stole Christmas
  • Rush-Copley NICU Tour
  • Flying the Friendly Skies Over the Holidays
  • 2012 Preemie Power Winners Announced
  • How to Make Your Halloween Inclusive
  • 1st Birthday Bash
  • Thank you
  • Three of the Scariest Letters Ever: RSV
  • {Friday Feature} Keeping My Baby Safe from RSV
  • Local Event! (more details…)
  • Local Event!
  • {Professional Insight} Preemie Teeth and Dental Hygiene
  • School, but My Child is Only 3?!
  • Breastfeeding…2.0?
  • The Importance of Early Intervention
  • Balancing Summer Activities for Siblings with Different Needs
  • Meeting Sun & Sand with a Sensory-Challenged Preemie
  • Playdate in the Park
  • Have Preemie, Will Travel (Eventually)
  • Summer of Independence for My Preemies
  • Getting Out and About with Your Special Needs Child
  • {Professional Insight} Choosing Your Child’s Therapist
  • A G-Tube is Not a White Flag
  • Local Event!
  • Feeding Tube or Diet Fad?
  • Nana in the NICU
• Category: Medical Info & Resources
  • Meet the Professional: What Does a Lactation Consultant Do?
  • Supplementation While Breastfeeding
  • What is RSV & When is RSV Season?
  • Breastfeeding in the NICU: Advice from a Lactation Consultant
  • Everything You Need to Know About Human Donor Milk in the NICU
  • Preeclampsia 101
  • The Basics of Play for your NICU Baby
  • Stay Healthy! Tips for Visiting the Pediatrician with Preemies or NICU Grads
  • Tips to Stay Well During RSV Season
  • 10 Questions About Providing Breast Milk to Your NICU Baby
  • All About RSV
  • {Professional Insight} The Benefits of Infant Massage
  • Preemie Skin in the NICU
  • Cerebral Palsy: What to Know
  • Your Late Preterm or Early Term NICU Baby
  • Prematurity and the Myth of “It’s Good for Their Immune System”
  • Measles Outbreaks: Should Parents Be Concerned?
  • What You Need to Know About Bringing a Baby Home on Oxygen
  • 7 Preeclampsia Symptoms Every Pregnant Woman Should Watch For
  • FAQs: Preemies and IVs in the NICU
  • Meet the Professional: What Does a Child Life Specialist Do?
  • Nourishing Your Premature Baby in the NICU
  • Donating Blood to Help Save Lives
  • Protecting Your Preemie from RSV
  • RSV 101: What Every NICU Parent Needs to Know
  • NICU Nutrition: Increasing Your Milk Supply
  • Healthy Snacks for NICU Parents
  • Caring for Your Mental Health During a High-Risk Pregnancy and on Bed Rest
  • Your First Experience with Pediatric Therapy: What Can I Expect?
  • We Are Survivors: World Preeclampsia Day
  • The Benefits of Kangaroo Care
  • Could This Artificial Womb Revolutionize Micro Preemie Care?
  • Meet the Professional: What Does a Neonatal Therapist Do?
  • Meet the Professional: What Does an Occupational Therapist Do?
  • Meet the Professional: What Does a Dietician Do?
  • 5 Things You Need to Know about Enterovirus
  • {Professional Insight} What is NICU Family-Centered Care?
  • Bonding with Your Medically Fragile Baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • In the NICU, Blood Equals Life
  • 6 Things Every Expectant Parent Should Do to Prepare for Preterm Birth
  • {Professional Insight} How to Explain Behavioral Therapy to Children and Teens
  • Gaining a Better Understanding of GERD
  • 5 Things Every NICU Parent Should Know About RSV
  • Babywearing Benefits for the Premature Infant
  • Common Eye Problems in Preemies
  • How Depression Looks When You’re on Bed Rest
  • FAQs: Should I Vaccinate My Preemie?
  • Listening to Your Body During a High-Risk Pregnancy
  • {Professional Insight} Blogging Your Way Through Your NICU Journey
  • Can Donating Blood Save a Life?
  • Breast Milk Donation: A Priceless Gift for Preemies
  • Choosing the Right Pediatrician for Your Preemie
  • New Recommendations for Standardizing Delivery of Psychosocial Support For NICU Parents
  • {FB Chat} Conscious Discipline: Raising Happy, Confident, and Resilient Kids
  • {Professional Insight} Does Your Child Need Occupational Therapy?
  • {FB Chat} Letting Go of the NICU Guilt
  • The Sky is the Limit: Breastfeeding a Vent-Dependent NICU baby
  • Good Hand to Hold Hygiene Tips
  • The Neonatologist and Other Doctors in the NICU
  • I Can See Clearly Now: Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
  • {Professional Insight}: Loving Yourself
  • Helping Children with Special Sensory Needs
  • Immunizations and Your Preemie
  • {FB Chat} Ask a NICU Nurse!
  • {Professional Insight} Relieving the Stresses of NICU Life with Exercise
  • Supplying Your Preemie’s Breast Milk by Pump
  • {Professional Insight} Creating a Preemie Personal Health Record
  • {Professional Insight} Documenting Your Baby’s NICU Journey Through Photography
  • {Professional Insight} Milk Donation, Preemies and You
  • World Blood Donor Day: How a Donor Saved My Preemie
  • {Professional Insight} Empowering Your Preemie to be Capable, Responsible and Resilient
  • {Professional Insight} When Your Preemie is Struggling to Eat
  • Our Top 5: Treatments for Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebral Palsy 101
  • {Professional Insight} Choosing the “Right” Childcare
  • {Professional Insight} What is NICU Family-Centered Care?
  • {Professional Insight} Fostering a Positive Parent-Patient-NICU Nurse Relationship
  • Advocating for your child
  • {Professional Insight} Finding the Right Pediatrician for Your Preemie
  • Let Them Eat Cake: Working with Food Allergies
  • Is it Colic, Reflux, GERD? What is Wrong with this Baby’s Belly?
  • Our Children’s Nutrition
  • Category: Finances & Insurance
    • Six Money-Saving Tips for NICU Parents
    • Plagiocephaly: The 411
    • Navigating Claims and Insurance Companies
    • New, small NICUs – convenient, or risky?
    • Hidden Costs of the NICU
    • Accessing Resources with Help from a Social Worker
    • Affording the NICU: 6 Ways to Reduce the Cost
    • 12 Tips for Getting Synagis Injections Approved
    • Social Security Disability Benefits for Your Preemie
    • {FB Chat} Parenting Children with Special Health Concerns
    • Organization 101 for the Medically Complex Child
    • Life as a Preemie Working Mom after the NICU
    • Need Financial Assistance? A Guide to SSI, Medicaid, BCMH and WIC
  • Category: Professional Insight
    • Meet the Professional: What Does a Patient and Family Advisor Do?
• Category: News
  • Give the Gift of Milk Cubby: Hand to Hold x MilkStork
  • Announcing the 2024 NICU Hero Award Winners!
  • Hand to Hold to host NICU Mental Health Conference November 6-7
  • Hand to Hold’s Position Statement on Recent NEC Lawsuits
  • Hand to Hold® Provides Mental Health Support for Texas Children’s Hospital NICU Families
  • Hand to Hold Launches Season 6 of the NICU Babies, Parent Support Podcast
  • Katrina Moline Named Executive Director of Hand to Hold
  • Prematurity Awareness Month: How to Get Involved
  • Congratulations to our 2023 NICU Hero Award Winners!
  • Hand to Hold® to host National NICU Mental Health Conference to help improve the long-term outcomes of babies
  • Announcing the 2023 National NICU Hero Contest
  • Hand to Hold® launches national NICU Graduate Then & Now Photo Contest to kick off graduation season
  • Announcing the Newly-Designed Hand to Hold App
  • Meet the 2022 NICU Hero Award Winner Kate Higgins, RN!
  • Hand to Hold to Host 2022 NICU Community Conference
  • Nominate a NICU Professional for the NICU Hero Award
  • A Special Gift Honoring a Legacy of Compassion
  • Hand to Hold Expands Virtual Support Groups for NICU Parents
  • Join Us for #Miles4MentalHealth!
  • Sarah Inbau named Hand to Hold’s Chief Growth Officer
  • Lydia M. Contreras, PhD, named Hand to Hold Chair of the Board
  • Opinion: NICU Parents Are Being Left in the Dark
  • New NICU Dad Discussions Episodes!
  • Introducing Our New Logo, Mission and Values!
  • Celebrating Volunteers for National Volunteer Week
  • Team Hand to Hold 2021: Every Step Counts!
  • Boldly Walking into 2021
  • World Prematurity Day: An Interview with Silke Mader
  • Looking Back on a Decade of Difference
  • Join Us Online for Our 10th Anniversary Celebration!
  • New Virtual Support Services for NICU Families
  • Free Webinar: The Parenting Path to Oral Feeding in the NICU
  • 5 Ways to Give Back and Get Active with Team Hand to Hold in 2020
  • Happy Holidays from Hand to Hold
  • Give Strength This Giving Tuesday
  • Staff Spotlight: E-Commerce Coordinator Sara Schulz
  • Introducing the Beyond the NICU Podcast!
  • The Austin Community GLOWS for NICU Families with Jazzercise!
  • Micro Preemies Give Back to the NICU Where Life Started as They Approach Graduation Weekend
  • Give a Meaningful Gift This Mother’s Day
  • Addressing Unconscious Bias in the NICU
  • Hand to Hold Forges New Partnership with Seton Medical Center Austin
  • Run a Virtual 5K with Team Hand to Hold
  • 2018: The Year in Review
  • A Holiday Message from Kelli Kelley
  • Patience (and Hard Work) Pays Off
  • How Your Year End Gift Makes a Difference in the Lives of NICU Families
  • Team Hand to Hold: 3 Ways to Get Involved
  • #FightLikeAPreemie with Hand to Hold and #GivingTuesday
  • Lauren Monroe and Mimosa Boutique Named Hand to Hold Family Support Champion
  • Announcing the NICU Love and Loss Podcast
  • Hand to Hold Welcomes Ginger Zee as 5th Annual Baby Shower Luncheon Special Guest Speaker
  • New NICU Now Episodes Available! All About Bed Rest
  • Northbound and Down
  • There’s Still Time to Make the #FutureSoBright for NICU Families!
  • New Mobile App inLieu Makes Giving Easy
  • Make Sure NICU Families Have a #FutureSoBright
  • The NICU Heroes Podcast is Here!
  • Hand to Hold Named 2019 Groundfloor Fellow
  • We Love Our Volunteers! National Volunteer Week, April 15 – 21
  • Celebrate a NICU Mom This Mother’s Day
  • Researchers and Parents Working Together Meet Research Milestone
  • Supporter Spotlight
  • 112 Miles for 112 Days in the NICU
  • Tiny Addicts: How America’s Opioid Crisis Affects Babies
  • Team Hand to Hold Featured Runners
  • Spinning: Choreography for Coming Home
  • 3 Ways your End-of-Year Gift will Help NICU Families
  • A Holiday Letter from Hand to Hold
  • Get Involved: Team Hand to Hold
  • Could You #BeAHero? Support Hand to Hold for #GivingTuesday
  • An Afternoon of Community and Compassion
  • In a Crisis, Communities Save Us
  • Supporting NICU Families in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
  • Celebrating NICU Heroes
  • {Book Review} Multiples Illuminated: Life with Twins & Triplets, the Toddler to Tween Years
  • Kelli Kelley & NICU Now Podcast Nominated for WEGO Health Award
  • Free Resource: NICU Nurturing and Nutrition
  • Kelli Kelley on Devin Thorpe’s Your Mark on the World
  • Overcoming Stage Fright
  • {Book Review} Multiples Illuminated
  • Send a Mother’s Day Card in Support of NICU Families
  • Huggies Launches New Nano Preemie Diaper
  • How a Bump on the Head Led to a Great Idea: The NICU Now Podcast is Here!
  • {Book Review} Prince Preemie: A Tale of a Tiny Puppy Who Arrives Early
  • Happy New Year! 2017 is Here!
  • Double your Gift with our Matching Challenge!
  • Connecting Families to Vital Support
  • Hand to Hold’s 3rd Annual Baby Shower Luncheon a Success!
  • {Book Review} Soon
  • Did We Meet Our Podcast Campaign Goal?
  • Podcast Campaign Update! Have You Contributed Yet?
  • Baby Bubbles Customizable Onesies
  • Can You Hear Us? Hand to Hold’s Podcast Campaign Starts Today!
  • Book Review: Peanut: A Storybook for Mighty Preemie Babies
  • Changes Coming to Preemie Babies 101!
  • Investing in Social Change
  • {Book Review} Precious Infants: Courageous Stories of Premature Birth
  • Leading Social Change
  • Little & Mighty Clothing
  • Moms Take to Social Media in Defense of PPD in #meditateonthis
  • Book Review: Go Preemies! by A.P. Male
  • Happy Holidays from Hand to Hold!
  • The Warmth of a Grateful Heart
  • New Hope for 22-Week Preemies
  • Preemie Power Photo & Essay Contest: Enter Your Super Hero Today!
  • NICU Hero Highlight: Dr. Aryan Azimi-Zonooz
  • NICU Hero Highlight: Joann Thorpe
  • Kinder Keepsakes: NICU Graduation Gowns & More
  • Book Review: Girl in Glass by Deanna Fei
  • Hand to Hold Kicks Off Its Giving Day Challenge!
  • Announcing the 2015 NICU Heroes Award Finalists – Part 2
  • Announcing the 2015 NICU Heroes Award Finalists – Part 1
  • Back to the Battlefield of Prematurity
  • Celebrating 5 Years of Impact in the NICU Community
  • For the Love of Babies is Love that Goes Beyond
  • Mother of Preemie Triplets Chairs Successful Baby Shower
  • 2014 NICU Heroes Awards Finalists, Pt 2
  • Why Giving is Genius
  • 2014 NICU Heroes Awards Finalists, Pt 1
  • Meet 2014 NICU Hero Neonatologist Dr. Stewart Lawrence
  • Sophie Carney Nominated Dr. Stewart Lawrence for the 2014 NICU Heroes Award
  • NICU Heroes Award Winner Designates Children’s Cancer Research Fund as her Charity of Choice
  • Meet Second Annual NICU Heroes Award Winner Nurse Stephanie Horecky Hall
  • Winners in More Ways Than One
  • Book Review: Ready for Air
  • Sometimes It’s the YES That Changes Your Life
  • Outstanding Central Texas Medical Professionals Receive Awards
  • We Asked, You Tell!
  • Why NICU Families Need a Bill of Rights
  • What Does It Take to Be a NICU Hero?
  • Thanks for Making For the Love of Babies So Successful
  • NICU Heroes Award Recognizes Greatness
  • Wrapping up Full Term NICU Babies Week
  • A New Year, New Possibilities
  • {Giveaway} BABYBJÖRN Winners Announced!
  • {Giveaway} BABYBJÖRN
  • {Giveaway} ZooBears Winner Announced!
  • {Giveaway} ZooBears Medical ID
  • Join Hand to Hold’s Team Preemie Posse
  • Celebrating Milestones
  • {Giveaway} Winner!
  • {Giveaway} Boxed Cards from Small Bird Studio
  • NICU Nurses, Worthy of Super Hero Status
  • Families Had a Ball at the Preemie Power Family Celebration
  • {Giveaway} We Have a Winner!
  • {Book Review} Overcoming Dyslexia
  • Get Ready for Third Annual Preemie Power Family Celebration
  • {Giveaway} Give us Your Vote!
  • {Giveaway} “It’s a Preemie Thing” Customized Shirt/Onesie
  • May Giveaway Winners Announced!
  • {Giveaway} “Preemie” Book
  • Introducing…
  • PreemieBabies 101 is LIVE!
  • You are Invited!
  • {Book Review} The Gifts of Imperfection
  • Calling All Parent Bloggers
  • Category: Reviews & Giveaways
    • Book Review: 52 Self-Care Tips for NICU Moms
    • Book Review: Twin to Twin: From High-Risk Pregnancy to Happy Family
• Category: NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
  • Episode 119: Life After a Heart Transplant
  • Episode 118: Pregnancy After a NICU Baby
  • Episode 117: NICU Sibling-hood & Big Emotions
  • Episode 116: RSV Fears & Health Disparities
  • Episode 115: Finding Hope When Life is Hard
  • Episode 114: Making the Most of a SPED Meeting
  • Episode 113: How Can I Support My NICU Grandbaby?
  • Episode 112: Intro to Season 8
  • Episode 111: The Impact of Social Media on Kids
  • Episode 110: Simplify, Organize & Share Medical Information
  • Episode 109: Riding the Emotional NICU Rollercoaster
  • Episode 108: Twin Birth and Death in the NICU – One Mom’s Story
  • Episode 107: Understanding a Child’s Grief
  • Episode 106: The Reality of Stillbirth – One Mom’s Story
  • Episode 105: Make Your Home Work for You
  • Episode 104: Intro to Season 7: Tending the Heart, Body & Home
  • Episode 103: Sex After the NICU
  • Episode 102: Postpartum Exercise & Nutrition
  • Episode 101: Rehabilitating Your Pelvic Floor After Birth
  • Episode 100: Real or Filtered? Sharing Your NICU Story on Social Media
  • Episode 99: This One’s for the Dads
  • Episode 98: Should I Pay that Medical Bill?
  • Episode 97: What You Need to Know About NICU Medical Billing & Insurance
  • Episode 96: Advocating for Paid Parental Leave in Your Workplace
  • Episode 95: Postpartum Depression & Anxiety – One Mom’s Story
  • Episode 94: Do I Have Postpartum Depression or Anxiety?
  • Introducing Season 6: Life After a NICU Admission
  • Episode 92: Season Finale – Looking to 2024!
  • Episode 91: A Tech Expert Shares: New Tech for Babies
  • Episode 90: Chaplaincy and the NICU
  • Episode 89: Food Allergies and the Holidays
  • Episode 88: Using TikTok to Normalize Family Life
  • Episode 87: Receiving a Down Syndrome Diagnosis
  • Episode 86: Did I Leave the NICU with PTSD?
  • Episode 85: Just Landed in the NICU? Start Here!
  • Episode 84: An Honest Conversation with a NICU Nurse
  • Episode 83: Finding the Best Pediatrician for Your NICU Baby
  • Episode 82: Common Breastfeeding Challenges in the NICU
  • Episode 81: The Importance of Donor Milk
  • Previous NICU Babies, Parent Support Episodes
• Category: NICU Heroes Podcast
  • Episode 37: Spinal Deformities in Children
  • Episode 36: Facts, Myths & Truths about Down Syndrome
  • Episode 35: Attention NICU Nurses: Take Care of You!
  • Episode 34: When Breastfeeding is Complicated
  • Episode 33: Palliative Care for Neonates
  • Episode 32: PTSD in the NICU: The Trauma is Real
  • Episode 31: Will This Baby Thrive Outside the NICU?
  • Episode 30: All the Time You Need: Helping Grieving Patients
  • Episode 29: Perinatal Mental Health: How to Start the Conversation
  • Episode 28: Every Heart Has a Story: Understanding the Pediatric Heart
  • Episode 27: Preeclampsia: What You May Not Know
  • Previous NICU Heroes Podcast Episodes
• Category: NICU Life
  • Breastfeeding Basics in the NICU
  • Holidays in the NICU: Coping Strategies for NICU Parents
  • How to Support a Breastfeeding Mom in the NICU
  • Let’s Talk About Human Milk Fortifiers: What Is It and Why Does My Baby Need It?
  • Know Your NICU Nutrition: The Importance of Appropriate Nutrition in the NICU
  • Celebrating Valentine’s Day in the NICU
  • Unique Ways to Support NICU Parents: Ideas for a NICU Care Basket
  • 3 Ways to Relieve Holiday Stress for NICU Families
  • Prematurity Awareness: Here’s What Parents Want You to Know
  • How to Help a NICU Family
  • How to Bond With Your NICU Baby
  • NICU Milestones: Going Home from the NICU
  • NICU Milestones: The Joy of the First Hold
  • NICU Milestones: The First Clothes in the NICU
  • To the NICU Heroes
  • NICU Milestones: The First Bottle in the NICU
  • NICU Milestones: The First Diaper Change was the Hug I’d Been Waiting For
  • The Roller Coaster of Breastfeeding in the NICU
  • Breastfeeding, Donor Milk & COVID-19
  • How NICUs Have Adapted During COVID-19
  • Diaper Dermatitis in Preemies
  • Know Someone in the NICU? 10 Things You Can Do to Help
  • The Power of Scent Cloths + No-Sew Scent Cloth Instructions
  • Fetal Development Interrupted: What It Means & How Nutrition Has an Impact
  • 6 Ways to Bring Holiday Spirit to the NICU
  • Going from TPN to Feeding Success in the NICU
  • Why Breast Milk is Important for Your NICU Baby
  • Pumping Tips for NICU Moms
  • Parents Share What Their NICU Milestone Beads Mean to Them
  • If I Could Tell a New NICU Parent One Thing…
  • Help a NICU Parent Today: Become a Volunteer Peer Mentor
  • Grandparent Perspectives on Life in the NICU
  • A 3-Step Guide to Recruiting a Primary NICU Nurse
  • Answering Your Children’s Questions About a Baby in the NICU
  • 5 Reasons to do Kangaroo Care with Your Baby
  • 6 Reasons Your Baby Needs a Primary NICU Nurse
  • Understanding Neonatal Care & NICU Levels
  • Celebrating Holidays in the NICU
  • Thankful for Tough Mothers
  • NICU Nurses: We Save Babies
  • 4 Lessons on Breastfeeding in the NICU
  • Finding a Balance Between NICU and Home
  • Hope for NICU Moms on Mother’s Day
  • Celebrating Nurses for National Nurses Week
  • Navigating the NICU as a Family: Connecting Siblings with NICU Babies
  • How to Communicate with Your Baby’s Care Team: 10 Tips to Help You Get What You Need
  • Navigating the NICU When You Have Older Children at Home
  • Preemie FAQs
  • Know Someone in the NICU? 10 Ways You Can Help
  • It’s a Small World After All: My Son’s NICU Nurse Used to be My Boss
  • 10 Things Every Preemie Parent Should Know
  • The Biggest Lessons Learned in the NICU
  • 4 Things You Can Do When Someone You Love is in the Hospital
  • (Not Quite) Silver Linings of an Extra Two Months
  • Celebrate the Small Stuff
  • 10 Ways to Celebrate a NICU Mom on Mother’s Day
  • Reading to Your Preemie: One of the Greatest Gifts You Can Give
  • Managing Multiples in the NICU? Don’t apologize.
  • 26 Acts of Kindness for Preemie Moms
  • What First-Time Parenting Activity Made You Nervous in the NICU?
  • Spending Holidays in the NICU
  • Halloween in the NICU
  • Breastfeeding Through the Storm
  • Understanding Your Preemie’s Signals
  • Including a Sibling in a NICU Stay
  • 4 Ways I Helped My Older Children Deal with a Premature Sibling
  • To the NICU Nurse… Thank You.
  • How This Extra Step Made Our NICU Stay More Bearable
  • How the Right Primary Nurse Helped Save My Son
  • How NICU Nurses Helped Me Learn to Parent
  • Your Baby Needs Blood
  • Kangaroo Care: The Secret Ingredient to Helping Your NICU Baby Thrive
  • Breastfeeding Problems? Cut Yourself Some Slack, Momma!
  • Where’s My Sister? Tips on Including Siblings in Your NICU Journey
  • How NICU Nurses Make a Big Impact
  • Advice For Parents Of Preemies: Learning To Ask The Questions
  • Practical Advice for Current NICU Families & Parents of Preemies Day
  • Category: Siblings
• Category: Nutrition
  • Black Breastfeeding Week: August 25-31
  • The Importance of Prenatal Breastfeeding Support for Black Moms
• Category: Pregnancy & Bedrest
  • Epigastric Pain in Preeclampsia
  • 10 Activities for Bonding with Your Child During Pregnancy Bed Rest
  • Staying Sane on Hospital Bed Rest
  • Words of Wisdom for Mamas on Bedrest
  • Being Aware of Preeclampsia
  • 5 Things I Wish I’d Known When Choosing a High-Risk OB-GYN
  • Change of Plans