by Guest Blogger | Mar 25, 2015 | Emotional Health
It’s been over two years since my daughter’s traumatic and extremely premature birth, and I’m just now realizing that I might suffer from a form of PTSD. According to the Mayo Clinic, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms may start within three...
by Laura Maikata | Jan 5, 2015 | Inspiration, NICU Life
January is blood donor month, so here I give a huge THANK YOU to donors everywhere. In the first few months of life, blood donations became one of the best baby gifts my son received. We never had a shower for him. He was born before 24 weeks, and for several months...
by Laura Maikata | Mar 19, 2014 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Pregnancy & Bedrest
“He’s a [medical] miracle,” said half a dozen medical professionals during his first year of life. At my annual physical my OBGYN held my one-year-old’s hands and walked him around the room. She talked about his day of birth like it had been yesterday. She wore a...
by Kelli Kelley | Oct 9, 2013 | News, NICU Life
One of 11 children and father of six, Dr. Gerard Cleary, recipient of the first annual NICU Heroes Award, understands the importance of family. He says the joy of being a neonatologist is giving great people the opportunity to have a family of their own. The NICU...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 4, 2013 | Family Stories
After 7 years of infertility and a miscarriage, my husband and I were ecstatic to learn that we were pregnant with twins. I had a hard pregnancy. I had a sub chorionic hemorrhage, placenta previa, shortening cervix, and constant bleeding. But I was diligent at taking...
