by Summer Hill-Vinson | Apr 8, 2015 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Pregnancy & Bedrest
Before I had children, I hoped I would never need a Cesarean section. I thought I stood a pretty good chance of avoiding them. My mom didn’t have C-sections, and I have wide hips. I was young and healthy. I knew better than to write a birth plan in stone, but it...
by Rebecca Wood | Feb 6, 2015 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
I remember the first time I met Charlie. The NICU was dark with only the glow of computer monitors and bili lights to illuminate the way. There were nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, and x ray techs weaving between rows of isolettes and scurrying in every...
by Rebecca Wood | Jan 7, 2015 | Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
After the birth of my micropreemie due to severe early onset preeclampsia and HELLP, I stepped off of the baby train. That was it, we were done. My husband and I are finished having children. We have one. People seem to think that the size of our family is their...
by Rebecca Wood | Jul 28, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
I remember the day Charlie was born like it was yesterday. I spent the ten days prior in the hospital hoping and waiting. However, nothing could prepare me for her birth at 26 weeks or for what was to follow. The day of her birth, no one explained what was happening....
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Jul 7, 2014 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
The first baby gift I ever received was a brown leather journal. A friend’s mother gave it to me so that I could document all the precious moments of my first pregnancy. I couldn’t seem to find time to write in it. We were in the process of buying our first house and...