by Kristin Beuscher | Jun 11, 2014 | Emotional Health
After my daughter, a 28-week preemie, was born, it was the better part of a year before I could look at a woman with a big pregnant tummy and not feel angry. Of course, I wasn’t angry at the woman herself. I would never want a woman to go through the trials of...
by Kristin Beuscher | Feb 10, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
Sometimes, despite your best intentions, breastfeeding a preemie just doesn’t work out. And that’s OK. During my pregnancy I had vowed that I would try breastfeeding when the time arose. The problem was, when I delivered at 28 weeks I was utterly...
by Kristin Beuscher | Dec 18, 2013 | Life after the NICU
My daughter had been home from the NICU two months when Hurricane Sandy made landfall in my home state of New Jersey. Born at 28 weeks due to placental abruption, Evelyn came home in August after 68 days in the NICU. Like many others, she was accompanied by an apnea...
by Guest Blogger | May 24, 2013 | Family Stories
Meet Sola Olu who is the mother of two children born premature. She is the author of a memoir, The Summer Called Angel, and shares how she and her husband held on to hope for 7 months while their daughter weighing 1.15 ounces at birth was cared for in two NICUs,...
by Elaine Jones | May 5, 2012 | Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
One month ago today would have been, should have been, my sweet daughter Caitlyn’s sixth birthday. The Easter season is never easy for us, and ironically, shortly after the holiday, I am a part of this website as a guest blogger. First, I wanted to share some...
