by Kathryn Whitaker | May 22, 2013 | Emotional Health
After birthing four babies, I could pack the “hospital bag” in my sleep. The NICU survival bag, however, was much harder to pack for my fifth child. It’s like going on a trip and not knowing the schedule, the weather or when you’re returning....
by Kathryn Whitaker | Apr 5, 2013 | Life after the NICU
I didn’t know it was possible for someone so small to throw up so much. Indeed, it is possible. The first year of my son’s life was rocky, to put it mildly. He contracted necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) on day eight of life and we began a pretty delicate...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Aug 17, 2012 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
When our son was born at just 3lb. 9oz., due to growth restriction, I thought his 36-week delivery would insulate us from a “real NICU” experience. Oh girl, what was I thinking? I’m the mother of five and had successfully nursed four previous babies...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Jun 4, 2012 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood
Counseling. That wasn’t a word I used, or though of, often. After all, my husband and I had a great marriage, built on faith, trust and love. We had weathered some rocky storms – a big move to another state, graduate school, another big move, a...
by Guest Blogger | May 4, 2012 | Family Stories
My daughter, Vanessa, was born at 36 weeks and 6 days. She was born in that nebulous late phase preterm (she was literally 4 hours shy of 37 weeks) gestation, not quite term. When she was born, she did not cry right away, and they rushed her over to the warming table...
