by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 1, 2016 | Life after the NICU
In 2009 I led our family through a 56-day NICU stay with our son Giovanni, who was born 2 ½ months premature at 2 ½ pounds. Reflecting on our NICU journey, I shared the same rhythms familiar to most NICU families. I participated in feeding, diapering and taking my...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 28, 2015 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
When we were pregnant with our first baby, we did all the things most couples do to prepare for her arrival. We cleared out a room, set up the crib and read dozens of pregnancy books. However, when my water broke seven weeks early, we were thrown into an unfamiliar...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Nov 11, 2015 | NICU Life
There isn’t anything easy about being in the NICU with your child. The days move slowly and time seems to stand still. When my twins were in the NICU, I often lost track of what day of the week it was because it just didn’t matter to me. What mattered were...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jun 8, 2015 | Family Stories, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
We’d like to introduce Preemie Babies 101’s new Online Community Coordinator, Leigh Ann Torres. Leigh Ann is a blogger, writer, and mother of twins plus one, living in Austin, TX. After a short bout with severe preeclampsia, Leigh Ann’s identical...