by Beth Puskas | Apr 11, 2016 | NICU Life
The first gift my preemie ever received was a book. A brand, new, book. It had been placed in a drawer next to his isolette. It didn’t really matter what book it was. What mattered is that it was there waiting for him. And for me and his dad. Thanks to the phenomenal...
by Katie Reginato Cascamo | 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 Brittany Shives | 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 Melanie Turner | 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 LaShanda Gordon | Sep 23, 2015 | Family Stories, NICU Life, Siblings
On a Sunday morning, I became a NICU mom three times over. On that day, time stood still as an emergency c-section ushered my 29-week triplets into the world. Then came Monday…and as abruptly as time had stopped, it moved again. Its pace quickened from a surreal slow...
