by Kelli Kelley | Feb 28, 2019 | News
Prematurity does not discriminate. Women of every race, religion and socioeconomic background experience premature birth of their babies every year. But black women in the United States experience disproportionate and unacceptable poor maternal health outcomes. A...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Mental Health
Accepting help in the NICU is tough. My son, Brooks, was born at 29 weeks after a month-long hospital stay on bedrest because of PPROM I developed at 25 weeks. There was so much help I needed from the time I was hospitalized. I was almost completely helpless, it felt,...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Dec 20, 2018 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU, Mental Health
Birth day: a day to celebrate the birth of your child Gotcha day: a day to celebrate taking your child home; i.e. “getting them” Some of us don’t leave the hospital three – five days after giving birth with typically eating, breathing, growing babies. Yet, many...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jul 19, 2018 | Mental Health
I’m a strong woman. I’m a black woman. I had postpartum depression. I tried for years to have a baby. I prayed and pleaded. I had a beautiful birth experience. I still had postpartum depression. I was surrounded by a loving family and husband. I took placenta pills....
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jun 7, 2018 | Mental Health
Having a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit is a traumatic experience. No one is ever really prepared. You have probably felt emotions during your baby’s NICU stay that you never imagined feeling. You have celebrated things you never knew you would and seen...
