by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 14, 2019 | Grief & Bereavement
There is no language to adequately describe the experience of losing a pregnancy or an infant. Our culture often hopelessly unaware of the grief experience. Neonatal death, stillbirth, and pregnancy loss are parts of life many don’t want to acknowledge....
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jul 22, 2019 | Life after the NICU, Mental Health
All of us have to say goodbye to our old selves, our lives before (medically fragile) child. It hit me when I broke my favorite blue and white patterned plates. The visions I had of dinner parties, book clubs, a fun and relaxing home full of guests…just...
by Christine Tester | Jul 26, 2018 | Grief & Bereavement
My daughter, Isabelle Dolores Anne, was born at 28 weeks on June 8th, 2004. I had picked an early morning midwife appointment so I could dash to the office immediately afterwards. With my mind very much on work, I casually mentioned to the midwife that I felt small...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Nov 17, 2016 | Grief & Bereavement
The year my husband and I got married was also the year we were expecting our first baby. Our son’s due date was set for October, and we envisioned having our first Christmas together as a family of three. That changed when Carrick Michael Goyer was born many weeks...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 29, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Mental Health, NICU Life
Dear NICU parent, First of all, congratulations on bringing life into this world! I don’t know how you got to this point. Whether your labor was long or short. Whether this moment was a surprise or a day that you have been anticipating after months on bedrest. I do...
