by Parijat Deshpande | Nov 30, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Finding the right pediatrician for your preemie is particularly important as preterm infants often have different needs than full-term babies. While your friends may be raving about their pediatricians, there are several additional factors you need to consider when...
by Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn | Aug 26, 2015 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
This month and next we celebrate 5 years since our twin boys were discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I remember each of those days like they were yesterday. We have come such a very long way since those early days of fear and uncertainty. Since then we...
by Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn | May 4, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Siblings
May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day Okay, so we all know it’s important to wash our hands throughout the day, but do you really take hand hygiene that seriously? According to Judah G, Aunger R, Schmidt WP, Michie S, Granger S, Curtis V., “Despite widespread knowledge of...
by Rebecca Wood | Jan 7, 2015 | Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
After the birth of my micropreemie due to severe early onset preeclampsia and HELLP, I stepped off of the baby train. That was it, we were done. My husband and I are finished having children. We have one. People seem to think that the size of our family is their...
by Elaine Jones | Dec 26, 2012 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Pregnancy & Bedrest
When Caitlyn passed away at twelve-days-old our world shattered. Lost, alone, angry, broken and a feeling of being hollow was all I felt. My husband and I were sharing the grieving so it was unbearable to share our sadness with each other, it was so raw and too deep....