by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 21, 2022 | Life after the NICU
Isolation. Quarantine. While NICU parents are thrilled to have their babies home, life is not necessarily back to normal. If you come home close to or during cold, flu and RSV season, you’re likely facing these two words – isolation and quarantine –...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 4, 2019 | Life after the NICU
As someone who has always been very connected to people – and who regularly connects others to people and resources – I found being a new parent of micro preemies very isolating: hospitalized bed rest, having twins, stopping full time work, spending the first three...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 1, 2018 | Life after the NICU
Our 24-weeker first came from the NICU mid-flu and RSV season in 2008. We struggled to explain to people why we had to be so cautious and remain in isolation. We’ve spent 10 winters indoors with pneumonia, RSV, and hiding from epic outbreaks. Here’s what I...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 13, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
Within a 6-week span, we bought our first house, moved 400 miles to a new city, and became parents, 14 weeks early. We had no local support network. No church. No friends from work. No people to call in a pinch. No one to bake us casseroles or tie balloons on our...
by Kelli Kelley | May 29, 2012 | Emotional Health
Motherhood is a journey, and when your child is born early, it is normal to bear emotional scars from the experience. Over the years, I’ve found tremendous comfort in reading the experiences of other preemie mothers. Just learning that I wasn’t alone and...
