by Alden Gilligan | Mar 2, 2015 | Finances & Insurance, Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
Having a preemie is a very scary process and can also be very confusing. When your baby arrives early, you’re not prepared in the way you might have been if you’d carried to full term. I know this was the case for us. I was 31 weeks pregnant with our twins when I...
by Samantha Pridgen | Oct 2, 2013 | Finances & Insurance, Medical Info & Resources
As if being thrust into preemie parenthood is not overwhelming enough from parental and medical viewpoints, the financial aspects of an early arrival can leave you feeling just as helpless. When Roxy was just a couple days old, we were met by a hospital social worker...
by Guest Blogger | Jun 7, 2013 | Family Stories, Medical Info & Resources
Our son, the mighty Shaw Richter, was born at 27 weeks, just over two pounds and spent 122 days in the NICU. Shaw’s medical history is long in his short 2 years of life. He suffered a stroke at birth and endured 22 spinal taps that left a permanent bruise on his...
by Melissa McMurchy | Jun 19, 2012 | Finances & Insurance, Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
I remember having the girls and not even thinking about money. I remember how overwhelmed I felt when we started getting bills for thousands and thousands of dollars. I immediately started freaking out and had no clue what we were going to do in order to pay all these...
