by Jennifer DeSimone | May 25, 2020 | Emotional Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as we all are faced with unprecedented times, it is the perfect time to check in with ourselves. Like really check in and truly answer the question, “How am I doing?” For me, most days are a range of emotions: fear, joy,...
by Jessica Tyler | May 18, 2020 | Emotional Health
Photo credit: Jodiellen Photography My appointment reminder goes off and I silence it with a glance. Fifteen minutes until therapy. I swallow the “ugh” ready to come out of my mouth, thinking, “Therapy? No time for that!” This is the inner dialogue every week. Then I...
by Leigh Ann Torres | May 11, 2020 | Emotional Health
In the days and months after having a baby, our hormones and emotions are still fluctuating. Sometimes these feelings are mild and only last a few days. But sometimes they can be more intense, involve intrusive thoughts, and you may not see a light at the end of the...
by Lindsay Rosenfeld | May 6, 2019 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
I felt like this recent Hand to Hold article about mental health and the effect of the NICU on the family was speaking directly to me. Only now am I beginning to realize the emotional support I craved and needed during my initial days, and in the years after, as a mom...
by Danielle Dreger | Apr 15, 2019 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
When my son, Theo, was born at 27 weeks in 2014, I went from blissfully pregnant to survival mode in a matter of hours. For six-and-a-half months I sat by Theo’s incubator, and later crib, bonding with him as best I could while he was hooked up to monitors,...
