by Guest Blogger | Oct 4, 2013 | Family Stories
After 7 years of infertility and a miscarriage, my husband and I were ecstatic to learn that we were pregnant with twins. I had a hard pregnancy. I had a sub chorionic hemorrhage, placenta previa, shortening cervix, and constant bleeding. But I was diligent at taking...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 12, 2013 | Family Stories
Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez is a NICU mom who has found her life’s passion in helping and coaching others after loss and the premature birth of her son who has special needs. She currently owns a coaching and consulting business, Families Blossoming LLC, to assist...
by Guest Blogger | May 24, 2013 | Family Stories
Meet Sola Olu who is the mother of two children born premature. She is the author of a memoir, The Summer Called Angel, and shares how she and her husband held on to hope for 7 months while their daughter weighing 1.15 ounces at birth was cared for in two NICUs,...
by Elaine Jones | Apr 8, 2013 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement
Through my website www.babieswithnec.com, I network with parents every week. With every story submission I walk down the memories of Caitlyn passing and feel the pain of the parent writing the story. I follow up with them when I publish the story online and, in some...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Apr 5, 2013 | Life after the NICU
I didn’t know it was possible for someone so small to throw up so much. Indeed, it is possible. The first year of my son’s life was rocky, to put it mildly. He contracted necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) on day eight of life and we began a pretty delicate...
