by Amy Carr | Oct 28, 2014 | News
Neonatal nurses, Michelle White and Marilee Lawson, were both named 2014 NICU Heroes Awards finalists. These outstanding neonatal professionals were chosen as finalists alongside two other fellow neonatal nurses, Natalie Sorrentino and Kathy Knoll. Michelle White of...
by Kaleena Berryman | Sep 5, 2014 | NICU Life
A week after giving birth to my son Jharid 16 weeks early, I decided to take a short break from staring at him through the incubator in the NICU. It was incredibly hard leaving my one pound five ounce baby with just the nurses to watch over him, but it had to be done....
by Angie Bickford | Aug 1, 2014 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Professional Insight
Our latest Facebook Chat took place on Wednesday, July 30th at 8:30p.m. CT. Our guest was Trish Ringley, NICU nurse, blogger and preemie advocate over at NICU Central. This was a unique chat, where attendees were able to ‘ASK A NICU NURSE’. Trish Ringley,...
by Michelle Hensel | Apr 7, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life, Siblings
Almost four years have past since our time in the NICU. During that time our former micro-preemie twins have grown into active little toddlers. When I reflect back on our time in the NICU what usually stands out in my mind are the traumatic times. Trauma has a way of...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Nov 20, 2012 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
When we first learned we were headed to the NICU, I was sitting in the perinatologist’s office for a standard 20-week “advanced maternal age” ultrasound. At that point, the doctor didn’t think I’d make it to 24 weeks. Our son was...
