by Krystle Gervais | Jan 13, 2020 | Emotional Health
Photo courtesy Krystle Gervais, Sarah Huddleston Photography I find myself downplaying my NICU experience when talking to other NICU parents, thinking what my family went through is nothing compared to what their family went through. It usually goes something like...
by Brittany Shives | Dec 15, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
Our world was turned upside down the day my water broke seven weeks too soon. We would have never made it through the next few months without the kindness, generosity, and overwhelming support of our friends, family, and complete strangers. When you have a loved one...
by Laura Maikata | Mar 19, 2014 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Pregnancy & Bedrest
“He’s a [medical] miracle,” said half a dozen medical professionals during his first year of life. At my annual physical my OBGYN held my one-year-old’s hands and walked him around the room. She talked about his day of birth like it had been yesterday. She wore a...
by Guest Blogger | Feb 27, 2014 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Finding out you are pregnant is one of the most exciting things ever, especially if you had a difficult time getting there. We expect our pregnancies to be flawless and joyful. But, when you find out you are having triplets as I did, that world comes crashing down. ...
by Franchesca Cox | Apr 24, 2013 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
With my history of premature labor, scarred tissue, a classical c-section… the list could go on… we almost knew that our last child, Evie, would be another early arrival. And she was. She was born two days before New Year’s Eve last year. She came...
