by Hand to Hold Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Family Stories
by Heather Nichols My name is Heather Nichols, and I am from San Antonio and have been living in Austin since my days as a UT Longhorn undergrad. As a 2018 co-chair for Hand to Hold’s Baby Shower Luncheon, this year’s theme, Seasons of Life: Strength from the Storm,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 18, 2018 | News
Lauren Monroe doesn’t have a NICU experience, but she does relate to the difficulties that parents can encounter when trying to start a family. It was this personal experience that led her to Hand to Hold’s website, where she discovered all of the avenues...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 11, 2018 | NICU Life
Parents love celebrating their baby’s milestones. But in the NICU, milestones have a very different meaning. Instead of bonding with their baby through snuggles and first feedings in the postpartum wing of the hospital, parents of NICU babies are scrubbing up at...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Oct 4, 2018 | Life after the NICU
I would venture to guess that every mother has some level of germ-awareness during flu and RSV season. I know with my firstborn, full-term baby I did. I could spot a germy kid in her daycare class and hear the shopper coughing two aisles over in the grocery store. I...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Sep 27, 2018 | NICU Life
We asked members of our online communities to share their advice for new NICU parents and they came through with so much great advice, we couldn’t possibly include them all here. Here are some of the highlights parents want you to know about life in the neonatal...
