by Amialya Durairaj | Jun 4, 2018 | NICU Life
Would you like a primary nurse for your baby in the NICU but are unsure about how to get one? We’ve talked about six reasons why anyone with a baby in the NICU for a month or longer should try to find a primary caregiver. Now read my three-step process for...
by Shoshana Koch | Jun 3, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
While on three-day hospital bed rest with PPROM, I researched what was required to create a breast milk supply under these circumstances: our son was going to be an extremely low birth weight, premature, and sick baby. He would be separated from me at birth,...
by Kelli Kelley | Sep 25, 2014 | News
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Stephanie Horecky Hall, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC, is one of two winners of the Second Annual NICU Heroes Award, presented by Mead Johnson Nutrition and Hand to Hold. The awards recognize outstanding NICU health care professionals each year for...
by Kathy McClelland | Aug 11, 2014 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, Medical Info & Resources
I told myself when I was pregnant with my first child that I would try to breast feed. I had listened to enough friends who wanted to and it didn’t work out for one reason or another. I told myself if I was disappointed that I couldn’t breast feed, I...
by Melissa McMurchy | Sep 16, 2013 | NICU Life
Ok, so you have just delivered your baby early, very early. They are premature beyond your imagination (13 weeks early for me) and they take your child(ren) to the NICU. This situation was a little different for me than most I assume. I am sure there are some out...
