by Guest Blogger | Apr 27, 2016 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
The last week of April is World Immunization Week, a global public health campaign intended to raise awareness of the importance of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases around the world. When it comes to preemies, many parents are unsure of whether or not...
by Parijat Deshpande | Nov 30, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Finding the right pediatrician for your preemie is particularly important as preterm infants often have different needs than full-term babies. While your friends may be raving about their pediatricians, there are several additional factors you need to consider when...
by Jessie Threlkeld | Jul 24, 2015 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
We had been out of the hospital three months when I first heard the words gut flora. Little did I know that was the secret ingredient to getting our little girl to optimum health. Gut flora is the intestinal flora, or the microorganisms that aid in everything from...
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 Kara Wahlin | May 1, 2015 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
For me, attachment was one of those things. One of THOSE things. It gave me a pang when for the first couple months of my son’s life I had to ask permission to hold him. I had been one of those moms that had hoped to have my boys laid on my chest after birth, to...