by Cheryl Silinskas | Mar 28, 2019 | Life after the NICU
I understand that doctors try to give families an honest warning in a prognosis, yet it only gives us one potential outcome. Parents share the discrepancies between prognosis and reality all the time. We learn later that prognosis will not give us the big picture of...
by Lindsay Rosenfeld | Mar 25, 2019 | Family Stories, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
When I was pregnant, I remember reading about classes for new parents-to-be. There were options like Caring for Your Newborn, or Caring for your Newborn Twins, or Breastfeeding 101. I definitely don’t remember any offerings called Caring for your Micro Preemies. Who...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Mar 11, 2019 | Medical Info & Resources
According to the CDC, from January 1 to February 28, 2019, 206 individual measles cases have been confirmed in 11 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington.1 While many of these are...
by Kelli Kelley | Feb 28, 2019 | News
Prematurity does not discriminate. Women of every race, religion and socioeconomic background experience premature birth of their babies every year. But black women in the United States experience disproportionate and unacceptable poor maternal health outcomes. A...
by Lindsay Rosenfeld | Feb 25, 2019 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, NICU Life
As someone who has always been very connected to people – and who regularly connects others to people and resources – I found being a new parent of micro preemies very isolating: hospitalized bed rest; having twins; stopping full time work; spending the first three...
