by Guest Blogger | Jul 5, 2018 | Grief & Bereavement
By Brittany Clay On April 4, 2016, I had an experience that I didn’t even realize happened to people. After days of being in pain, I went to the hospital, only to have my water break. The nurse told me I was in labor. “But ma’am, you must be mistaken. I’m only halfway...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 8, 2016 | Emotional Health
I delivered my son prematurely after my waters broke totally unexpectedly at 33 weeks. It was traumatic in every sense. I blamed myself, and the guilt that ate away at me year after year solidified my decision that I would never have another child. I knew that...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 16, 2014 | Family Stories
Four years ago in May, I was blissfully pregnant with my first child. I knew she was a girl, I knew she was due at the end of the July, I knew her room was not quite ready, and I knew everything the books told me I should know about the imminent change about to happen...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 17, 2014 | Family Stories
My name is Erin G. I am the mother of three beautiful children (Andrew, Nicholas, and Delilah). I am also a labor and delivery nurse. My first two children were full term and had “normal” deliveries. That is not the case with my daughter! My pregnancy with...
by Kelli Kelley | Nov 5, 2012 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, News
I know that preterm birth can and does affect women of every race, ethnicity, religion, color, age, socioeconomic status and demographic. But until recently, I really only thought of prematurity as it pertains to the 500,000 plus births that occur in the U.S. each...
