by Jennifer DeSimone | May 25, 2020 | Emotional Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as we all are faced with unprecedented times, it is the perfect time to check in with ourselves. Like really check in and truly answer the question, “How am I doing?” For me, most days are a range of emotions: fear, joy,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | May 11, 2020 | Emotional Health
In the days and months after having a baby, our hormones and emotions are still fluctuating. Sometimes these feelings are mild and only last a few days. But sometimes they can be more intense, involve intrusive thoughts, and you may not see a light at the end of the...
by Jessica Tyler | Mar 23, 2020 | Emotional Health
Photo credit: Jodi Ellen Photography When Ben was in the NICU, I would wake up in the morning and for a moment everything was fine. For a brief second as I woke, I would forget. Then suddenly, my world would come crashing down, and I would remember where I was, and...
by Guest Blogger | Jun 24, 2019 | Emotional Health, Family Stories
Meet Lisa, mom to Ava, a micro preemie who was just 1 pound, 12 ounces at birth. Lisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor who, despite treating others suffering from depression, anxiety and PTSD, still struggled with postpartum psychosis and PTSD. Here is her story....
by Danielle Dreger | Apr 15, 2019 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
When my son, Theo, was born at 27 weeks in 2014, I went from blissfully pregnant to survival mode in a matter of hours. For six-and-a-half months I sat by Theo’s incubator, and later crib, bonding with him as best I could while he was hooked up to monitors,...
