by Andrea Mullenmeister | Dec 2, 2015 | Emotional Health
It’s been three years since my son, Jaxson, was born more than four months early and I still relive the experience, scene for scene, when I see or hear a helicopter. I am there. I feel the rumble of the helicopter blades. I smell the humid July air. I taste the fear...
by Kristin Beuscher | May 13, 2015 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
Someone once told me, depression doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you’ve tried for too long to be strong. Months after my daughter came home from the hospital, those words resonated with me so much. My pregnancy had been plagued with stress. At 12...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 25, 2015 | Emotional Health
It’s been over two years since my daughter’s traumatic and extremely premature birth, and I’m just now realizing that I might suffer from a form of PTSD. According to the Mayo Clinic, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms may start within three...
by Cristal Grogan | Dec 29, 2014 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement
Most people associate grief, especially complicated grief, as something only experienced after the death of a loved one. However, many people fail to understand that complicated grief isn’t just about death. In an article entitled...
by Angie Bickford | Nov 12, 2014 | Life after the NICU
It was the moment she stopped breathing. Having lost her triplet brother earlier in the year, there’s no question this was the last straw that triggered my PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). It wasn’t the bed rest, the 27-week preterm delivery, the...
