by Summer Hill-Vinson | Jan 13, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
Within a 6-week span, we bought our first house, moved 400 miles to a new city, and became parents, 14 weeks early. We had no local support network. No church. No friends from work. No people to call in a pinch. No one to bake us casseroles or tie balloons on our...
by Kathy McClelland | Oct 7, 2015 | Emotional Health
Who has time for a support group? Not you. You’re already stretched to the max. If your baby is still in the NICU, you’re there whenever you can be. When you’re not in the NICU, you’re at home sleeping or spending time with your other...
by Alden Gilligan | Sep 8, 2014 | NICU Life
When my husband and I found out we were having twins, I was both excited and scared, and one of the first things my then-medical-student husband said to me was, “You know, they’ll probably be in the NICU for a while.” No, I didn’t know that, but after he said it, I...
by Kelli Kelley | Sep 3, 2013 | Life after the NICU, News
I have a confession – I don’t tweet or yelp, and I don’t have a clue how to use Pinterest! I am what you call, a late adopter! When I founded Hand to Hold, I did not have a laptop, a smart phone or a texting plan. I drug my feet for years before creating a Facebook...
