by Stacey Skrysak | Jun 23, 2014 | Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
Birthdays are a big deal… especially when you begin life more than 17 weeks before your due date. My surviving triplet is considered a “22 weeker”, and in a matter of days, she will be one year old. Born June 23rd of last year, Peyton faced an uphill battle from...
by Guest Blogger | May 2, 2014 | Family Stories, Inspiration
Throughout my life I have always been fascinated by other people’s stories. I was a journalism major in college and was known to be more engaged in listening to the conversation at the table next to me at a restaurant than my dinner companions’. I always joked...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 31, 2014 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
I’ve always been career driven, knowing since I was a child that I would someday be a television news anchor. Yet people often told me, “Your priorities will change once you have kids.” I didn’t believe them. I absolutely love my job, sharing the news of the day to...
by Keira Sorrells | Oct 7, 2013 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement
It was about 9 months after the death of my 14 month-old daughter, Zoe. Zoe was a triplet born at 25 weeks 5 days and had spent over 9 months in the NICU. While everyone grieves differently, I felt for a long time that I had to feel the pain deeply and intensely in...
by Aimee Sprik | Jul 24, 2013 | Family Stories
Triple the blessing…I told my husband I was ready, that I wanted to have a baby now. We were both older than the average bear and I thought we would have to work on it. 4 weeks later we were pregnant, 4 weeks after that, we found out it was with triplets. .07% chance....