by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 19, 2021 | News
Much of the support Hand to Hold provides relies on the hard work and dedication of our amazing volunteers who believe in our mission and donate their time and efforts to help NICU families. Each one of our community volunteers and volunteer peer mentors is a vital...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 8, 2018 | Life after the NICU
by Jackson Kelley I felt awkward, unsure and hot standing in the Texas afternoon sun by the first base dugout. The coach seemed nice as he gave me a firm handshake and a reassuring smile, but I knew this would be unlike any baseball season I had ever experienced. The...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 19, 2018 | News
This week is National Volunteer Week! Volunteers are essential to our organization, and Hand to Hold simply could not function effectively without them. Volunteer Peer Mentors provide the backbone for our successful peer support network. Community volunteers assist us...
by Heather Hucks | Nov 14, 2014 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
When we rode the elevator down from the 7th floor NICU for the last time, we knew that one day, we would be back. This place where we’d logged a significant part of our life, 5 months to be exact, had become familiar. It had saved our baby’s life. So we...
by Dani Curliss | Dec 7, 2012 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
Our daughter, Kylie, was 10 weeks early. My pregnancy was successful until my preeclampsia diagnosis at 29 weeks. I had only heard of preeclampsia once, and didn’t know much about prematurity either. A friend had preeclampsia around 34 weeks gestation, but she brought...