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 Kelli Kelley | Mar 24, 2014 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
For many NICU families, sharing our stories is a powerful tool in our attempt to rebuild our lives after a traumatic birth experience. My husband kept a daily journal during our four month NICU stay, but I was barely able to produce a grocery list! It would be almost...
by Angie Bickford | Mar 12, 2014 | Emotional Health
SPECIAL EDITION!! Use Your Words: Keeping a Record of Your NICU Journey (and beyond) Through Journaling & More has TWO times available! Read the details below. Join us for our next Facebook Chat with writer, teacher, and author Kate Hopper as she shares how you...
by Guest Blogger | Jun 30, 2013 | Emotional Health, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
You never forget the day your preemie was born. You probably didn’t expect it. You definitely didn’t want it. And, if you’re like me, it led to many miserable days amid beeping machines, whimpering babies and occasional emergency procedures that made half your hair...
by Kasey Mathews | Jun 25, 2013 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
Whether your baby was in the NICU for 2 days or 200, the result of having a birth experience begin in the midst of noisy beeping machines, a multitude of doctors and nurses, and the palpable fear that persistently swirls in the NICU air, the impact can have...
