Browsing all posts in October, 2010.

Rylan’s Story

This story was thoughtfully submitted by Corinne, one of our readers. I just got back from our Make-a-Wish trip to Florida when I found out I was pregnant.  At the time I had 3 childen who had all been born near there due dates so I thought it was going to be a regular pregnancy.  [...]

Tribute to NICU Nurses

Good NICU nurses can have a huge impact on our NICU experience.  Their thoughtfulness, understanding, gentle care and support can make each day in the NICU so much more bearable. I would like to give each of you (and myself) the opportunity to pay tribute to a NICU nurse who had a positive impact on [...]

Amber’s Story

The following post is a personal story submitted by Amber, one of our Preemie Babies 101 readers. We found out in Feb 10 that we were pregnant with twins after having a miscarriage in Nov and having problems getting pregnant. We used Clomid. May 6 we went for our growth u/s. It was an hour [...]

Book Winner

The winner of The Preemie Primer is… Denise Stewart! Her comment for the giveaway was as follows: “My son is now one year old (barely). He was 7 weeks early. I would benefit from deciding to get pregnant again. It would also help to have something with pictures of a NICU to be able to [...]

Comment by Patricia Ray

This comment was submitted by Patricia Ray on the “Book Giveaway!” post.  I thought it brought up many important concerns that we all face as parents of preemie babies, and I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to read it and respond.  Patricia graciously gave me permission to republish her comment. Hi there. [...]

Book Giveaway!

The Marketing Manager for The Preemie Primer has generously offered to let me give one free copy of the book to one of my Preemie Babies 101 readers!  Hopefully you all had the chance to read my review of The Preemie Primer earlier this week.  I’m so pleased that I can offer one of these [...]

Review of The Preemie Primer

Last night I finished reading The Preemie Primer, by Jennifer Gunter, MD.  Truthfully, it’s the first book about preemie babies that I’ve read cover to cover.  I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful and informative many sections of the book were, but I was also disappointed at how unpersonal it was.  Jennifer does share her [...]