Browsing all posts in January, 2011.
The Story of My 21-Weeker
This is my story. I have wanted to share it for quite some time but I think I am finally ready. I apologize for this being so long, but I’ve always wanted to get the entire experience written down as I remember it. Writing my story has probably helped me more than it will help [...]
Vapotherm Therapy
Recently, one of our readers introduced me to something called Vapotherm Therapy. I am so excited about this new technology and wish it had been around when my preemie was in the NICU. The following is information I found at www.chw.org (Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin website): Vapotherm, quite simply, is a heated and humidified nasal [...]
My 24 Weeks of Pregnancy
Hello, my name is Marissa and I am new to Preemie Babies 101. I am 25 years old, and before I got pregnant last year I was a 4th grade teacher, happily married to the Worship Leader at our church (we were high school sweethearts). We only tried to get pregnant for a few months [...]
Tricia’s Story
This story was thoughtfully submitted by one of our readers, Tricia. I never thought I’d end up a mommy blogger. A world-famous Newbery Medal recipient, sure, but it instead appears my writing talents have headed down the road less traveled. One of my girlfriends started blogging about the random stories of mommyhood shortly after I [...]
Little Bobby
This personal story was submitted by Angela, one of our readers. Birth Story of Robert “Bobby” Christopher Hora Born 12/20/2010 at 6:13am Premature at 27 weeks and 5 days. On November 23 2010, I was admitted to Kaiser – Mothers and Baby Unit in Roseville CA for preterm labor and bulging bag of water. I [...]
Anita’s Story
This story was submitted by Anita, one of our readers. A step back, one of the reason I wanted to have a child was because of my struggle with endometriosis. Having endo can lessen your chances to have a child. I really thought a child was never to be in my life. My pregnancy was [...]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A few months before my twin girls were to turn a year old, I started to have intense feelings of sadness. I would see a book that I had read while on bed rest and begin crying. If I caught a glimpse of the maternity clothes that I never got to wore, I broke down. [...]
Stacy’s Story
This story was thoughtfully shared by Stacy, one of our readers. Haylie We found out we were pregnant with our 1st 2 months after we got married. It was an easy pregnancy, I worked all the way through, I had a lot of “braxton hicks” but that’s it. I even played volleyball the day before [...]
