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Tribute to Rachel
This tribute was submitted by Angela. Rachel was brought into our family on November 25, 2003, with her twin brother, Sam. Being our first children, they quickly became best friends. They could always be found together playing, coloring or reading. Rachel was the little mommy of our household. When we were teaching Sam and Rachel [...]
Should I Save My 23-Weeker?
Alexia Pearce delivered her little boy at 23-weeks and says now, “If I’d known then what I do now, I’d have wanted him to die in my arms.” Take a moment to read her incredible story of now 3-year old Nathan and his inevitable premature death. Alexia wishes to raise awareness of the important decisions [...]
Pamela’s Story
After 94 days in the NICU, Pamela brought her one surviving triplet home. This is Pamela’s story: We were thrilled to find out we were expecting triplets, as in this pregnancy I would be watched closely due to preterm labor that started at 32 weeks with my first pregnancy with my daughter being born at [...]
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 [...]
Neonatal Casting
I was searching for some preemie pictures when I happened upon this article about neonatal hand and foot casting in the NBICU. This article was written by the doctors at the hospital where my preemie lived for over three months in the NBICU. And, it’s the same hospital where my first son was delivered at [...]
Prematurity Awareness Day
My first son was born at 21w2d gestation. He weighed 12 ounces and was 10 3/4 inches long. He looked perfect. He had eyelids, eyelashes, fingernails, toenails, beautiful translucent skin, and his heart was beating strong. Because of his extreme prematurity the doctors did nothing to save our baby, but put him in our arms [...]
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 [...]
Dreams about Preemies
I had a dream a couple of nights ago that I had a preemie baby and that she wasn’t responding to me in any way and didn’t cry when she was hungry so I kept forgetting to feed her. She was about as tiny as my 12 oz 21-weeker, but I was cradling her in [...]
