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Jenny’s Story
This story was thoughtfully submitted by one of our readers. The week after my husband and I were married, we decided we wanted children and I was overjoyed. We had my son 11 months after we were married and besides having preeclampsia, I was called a “constant contractor”. I went up to the hospital many [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
NICU Christmas Gifts
From the time that I was in the NICU with my preemie I’ve wanted to return the favor of so many who brought special Christmas gifts to the NICU during the holidays. This year I finally had the privilege of paying it forward. My greatest wish was to bring something cheerful and Christmasy, something fun [...]
From the Other Side
I have a friend whom I just found out was pregnant 2 weeks ago. Then, last week I heard that she was having twins, that she was on hospital bedrest and that she was only about 23 weeks pregnant. My heart started to pound as the implications of what this meant sunk in: she was [...]
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 [...]
A Day in the Life
What is a typical day like in the life of a preemie mom? I was just thinking that it would be interesting to share our different experiences. Let’s start with a day during our preemie’s NICU stay. I’ll take a day out of my own experience, about 2 months into my daughter’s NICU stay, during [...]
Being Quarantined During the Holidays
Roxy came home on November 11, 2009. Two weeks before Thanksgiving. Our hospital had placed strict rules on visitors to the NICU and Neonatal Nursery during Roxy’s last two months because the flu epidemic had gotten so bad in our area. Only parents and biological grandparents were allowed to visit during October and the beginning [...]
