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The Story of Jack Matthew

This story was shared by Lindsay, one of our readers. I am writing to share our story of our 24 week (15 ounces) miracle with you…JACK MATTHEW Now a little timeline of our whirlwind before I begin.  Matt and I had our first date in april 2005, engaged 2 weeks later, married 1 year later, [...]

Making Your Marriage Work in the NICU

Any marriage can and will change with the birth of a new baby, especially when it’s the first child being born to new parents.  When a baby’s arrival doesn’t goes as planned, though—when a child is born with health issues or simply comes too soon—that’s when preserving a marriage takes a lot more work! My [...]

Keagan and Aspiration

This story was thoughtfully shared by one of our readers. “My beautiful daughter was born on 9/25/09 at 28 weeks.  Her delivery only lasted about 25 minutes, leaving both her father and I completely stunned.  Keagan did fabulously well in the beginning; she was on room air, gaining weight consistently, and responding to stimulus around [...]

Adeline’s Arrival

My husband and I became parents for the first time on June 12, 2008.  Our beautiful little girl was born—completely unexpectedly—at 26 weeks. The day before she was born, I was at my retail job until 9 p.m.  I had terrible back pain all afternoon and evening, and eventually called the on-call OB at my [...]

Introduction of Drake

I have never written a blog but I am overwhelmed with the need to share my story and hope it finds people who can benefit from my experiences.  So as I sit and wonder where to begin, I figured my first blog should introduce you to the little miracle I will be writing about, Drake.  [...]

When My Water Broke

I will never forget September 30, 2008 for as long as I live.  That is the day that my life changed and has never been the same. I was 21 weeks pregnant with twin girls and so excited.  I decided to stay home from work that day because I had a horrible cold.  I slept [...]

What is a Level IV NICU?

Now, most sources I found did not describe a Level IV NICU, but I have heard a few people say their preemie was in a Level IV NICU, so I was curious.  I also read somewhere that a Level IV qualification was discontinued 15-20 years ago.  I guess it’s confusing to a lot of people. [...]

Level III NICU

The following is the definition of a Level III NICU according to two separate sources.  It’s interesting to me that there are so many sublevels…why didn’t they just make NICU Levels IV, V, and VI?  Just curious… “Level III: Subspecialty Newborn Care: Level III NICUs care for the sickest babies and offer the greatest variety [...]