by Laura Maikata | Jun 6, 2014 | Inspiration, Medical Info & Resources
I have a neonatal hero. She wasn’t a neonatologist, but every neonatologist knows her name. March of Dimes cites her as pivotal in helping them reshape their mission. She was born 105 years ago, on June 7, 1909, and she used numbers to save lives. Her name was...
by Guest Blogger | May 2, 2014 | Family Stories, Inspiration
Throughout my life I have always been fascinated by other people’s stories. I was a journalism major in college and was known to be more engaged in listening to the conversation at the table next to me at a restaurant than my dinner companions’. I always joked...
by Guest Blogger | Sep 6, 2013 | Family Stories, NICU Life, Pregnancy & Bedrest
What were the circumstances surrounding your child’s birth? I was diagnosed with 100% placenta previa at 17 weeks pregnant after a major hemorrhage while on a school field trip with my high school students. I was in and out of the hospital on bed rest and had three...
by Kasey Mathews | Aug 14, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
It may seem strange, on a website about premature birth, that I’m writing a blog post about a baby born on his due date, weighing an even eight pounds. But that’s exactly the case with my son, Tucker. His sister? Not so much. She arrived traumatically...
by Kasey Mathews | Jun 25, 2013 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
Whether your baby was in the NICU for 2 days or 200, the result of having a birth experience begin in the midst of noisy beeping machines, a multitude of doctors and nurses, and the palpable fear that persistently swirls in the NICU air, the impact can have...
