Browsing all posts in "Reflux".
Katrina’s Story
This story was submitted by Katrina, one of our readers. High Risk Pregnancy Throughout my pregnancy I had been deemed high risk as I had a previous preemie baby due to prom at 32 weeks, and successful treatment for cervical cancer prior to this also. During the first few weeks of pregnancy I suffered terrible [...]
Shannon’s Story
This story was submitted by Shannon, one of our readers. This is the story of my 27 weeker, my miracle Caleb… I was 26 weeks pregnant and everything had been going well until one morning I woke up and thought that I had wet my pants a little. This was my second pregnancy so I [...]
Book Review: A Pound of Hope
“A Pound of Hope”, by Michele Munro Kemper and Jennifer Kemper Sinconis I seriously can’t express how fabulous this book is. I was afraid that, being a parent of a preemie, it would be difficult to read because of the memories and trauma it would dig up within me. I was wrong. It was fascinating. [...]
Review of The Preemie Primer
Last night I finished reading The Preemie Primer, by Jennifer Gunter, MD. Truthfully, it’s the first book about preemie babies that I’ve read cover to cover. I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful and informative many sections of the book were, but I was also disappointed at how unpersonal it was. Jennifer does share her [...]
The Story of Alayna Marrie
Thoughtfully submitted by reader’s Marria and Raul. Alayna Marrie was born at 32 weeks in Brandon,Fl., due to my preeclampsia. All throughout my pregnancy she was a fighter. I was in and out of the emergency room, for spotting, severe headaches, high blood pressure…till they had to hospitalize me at 30 weeks for preeclampsia and [...]
Reflux: Does it Ever End?
My 27-weeker had reflux and we had her on Prevacid and Regalin; I never thought either of them helped much. It was very frustrating! She spit up a ton, sheesh, I think until she was around 1-year old. She was still spitting up when we were feeding her mostly table food. We didn’t have any [...]
