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Having a baby in the NICU will probably be the most emotional period of a parent’s life. During this time mothers and fathers feel sadness, guilt, anxiety, anger, etc. I know when my son was in the NICU I felt all of those emotions and more. However, being a father and a man I felt [...]
Last summer was the summer of hospitalizations. Prior to that, no one in my family had been hospitalized except the two times I gave birth and had to stay overnight. Last summer though, not only did I give birth to my son Caleb, but he also had a week-long NICU stay and three subsequent hospitalizations for several days each in less than three months. To say we were overwhelmed is an understatement. In that state of shock, which began in the NICU, we hesitantly (gasp!) asked for help. I am not sure what it is that made us feel ashamed in asking for help when we clearly needed it- perhaps we all want to seem like we are in control (though nothing could be farther from the truth) or perhaps we were afraid it was a sign of weakness. Lucky for us, family and friends stepped in to help when we sent out the SOS call. [Read more]
There are many support groups available to parents of preemies. Since coming home with my daughter who was in the NICU for eleven months I was a little overwhelmed. I had already brought Brooklynn home so I knew it was going to be hard work, but on top of that, Kendall was coming home with a lot more equipment then Brooklynn did. I knew right from the start that I wanted to get involved in some kind of motivational speaking or find some way to spread the word to help other parents out there that were going through what we had a few months prior. [Read more]
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